Product news: these large, modular, compressed-felt lamp shades by Stockholm studio Form Us With Love are designed to create a cosy environment around a table (+ slideshow). More about Hood by Form Us With Love for Ateljé Lyktan
This movie by German art director Mike Meiré for bathroom and kitchen brand Dornbracht features one shower that makes you feel like you're washing outdoors and another that you use lying down. More about Sensory Sky by Sieger Design for Dornbracht
This yellow lamp by Ukraine designer Vasiliy Butenko can be adjusted in any direction by rotating the flat, pivoting disc that forms its shade. More about OOO Lamp by Vasiliy Butenko
Italian design studio Pininfarina unveiled a two-seater concept vehicle without a windshield at the Geneva Motor Show last week (+ slideshow + movie). More about Sergio concept car by Pininfarina
Japanese design studio Nendo covered this series of tables in paper and applied colour using crayons. More about Colored-pencil table by Nendo
News: automated tools threaten to make designers redundant as machine algorithms replace human creativity, the Mayor of London's former cultural strategy manager has claimed. More about Creative jobs will be "mechanised and outsourced just like car manufacturing"
The criss-crossing bands of these running shoes by Nike are inspired by a Chinese finger trap. More about Nike Free Trainer 5.0 by Nike
Italian studio Disguincio & Co has produced a concept for a spiral staircase with steps made from folds of fibreglass. More about Folio Staircase by Disguincio & Co
Milan 2013: Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has steam-bent and laminated wood to create a chair for Czech furniture brand TON. More about Tram Chair by Thomas Feichtner for TON
French design duo Cauboyz built a wall of illuminated words to make this typography-inspired music video (+ movies). More about Dream music video by Cauboyz
London design studio Sibling continued their fixation on enormous knitted accessories in their Autumn Winter 2013 menswear show, titled Please Kill Me. More about Please Kill Me by Sibling
Central Saint Martins graduate Eilish Macintosh showed outfits tied up with knotted lengths of rope at the institution's show during London Fashion Week. More about Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Eilish Macintosh
This virtual library shelf would let New York subway passengers read the first 10 pages of a book on their smartphones before directing them to the nearest library to pick up a hard copy (+ movie). More about The Underground Library by Keri Tan, Max Pilwat and Ferdi Rodriguez
Artists Studio Job created a backdrop of wilting flowers for Viktor & Rolf's Autumn Winter 2013 show at Paris Fashion Week (+ slideshow). More about Viktor & Rolf Autumn Winter 2013 scenography by Studio Job
Milan 2013: Berlin-based designer Werner Aisslinger will unveil brightly coloured chairs and a set of modular furniture for Italian brand Moroso in Milan next month (+ slideshow). More about Bikini Island collection by Werner Aisslinger for Moroso
New York designer Michael Schmidt and architect Francis Bitonti have created a 3D-printed dress for burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese. More about 3D-printed dress for Dita Von Teese by Michael Schmidt and Francis Bitonti
News: a fuel-efficient 3D-printed car is set to hit the road in two years, according to its US-based manufacturer RedEye On Demand. More about Road-ready 3D-printed car on the way
Milan 2013: in this movie by Gwenael Lewis, Canadian lighting company Bocci's creative director Omer Arbel describes how bubbles in the firm's latest chandelier look like an "internal universe" when illuminated. More about 57 Series by Omer Arbel for Bocci
News: Dutch design collective Droog will turn the notion of piracy in China on its head by unveiling its own copies of Chinese objects in a Guangzhou shopping centre next week. More about Droog copies China
The animated animals in this app by illustrator Christoph Niemann react to prodding fingers (+ movie). More about Petting Zoo app by Christoph Niemann