Design
Swell sofa by Jonas Wagell for Normann Copenhagen
Product news: Swedish designer Jonas Wagell has created a padded sofa that resembles the shape of risen bread. More about Swell sofa by Jonas Wagell for Normann Copenhagen
Product news: Swedish designer Jonas Wagell has created a padded sofa that resembles the shape of risen bread. More about Swell sofa by Jonas Wagell for Normann Copenhagen
Building-shaped cut-outs cast the shadow of a city onto a wall in this Copenhagen installation by Polish designer Izabela Boloz (+ slideshow + movie). More about Shadow City by Izabela Boloz
London designer Rohan Chhabra has adapted a range of hunter jackets so they transform into models of endangered animals (+ slideshow). More about Embodying Ethics: Endangered by Rohan Chhabra
Vienna design duo chmara.rosinke created this wooden vanity stand for a local shirt tailor (+ slideshow). More about A Tailor's Ritual by chmara.rosinke for Wäscheflott
Curved elements attach under the legs of this wooden bench by Italian designer Andrea Rekalidis to turn it into a see-saw (+ slideshow). More about Twin Bench by Andrea Rekalidis
Product news: this ping pong table by Barcelona studio Antoni Pallejà Office has been pared down to look at home in a domestic interior (+ movie). More about Bola Service Table by Antoni Pallejà Office
Mexican designer Liliana Ovalle has created a carafe and set of tumblers printed with fine black lines that overlap to create a moiré effect when the pieces are clustered together. More about Cumulo by Liliana Ovalle
Mexican studio Agent has designed a concept for a transparent football that changes colour when it passes over the goal line. More about CTRUS Football by Agent
Product news: Australian designer Marc Newson has surrounded this bed for French brand Domeau & Pérès with chunky bumpers. More about Bumper Bed by Marc Newson for Domeau & Pérès
Product news: this glass table by Japanese designer Shigeichiro Takeuchi balances on legs formed from a single steel pipe. More about Tricom table by Shigeichiro Takeuchi for COMMOC
Product news: London designer Samuel Wilkinson has launched a blown-glass lamp with a digitally created lozenge pattern for Danish brand &tradition (+ movie). More about BLOWN lamp by Samuel Wilkinson for &tradition
Product news: Milan design studio NVDRS has designed a coffee table with a removable wooden top that doubles as a tray. More about Gergeti Coffee Table by NVDRS
Product news: German designer Daniel Becker has created a series of wall lamps based on the patterns of crystalline structures. More about LEM wall lamps by Daniel Becker
South Korean designer Wonmin Park has created a monotone range of his furniture made from slabs of cast resin (+ slideshow). More about Haze Series in white, grey and navy by Wonmin Park
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our first video report from Singapore, Colin Seah of local architecture studio Ministry of Design tells us how the recent cultural shift away from mass-market shops and restaurants is helping transform attitudes towards design in the city. More about "Most of our parents wanted us to be lawyers or doctors. Not anymore."
Product news: Japanese design studio Nendo has launched a range of cutlery that looks as though it's been carved from flint like prehistoric tools. More about Sekki cutlery by Nendo
Product news: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created this range of necklaces for a Parisian gallery. More about Perles necklace collection by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
News: leading figures from London's design institutions have warned that new immigration rules which make it harder for international students to stay in the UK after graduation could be a "disaster" for the city. More about New immigration rules are "hugely damaging" for design in London
Fashion brand Topshop presented its Spring Summer 2014 collection on an indoor catwalk covered in real grass (+ slideshow). More about Topshop Showspace SS14 by Pernilla Ohrstedt Studio
Product news: industrial designer Konstantin Grcic's Traffic seating collection for Italian design brand Magis has gone into production. More about Traffic by Konstantin Grcic for Magis