Dutch creative agency The Stone Twins did away with the usual imagery and photos when asked to design this postage stamp, using only words to tell a short story. More about Dublin UNESCO City of Literature stamp by The Stone Twins
These tiny cups by German designer Hanna Kruse are topped with geometric wire grates to support and show off small objects like jewellery, flower heads or leaves. More about Soe cups by Hanna Kruse
News: architecture firm dRMM will install 20 interlocking wooden staircases outside St Paul's Cathedral for the London Design Festival in September. Update: the Endless Stair will now be constructed outside Tate Modern. More about dRMM to install Escher-style staircase outside St Paul's Cathedral
Product news: a tap presented by French designer Philippe Starck in New York this week uses half as much water as regular taps. More about Organic tap by Philippe Starck for Axor
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: this wall mounted shelving unit by London designer Michael Marriott is now being produced by design brand Very Good & Proper (+ slideshow). More about 009 Croquet Shelving by Michael Marriott for Very Good & Proper
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: new table sizes and a matching bench have been added to London designer Mathias Hahn's E8 range of colourful wooden furniture. More about E8 furniture by Mathias Hahn for Zeitraum
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: New York designer Stephen Burks tells us how his once rough-edged city is being tamed by world-class architecture, urban design improvements like the High Line and a European-style bike-sharing scheme in the first of our reports from the Big Apple. More about "New Yorkers all of a sudden are interested in quality of life"
New York designer Bradley Ferrada presented an elongated chair with a faceted back at NYCxDESIGN this week. More about Perch chair by Bradley Ferrada
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: twenty-six cable ties make up this pendant lamp that London studio Vitamin is exhibiting at Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Tied-Up Pendant Lamp by Vitamin
Visitors to the Afrofuture exhibition in Milan built light-up glasses from recycled materials at a workshop organised by Maker Faire Africa (+ movie). More about Maker Faire Africa Workshop at Afrofuture
Copenhagen designer Cecilie Manz has created a collection of aluminium lampshades with softly angled edges for Danish brand Lightyears. More about Mingus by Cecilie Manz for Lightyears
Steel rings were moulded around a wooden chandelier before it was burnt away, leaving this latest piece in a collection of disintegrated furniture by Amsterdam-based Studio Markunpoika. More about Engineering Temporality chandelier by Studio Markunpoika
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie recorded at the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan last month, MINI head of design Anders Warming discusses the design of the new MINI Paceman and design journalist and curator Kieran Long gives us his thoughts on how the current generation of designers compares to the great masters. More about "Young designers have no grasp of design history"
Dutch graphics studio Experimental Jetset has redesigned the logo for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York as a slender W that changes shape to respond to its setting (+ movie). More about Whitney Graphic Identity by Experimental Jetset
Japanese designer Kei Harada has created two chairs made completely out of rubber. More about Chair for Dali by Kei Harada
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Giles Miller's London design studio has positioned a target of reflective pixels in front of a medieval gate for this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, which kicks off in London today (+ slideshow). More about The Heart of Architecture by Giles Miller Studio
Product news: London designer Benjamin Hubert has created a series of tables with legs and tops made of metal mesh for Italian brand Moroso. More about Net tables by Benjamin Hubert for Moroso
Product news: British designer Benjamin Hubert has created a chair with a hammock-like back for Italian furniture brand Moroso. More about Cradle by Benjamin Hubert for Moroso
Japanese designer Kouichi Okamoto has made a tape cutter with a curved edge that he uses to create drip-like patterns (+ movie). More about Liquid Tape Cutter by Kouichi Okamoto for Kyouei Design
Each tab on this credit card-sized pack by American designers Bolt Group can be torn off and used as a USB stick. More about GIGS.2.GO by Bolt Group