Design
Porcelain Shoes by Laura Papp
The platform heels of these shoes by graduate fashion designer Laura Papp are moulded from porcelain (+ slideshow). More about Porcelain Shoes by Laura Papp
The platform heels of these shoes by graduate fashion designer Laura Papp are moulded from porcelain (+ slideshow). More about Porcelain Shoes by Laura Papp
Product news: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's minimal suspension lamps that create a tangle of wires to produce a climbing plant effect have gone into production. More about Aim lamps by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos
In this movie filmed at Clerkenwell Design Week last month, BarberOsgerby's Jay Osgerby tells Dezeen that he wanted to design comfortable, understated sofas rather than statement pieces for their new collection for American furniture brand Knoll. More about "We designed a sofa that we would want in our own home"
This tricycle designed for children by Vietnamese firm a21studio has been crafted from bamboo and finished with ropes. More about Bamboo tricycle by a21studio
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our third report from New York, Willy Wong, chief creative officer for the city's marketing and tourism agency, introduces the new NYCxDesign festival and explains why the city is starting to put more money behind its design industries. More about "There's a real reason to invest in New York's design sector"
News: leading Italian furniture brand Driade has been rescued from bankruptcy by a private finance company. More about Driade to relaunch after financial rescue
3D-printed casts for fractured bones could replace the usual bulky, itchy and smelly plaster or fibreglass ones in this conceptual project by Victoria University of Wellington graduate Jake Evill. More about Cortex 3D-printed cast by Jake Evill
Product news: these coffee tables with interlocking wooden legs by German studio Ding3000 have been put into production by Danish brand Normann Copenhagen (+ slideshow). More about Coffee tables by Ding3000 for Normann Copenhagen
These 3D-printed accessories by London fashion designer Catherine Wales can be ordered to fit any body shape and printed on demand (+ slideshow). More about Project DNA by Catherine Wales
This conceptual food by Royal College of Art graduate Minsu Kim would wriggle around on the plate and in your mouth (+ movie). More about Living Food by Minsu Kim
Design student Matthias Brandmaier spent three days in the woods carving a replica Verner Panton chair out of a tree trunk using a chainsaw. More about Wooden Panton by Matthias Brandmaier
Dezeen archive: digital fashion keeps cropping up on Dezeen, so here's a round-up of our stories about experimental technology in clothes and accessories. More about Dezeen archive: digital fashion
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created a chandelier for a château in Marseille, France, that looks like an illuminated rope suspended from the ceiling. More about Les Cordes chandelier by Mathieu Lehanneur for Château Borély
These portraits of electronic musicians and DJs by Spanish illustrator and designer Alex Trochut show one image during the day and another at night. More about Binary Prints by Alex Trochut
News: the organisers of Beijing Design Week plan to emphasise problems with copyright in China by exhibiting an original version of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's giant Rubber Duck, which was duplicated around the country when it recently appeared in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. More about Beijing Design Week confronts copying in China with giant rubber duck
It might look like these people are scaling the walls of a London townhouse but they're actually lying on the ground, reflected in a huge mirror as part of an installation by Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich (+ slideshow). More about Dalston House by Leandro Erlich
Angled steel panels tessellate to form these decorative mirrors by Paris designer Samuel Accoceberry. More about LUXX mirrors by Samuel Accoceberry
Product news: these sofas with exaggerated seams by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola are now in production with Italian furniture brand Moroso. More about M.A.S.S.A.S. by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
Designer Yves Behar of San Francisco studio Fuseproject has launched his OUYA open-source game console. More about OUYA by Fuseproject
News: today's Google Doodle honours the work of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, who would have been 161 today. More about Google Doodle celebrates Antoni Gaudí's birthday