Milan 2013: London studio Industrial Facility will present a lamp with a glass base wrapping round the beam of light in Milan this week. More about Semplice lamp by Industrial Facility for Oluce
Milan 2013: Swedish collective Front will launch six new products in Milan next week, including leather stools shaped like squidgy animals and a plywood table with burnt-on doodles (+ slideshow). More about New furniture and lighting by Front
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Google Creative Lab creative director Alexander Chen explains how he created a digital string you can pluck like a viola and discusses Google Glass and the future of user interface design in this movie we filmed at Design Indaba in Cape Town last month. More about "Digital technology will continue to disappear"
Milan 2013: British designer Jasper Morrison will present a chair inspired by camping furniture for Italian brand Mattiazzi in Milan next week. More about Fionda chair by Jasper Morrison for Mattiazzi
Milan 2013: the design world descends on Milan next week. To help you navigate the hundreds of events around the city we've compiled a map with our pick of the best exhibitions, parties and talks. More about Dezeen's Milan 2013 map
Milan 2013: Dutch brand Moooi has sent us these sketches by designers including Marcel Wanders, Studio Job and Joost van Bleiswijk for the Dutch firm's new collection launching in Milan next week. More about Unexpected Welcome sketches by Moooi
Milan 2013: this office chair by Copenhagen design firm KiBiSi is mounted on a Y-shaped stem, allowing the seat of the chair to rock back and forth as well as rotating left and right. More about Scoop chair by KiBiSi for Globe Zero 4
Milan 2013: Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc will present folding lamps powered by little wind-up keys at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan next week. More about Runaway lamp by Nika Zupanc
News: the highly anticipated Apple television is set to launch later this year and will be operated with a digital "iRing" worn on the finger, according to an industry insider. More about Apple's new television rumoured to come with "iRing" controller
Opinion: in his latest Opinion column, Sam Jacob argues that the UK government's plans to extend the copyright term for design "protect existing interests instead of promoting innovation". More about "Extending copyright for design condemns us to mid-century modernism"
Milan 2013: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has teamed up with Japanese studio Nendo to create a range of products including a knitted room-divider and a scaly carpet, which will be presented in Milan next week (+ slideshow). More about Nichetto=Nendo collection in Milan
Product news: these hexagonal storage boxes by Icelandic designer Thorunn Arnadottir use varying shades of grey to distort perspective. More about BERG by Thorunn Arnadottir
News: British graphic design studio IDO has redesigned the logo and website for the estate of Gerry Anderson, the creator of classic puppet television series Thunderbirds and Stingray (+ movie). More about New logo for Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson
News: Shepard Fairey, the American graphic designer who created the iconic HOPE image for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, has designed a badge for astronauts on the International Space Station (+ movie). More about Shepard Fairey designs badge for International Space Station
Japanese studio Nendo have designed a zig-zagging wooden bookshelf (+ slideshow). More about Fold by Nendo for Conde House
Milan 2013: Congolese music performed with mobile phones, carpentry workshops making fantasy coffins and a photo-documentary inspired by the failed Zambian space programme are all part of an exhibition of African design and culture in a Milanese department store next week (+ slideshow). More about Afrofuture at La Rinascente
Product news: Gothenburg studio Design Stories and recycling workshop Returhuset have created a range of drawstring lamps made of waste material from local factories. More about Drawstring Lamp by Design Stories and Returhuset
Milan 2013: French brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec will present an aluminium sideboard for Italian furniture brand Magis plus an update to their Steelwood chair in Milan next week. More about Theca and Steelwood Galva by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Magis
Competition: we're offering readers the chance to win sets of Bookman bicycle lights in two new colours. More about Competition: five sets of Bookman bicycle lights to be won
Milan 2013: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola will present a collection of armchairs with wavy backs and seats made from rigid felt for Italian brand Moroso in Milan next week. More about Mafalda by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso