Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has created a collection of sneakers and slip-ons for American shoe company Converse, featuring a handwritten poem celebrating the "sensual curve" for which his architecture is famous (+ slideshow). More about The Oscar Niemeyer Collection for Converse
Dutch Design Week: a Victorian scientist's laboratory experiments inspired Dutch designer David Derksen to create these glass lamps and vases, which have double walls like a Thermos flask. More about Dewar Glassware by David Derksen
Interieur 2012: objects that seem like half-finished sketches of candle holders, vases, bowls and bottles won British designer Maya Selway second prize in the Object category of the Interieur Design Awards at the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, last week (+ slideshow). More about Kishu by Maya Selway
Interieur 2012: soft leather seats hang between the colourful plastic shelves of this furniture by Belgian design duo Muller Van Severen presented at the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, last week (+ slideshow). More about Future Primitives by Muller Van Severen
In this movie filmed by Dezeen, Studiomama founder Nina Tolstrup talks about the chair she modified for the Stepney Green Design Collection and how "there are always materials to be found" in east London. More about "In the East End there are always materials to be found" - Nina Tolstrup
Interieur 2012: British designer Ross Lovegrove presented a futuristic concept car shaped according to instinct rather than science at the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, last week (+ movie). More about Futuristic Primitivism/Instinctive Override by Ross Lovegrove
Dutch Design Week: twenty-five designers set up their own production lines inside a former textile factory in the Netherlands last week, making furniture, lighting, clothes, shoes, food, paper and more with the help of visitors. More about C-Fabriek curated by Itay Ohaly and Thomas Vailly
Product news: British designer David Irwin has created pentagonal pendant lights that are bound together by silicon bands for design company Deadgood. More about EXTL pendant lights by David Irwin for Deadgood
Istanbul Design Biennial 2012: German designer Annika Frye incorporated a cordless drill in the rotational moulding machine she built for making one-off items using a process that would normally result in an identical series (+ movie). More about Improvisation Machine by Annika Frye
Dutch Design Week: architect Brian Peters has adapted a desktop 3D printer to produce ceramic bricks for building architectural structures (+ movie). More about Building Bytes 3D printed bricks by Brian Peters
Product news: this swinging sofa by Berlin-based Studio Aisslinger for design brand Vitra isn't meant for the garden or conservatory but for weary workers in the office. More about Swing Sofa by Studio Aisslinger for Vitra
East London designer Lee Broom talks about making lamps from crystal decanters and how east London's history and street culture make it an important creative hub in this movie we filmed for the Stepney Green Design Collection. More about "Street culture is synonymous with east London" - Lee Broom
Interieur 2012: American architect and designer Greg Lynn has created a prototype for a motorised compact-living cocoon that rotates to provide space for relaxing, sleeping and bathing (+ movie). More about RV Prototype (RV = Room Vehicle) by Greg Lynn
Threads and glue replace joints and screws in the furniture that emerges from a custom-made machine designed by Royal College of Art graduate Anton Alvarez (+ movie). More about The Thread Wrapping Machine by Anton Alvarez
Competition: Dezeen and Areaware have teamed up to give readers the chance to win one of five white Balancing Blocks sets of wooden toys, signed by the designers Fort Standard. More about Competition: five sets of Balancing Blocks by Fort Standard to give away
News: Apple is to bring its hardware and software design teams closer together as part of a major shake-up of its management team. The move follows claims that the company is "a little bit behind" in integrating industrial and digital design and criticism of its attachment to skeuomorphic design. More about Jonathan Ive to lead both hardware and software design at Apple
In the next movie filmed for the Stepney Green Design Collection we curated, east London designer Donna Wilson talks about the knitted tree with creatures nestled inside it that she contributed. More about Donna Wilson on her knitted tree for the Stepney Green Design Collection
News: the yacht that Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs designed for himself before he died this time last year with interiors by French designer Philippe Starck is now complete and has been unveiled at the Dutch shipyard where it was built. More about Steve Jobs' yacht completed
Designers including Marco Dessi, Tomáš Král and Adrien Rovero created experimental mirrors for an exhibition organised by Adam Štěch of Czech design firm OKOLO and curator Klára Šumová during Designblok 2012 in Prague this month. More about The Mirror exhibition by OKOLO and Klára Šumová
News: Finnish design company Marimekko's classic floral print will appear on the livery of two Finnair aeroplanes as part of a collaboration that also includes a range of textiles and tableware for use onboard. More about Marimekko makeover for Finnish airline