The first tailor-made 3D printed seats for wheelchair basketball are being used by competitors at the London 2012 Paralympics. More about Paralympic design: 3D-printed seats for wheelchair basketball
British designer Ben Pawle has come up with a condom wrapper for people with disabilities that can be opened with a simple finger-clicking action (+ movie). More about One Handed Condom Wrapper by Ben Pawle
Croation designers Bruketa&Žinić have produced an unusual annual report for an investment company – a book that turns green in the reader's hands. More about In Good Hands by Bruketa&Žinić
East London designer Gitta Gschwendtner is going to make a one-off three-seater version of her Bodge Bench as the first piece chosen for the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. More about Bodge Bench by Gitta Gschwendtner for the Stepney Green Design Collection
ECAL graduate Kacper Hamilton has created a pocket knife and multi-tool for Swiss ski-makers Zai, based on a traditional Japanese knife. More about Zai HIGO tools by Kacper Hamilton
French designer Pauline Marcombe has made a wooden T-shirt. More about Prototype Triangle Numéro 1 wooden T-shirt by Pauline Marcombe
Sailors at the London 2012 Paralympics are using boats fitted out with custom seats, handles and pedal controls. More about Paralympic design: adaptive sailing equipment
In the final movie in our series filmed with Marc Newson at his London studio, he tells us about lesser-known projects - including a six-wheel Aston Martin for a member of a Middle Eastern royal family - that "for one reason and another didn't get out there." Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Marc Newson on the projects that got away
Japanese studio Nendo has created a Bluetooth headset that looks like a pen. More about Stylo Bluetooth headset by Nendo for Logitech
Designer Sunghoon Jung of South Korea has devised a combined tape measure and pair of compasses. More about Any Kinda Tape measure by Sunghoon Jung
Athletes without the use of their lower body use cycles propelled by hand pedals in the road cycling events at the London 2012 Paralympics. More about Paralympic design: competitive handcycles
London Design Festival: Shoe designer Tracey Neuls and product designer Tord Boontje have teamed up to design a range of shoes featuring autumn leaves. More about Shoes by Tracey Neuls and Tord Boontje for Selfridges
In this next movie in our series filmed with Marc Newson in his London studio he tells us about the watches he's designed, including the first ones that he built himself in the late 1980s. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "I pre-dated the trend for large watches by about a decade" - Marc Newson
Jerusalem designer Avichai Tadmor created this scaled-up pencil sharpener for shaving curls of carrot onto salads. More about Karoto by Avichai Tadmor for Monkey Business
London-based designer Samuel Wilkinson has designed a series of low tables for Danish design brand Versus with depressions in the top to stop small items rolling around. More about Scallop table by Samuel Wilkinson for Versus
Milan-based designer James Irvine has designed an I-beam shaped stool for Italian design brand Discipline to be exhibited during Helsinki Design Week this month. More about Centanni Stool by James Irvine for Discipline
Dezeen archive: packaging for carrying fresh fish home from the supermarket (top left) was popular on Dezeen earlier this week, so we've grouped together all our stories about packaging, including T-shirts wrapped up to look like food and gift boxes shaped like cartoon characters. See all all the stories »
More about Dezeen archive: packaging
Chairs used in the wheelchair rugby event at the London 2012 Paralympics are designed to withstand heavy impacts and be easily manoeuvrable. More about Paralympic design: wheelchair rugby
Stockholm designer David Taylor sees his latest series of candlesticks as a crowd of friends that changes over time when some of them are bought and others are made to replace them. More about Crowd Candlesticks by David Taylor
Stabilising pontoons and specially designed seats are just some of the modifications that can be made to equipment used by rowers at the London 2012 Paralympics. More about Paralympic design: adaptive rowing equipment