Milan 2013: the covers of these sofas by Italian industrial designer Giulio Iacchetti look like they're made of crumpled paper (+ slideshow). More about Newcastle sofas by Giulio Iacchetti for Meritalia
News: the under-30s spend more time on the toilet than the over-55s – and they're checking social media rather than reading a book, according to new research on Europe's bathroom habits. More about Young people spend toilet time on Facebook, says bathrooms survey
South Korean designer Wonmin Park constructed these chairs and tables from slabs of coloured resin (+ slideshow). More about Haze Series by Wonmin Park Studio
This is not a distorted digital photo - it's a cabinet that's been intricately carved to look like one. More about Good Vibrations by Ferruccio Laviani for Fratelli Boffi
Product news: what appear to be black lines drawn on a wall are in fact 3D clothes rails designed by Canadian studio +tongtong. More about Les Ailes Noires by +tongtong
Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win a pair of portable wireless speakers by Stockholm studio Nocs (+ slideshow). More about Competition: one pair of Nocs NS2 Air Monitors to be won
Product news: Dutch design duo Daphna Laurens carved diamond-shaped grids into these wooden chopping boards and tables (+ slideshow). More about Grid Plank and Grid Table by Daphna Laurens
Italian industrial designer Diego Vencato has created a collection of wooden textiles (+ slideshow). More about Wooden Mesh by Diego Vencato
German designer Leoni Werle has created a bell-shaped lamp that can seesaw between upright and inclined. More about Pilu lamp by Leoni Werle
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