A retrospective of work by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has opened at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (+ movie). More about Marcel Wanders retrospective opens at the Stedelijk Museum
Stockholm 2014: as Guest of Honour at Stockholm Furniture Fair, design duo GamFratesi has installed petal-shaped mobiles above the lounge area at this year's exhibition. More about Petal-shaped mobiles balance above GamFratesi's lounge at Stockholm Furniture Fair
Stockholm 2014: student designer Nanna Kiil is showing a chair that looks like it's dressed in a fat suit at the Greenhouse showcase of young talent as part of the Stockholm Furniture Fair. More about Flesh Chair wrapped in squishy rolls of fat by Nanna Kiil
Stockholm 2014: Swedish studio Front presents spherical glass lamps that appear to be steamed up at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and Northern Light Fair, which opens today. More about Front designs misted-up Fog lamps for Zero
Stockholm 2014: design duo Färg & Blanche created this furniture collection by sewing pieces of plywood together (+ slideshow). More about Färg & Blanche stitch wood together to form furniture
Stockholm 2014: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a set of ceiling-mounted office dividers for Swedish brand Offecct (+ slideshow). More about Luca Nichetto's Notes screens hang from the ceiling
A twisting chain-link and barbed-wire fence installed by French artist and architect Didier Faustino at an exhibition in Cincinnati determines the path taken by visitors through the gallery space. More about Twisting barbed wire fence installed by Didier Faustino at Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center
Stockholm 2014: this collection of wooden furniture by Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto is built using traditional techniques derived from shipbuilding (+ slideshow). More about Nadia furniture by Jin Kuramoto made using Japanese shipbuilding techniques
News: Dutch designer Merel Bekking has come up with an experiment to find the "perfect" design by scanning people's brains to determine the aesthetic qualities they best respond to. More about Brain scans reveal recipe for "perfect design"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in the second part of our interview with Craig Robins, the Miami property developer explains how bringing back furniture showrooms was the catalyst for transforming the city's derelict Design District into the thriving luxury shopping destination it is today. More about Craig Robins: "Furniture companies key to regenerating Miami Design District"
The bent plywood back of this chair by Danish design brand ShapingYourDay slots into a hole in the seat and is attached with two screws (+ slideshow). More about Viggo chair made from two curving plywood pieces by ShapingYourDay
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde explains how his installation in Eindhoven consisting of hundreds of glowing LED crystals will change over time as some people steal them and others create new ones of their own. More about Daan Roosegaarde: "People can do what they want with my Crystal installation"
Stockholm 2014: all of the solid wood furniture in Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune's collection for Japanese brand Matsuso T has five sides (+ slideshow). More about Claesson Koivisto Rune to launch pentagonal wooden furniture
Interview: when designer Isabelle Olsson joined the secret Google X lab in 2011, Google Glass looked like a cross between a scuba mask and a cellphone. In this exclusive interview, Olsson tells Dezeen how she turned the clunky prototype into something "beautiful and comfortable". Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Google Glass was designed through "sketching by hand" says lead designer
News: Finnish furniture brand Artek has acquired the production facilities that were used by its co-founder Modernist architect Alvar Aalto to develop his signature bent wood furniture. More about Artek buys factory where Alvar Aalto developed his furniture
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: graduate designer Martijn Van Strien explains that his range of coats made from single sheets of black tarpaulin are designed for an imagined future world where money and resources are in short supply. More about Martijn Van Strien's Dystopian Brutalist Outerwear is "a kind of trend forecast"
German brand e15 has launched a collection of wood and marble home accessories (+ slideshow). More about e15 unveils wood and marble home accessories collection
The faceted forms of these 3D-printed wireframe bowls and vessels by French designer Michaël Malapert are inspired by the Japanese art of origami. More about Dark Side collection of 3D printed vessels by Michaël Malapert
Stockholm 2014: the wooden base of this sofa by Swedish firm Note Design Studio extends outwards to become a side table. More about Side table extends from base of Rise sofa by Note Design Studio
Students from Łódź University of Technology in Poland built this delicate stacked sculpture to demonstrate the structural properties of curve-folded paper. More about Fragile Beasts sculpture made from paper by Łódź University of Technology students