Arik Levy's contribution to the Digital Crystal exhibition at London's Design Museum in an interactive installation that uses visitors' body movements to mutate computer-generated crystals (+ movie). More about Osmosis Interactive Arena by Arik Levy
This wearable cocoon of quilts and blankets by Slovakian architecture graduate Danica Pistekova is just right for people who wish they could take their bed with them in the morning. More about Sewn as a Site by Danica Pistekova
Product news: this white cratered moon is actually a densely filled ice cream cake created by London designers Doshi Levien for Häagen-Dazs. More about Ice Moon by Doshi Levien for Häagen-Dazs
East London designer Roger Arquer has made a bench out of materials he salvaged from his local hardware shop before it closed down, which he is contributing to the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. More about General Woodwork Bench by Roger Arquer for the Stepney Green Design Collection
London Design Festival: a new gallery showcasing socially responsible design has opened in Soho and its inaugural collection features furniture from Brazil curated by US specialists Espasso plus pieces by designers including Studiomama and Australian collective Supercyclers. More about 19 Greek Street design gallery opens in London
London Design Festival: London designer Benjamin Hubert has launched a lighting collection made of underwear fabric (+ audio). More about Tenda by Benjamin Hubert at designjunction
Product news: this wearable camera by Oxford technology business OMG Life with Chauhan Studio uses sensors and GPS technology to decide which moments of your life are worth photographing. More about Autographer camera by OMG Life with Chauhan Studio
News: a group of libertarian activists in the U.S. plans to distribute open-source blueprints for homemade 3D-printed guns, provoking questions about the potential uses of the increasingly affordable technology. More about Gun enthusiasts release open-source kits for 3D-printed Wiki Weapons
In this movie by Gwenael Lewis, designer Omer Arbel talks about the story behind the 14 Series lights he produced under-the-radar in a barn to create a chandelier for Canadian lighting company Bocci. More about Movie: Omer Arbel on "making chandeliers on an agricultural farm"
A whirring helicopter of LEDs creates the illusion of a glowing hat in this design by Moritz Waldemeyer for Irish milliner Philip Treacy (+ slideshow). More about LED hats by Moritz Waldemeyer for Philip Treacy
London design firm Studiomama is contributing an orange chair that has been remodelled from a discarded frame to the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. More about Re-Imagined Chair by Studiomama for the Stepney Green Design Collection
London Design Festival: Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, Jasper Morrison and AL_A are among the designers who have created benches with British design brand Established & Sons for the central courtyard of the V&A museum (+slideshow). More about Bench Years by Established & Sons at the V&A museum
London Design Festival: every scrap of material and minute of production time was carefully recorded during the manufacturing of these twelve wooden chairs, helping the Royal College of Art students that designed them to measure each one's sustainability. More about Out of the Woods at the V&A museum
London Design Festival: drops of coloured ink fall from the top of a stone staircase into a glass tank six storeys below in this installation at the V&A museum by German artist and designer Rolf Sachs (+ slideshow). More about The Journey of a Drop by Rolf Sachs
Here's a movie showing the concept animations, construction and testing of the London 2012 Olympic cauldron by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. More about Making of Thomas Heatherwick's London 2012 Olympic cauldron
News: online homeware retailer Made.com has opened a physical showroom on the ninth floor of a west London office tower, featuring QR codes and miniature 3D-printed models of furniture. More about Online retailer Made.com opens physical showroom
London Design Festival: Curator, author and furniture designer Suzanne Trocmé has created a 3D-printed ceramic bowl and egg cup based on the continuous form of a Möbius strip. More about Aspirals by Suzanne Trocmé for 1882 Ltd
London Design Festival: construction workers made this furniture on show at London's Gallery Fumi, but Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan of Studio MK27 has added small details to embellish each piece. More about Prostheses and Innesti by Studio MK27, Manuela Verga and Paolo Boatti
The sounds of the countryside are amplified when you place your ear towards one of these four enormous trumpets built by architects Studio Weave (+ slideshow). More about The Hear Heres by Studio Weave
London Design Festival: London design journalist and photographer Barbara Chandler has selected ten of her favourite photographs from this year's London Design Festival, including portraits of Martino Gamper, Industrial Facility (above) and Tord Boontje. More about London Design Festival 2012 photographs by Barbara Chandler