The skirt of this dress by Hong Kong artist Kathleen McDermott spreads out when someone comes too close to the wearer (+ slideshow). More about Kathleen McDermott creates expanding dress to protect the wearer's personal space
Models were joined with trains of fabric in fashion graduate Marta Jakubowski's collection during the Royal College of Art catwalk show yesterday. More about Marta Jakubowski connects RCA fashion collection with fabric trains
New York 2014: California design brand Sabi has collaborated with London-based MAP Project Office to create a collection of wall storage products for the bathroom. More about Sabi previews bathroom accessories range by Barber and Osgerby's MAP
This prototype clock by Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto tells the time in a straight line by replacing the hands with a pivoting shell-like structure. More about BCXSY creates linear clock for Designers' Days
French agency M/B has designed a revolving zoetrope installation for Molteni&C's flagship store in Paris, to showcase the Italian furnishing brand's latest products (+ slideshow). More about M/B creates spinning optical illusion at Molteni&C's Paris store
Chunky injection-moulded cuffs and tubes featured on garments shown by graduate fashion designer Sang Yoon at the Central Saint Martins show earlier this week. More about Sang Yoon exaggerates garments with plastic sleeves for Central Saint Martins collection
Dutch designer Chris Kabel has created key fobs from found objects and glowing curtains reminiscent of the Northern Lights for the Fogo Island Inn hotel on an isolated Canadian island (+ slideshow). More about Chris Kabel casts found objects in bronze for Fogo Island hotel key fobs
Amsterdam studio BCXSY has launched a crowdfunding campaign to produce its plush toys with body parts that can be interchanged using magnets (+ slideshow). More about BCXSY's Mixed Animals magnetic soft toys launch on Kickstarter
New York 2014: American magazine Sight Unseen asked designers to add bold prints to fashion and furniture designs using digital customisation company Print All Over Me. More about Sight Unseen commissions Memphis-influenced print collection
Milan 2014: a swinging birdcage seat, lamps that branch out like a tree and a table designed for playing marbles feature in this collection of Fairytale Furniture by Dutch design studio Ontwerpduo. More about Ontwerpduo bases Fairytale Furniture collection on fantasy stories
Dezeen promotion: Creative program producers Cut&Paste have teamed up with Intel and HP to run a new product design contest called LaunchBox, with over £14,000 in prizes to be won for potential crowdfunding projects. More about Cut&Paste and HP launch contest for pre-crowdfunded product campaigns
London designer Dominic Wilcox has created a giant pair of audio binoculars that allows users to "listen" to – rather than see – places around Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (+ slideshow). More about Binaudios by Dominic Wilcox encourage users to "listen to the city"
News: British car brand Jaguar Land Rover is working with researchers at MIT to develop technology for its vehicles, including controls operated by tracking where the driver is looking (+ slideshow). More about Land Rover developing sight-activated controls for future vehicles
News: Google has revealed footage of a self-driving vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, announcing that it expects to roll out its first pilot scheme on public roads in "the next couple of years". More about Google unveils driverless car prototype
Paris designer Jean-Sébastien Lagrange has collaborated with bookbinder Anne-Lise Courchay to create a lamp rolled from a single sheet of a folded parchment. More about Jean-Sébastien Lagrange rolls parchment into a lampshade
South Korean designer Il Hoon Roh has created a chair by intertwining carbon fibre strings into a pattern designed to resemble the branches of trees (+ slideshow). More about Il Hoon Roh weaves carbon fibre string into curved armchair
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of furniture and homeware for Danish brand BoConcept, which includes a seat that appears to hug itself and accessories with patterns based on origami. More about Nendo designs Fusion furniture and homeware collection for BoConcept
News: Italian design brands lack the innovation and marketing flair of their northern European rivals, according to the head of new Milan-based furniture brand Discipline. More about "There's not much innovation" in Italian furniture design says Discipline's Renato Preti
Threads of silk resembling strands of hair form the upper of these shoes by German designers Nicole Goymann and Christoph John. More about Nicole Goymann and Christoph John create shoes from deconstructed silkworm cocoons
New York 2014: to celebrate New York design week, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum commissioned designer Joe Doucet to create a limited edition collection of "snap fit" marble tables. More about Joe Doucet designs flat-pack marble furniture for New York's Cooper-Hewitt museum