News: graphic designer Thomas Widdershoven of Amsterdam studio Thonik has been appointed creative director of Design Academy Eindhoven after a turbulent period for the Dutch institution. More about New Design Academy Eindhoven creative director announced
Product news: Italian designer Michele Daneluzzo took inspiration from tools used by early humans when designing this stainless steel knife (+ slideshow). More about Primitive knife by Michele Daneluzzo for Del Ben
Designers Kyuhyung Cho and Hironori Tsukue have created tables and chairs that clip together to form an assortment of shelving units. More about Oneness by Kyuhyung Cho and Hironori Tsukue
London designer Craig Green fashioned masks from splintered planks of wood for his Autumn Winter 2013 collection. More about Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Craig Green
Interview: struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry hopes to wrestle back lost market share with a new touchscreen keyboard that will eradicate the "embarrassing" mistakes common on rival smartphones. "Sometimes it's kind of scary when you get your own emails back and you read them," said BlackBerry's head of design Todd Wood. More about BlackBerry aims to end "hilarious misspelled messages"
Milan 2013: London architect Zaha Hadid has designed a limited edition of marble tables. More about Tables by Zaha Hadid for Citco
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