Product news: German design graduate Meike Harde has designed a range of upholstered benches and stools simply by folding foam mats and fixing them to wooden frames with elastic bands. More about Zieharsofika upholstery by Meike Harde
In this movie filmed by Dezeen, Bandar Antabi of designer electronics brand Jawbone explains how the company took a holistic approach to designing their Big Jambox wireless speaker. More about "We take a very holistic approach to design" - Bandar Antabi of Jawbone
News: a trawler fishing net that filters out young and endangered fish from the catch has won this year's James Dyson Award for students working on innovative engineering solutions. More about Sustainable fishing net wins James Dyson Award
Product news: the steel beam running through this compact bicycle by British industrial designer Ben Wilson means it can carry heavy loads on its front and rear platforms (+ slideshow + movie). More about Donky Bike by Ben Wilson
News: journalist Kieran Long has been appointed senior curator of contemporary architecture, design and digital at the V&A museum in London. More about Kieran Long appointed senior curator of architecture, design and digital at V&A
This stacking chair by Swedish designer Jens Fager is more flexible than you'd expect thanks to a springy mechanism that joins the back to the metal frame (+ slideshow). More about Feather by Jens Fager for Edsbyn
Product news: his stool by Norwegian designer Hallgeir Homstvedt is held up by three slim, curved legs inspired by skateboards (+ movie). More about Pal stool by Hallgeir Homstvedt for One Nordic
Interieur 2012: Dutch designer Richard Hutten has created a series of sofas and armchairs designed to resemble the icons on a smartphone screen. More about Apps by Richard Hutten for Artifort
Istanbul Design Biennial 2012: this movie shows how a custom printer continually updates a copy of the Open Source Architecture Manifesto Wikipedia entry, written on a wall in the entrance to the Adhocracy exhibition at the Istanbul Design Biennial. More about Open Source Architecture Manifesto movie
Product news: a ball of cork provides the stopper for this glass container by Czech designer Martin Jakobsen. More about Luno by Martin Jakobsen
Eindhoven design studio BCXSY used hand-blown glass in six grades of opacity, from transparent to white, to create a collection of glassware for Japanese design brand Inframince (+ slideshow). More about In Between by BCXSY for Inframince
Product news: Berlin-based product designer Dirk Winkel created this slim black desk lamp to show that plastic can be as solid and tactile as metal or wood. More about Winkel w127 by Dirk Winkel for Wästberg
Hundreds of spinning blades reveal the invisible patterns of the wind in American artist Charles Sowers' kinetic installation on the facade of the Randall Museum in San Francisco (+ movie). More about Windswept by Charles Sowers
Istanbul Design Biennial 2012: design duo Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram used custom software to adapt and strengthen the branch-like metal joints of this collection of 3D printed furniture, currently on show at the Istanbul Design Biennial (+ movie). More about Multithread by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram
Product news: this table by Dutch designer Frederik Roijé has one top on three levels. More about Tablefields by Frederik Roijé
In this movie filmed by Dezeen, east London designer Roger Arquer talks about the benches he made for the Stepney Green Design Collection using materials sourced from his local family-run hardware shop just before it closed down. More about "This bench is a tribute to a local hardware shop" - Roger Arquer
News: Bahrain-based investment bank Investcorp has agreed to pay $140m to buy luxury design brand Georg Jensen, the Danish luxury brand famous for its silverware and jewellery, from Danish private equity group Axcel. More about Georg Jensen sold to Investcorp for 0 million
Product news: Oslo designers Andersson & Voll paired a bright yellow moka pot with a cooking hob sculpted from a slab of marble for an exhibition of Norwegian design at the Design Tide Tokyo trade fair this weekend. More about Good Morning moka pot and Tuamotu hob by Anderssen & Voll
Dutch Design Week: this lamp by designer Dennis Parren casts a network of coloured shadows. More about CMYK lamp by Dennis Parren
Interieur 2012: most design festival helpers are kitted out with branded T-shirts but staff at the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, wore geometric uniforms by Norwegian designer Damien Fredriksen Ravn, inspired by the event's logo. More about Interieur 2012 uniforms by Damien Fredriksen Ravn