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
Interieur 2012: data from the ripples of a nearby river animated this mechanical installation by American artist and designer David Bowen, which hung over visitors' heads at the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, last week (+ slideshow). More about Underwater by David Bowen
Following two collaborations with designer Yves Béhar, San Francisco designer sex toy brand Jimmyjane has launched a travel-friendly vibrator, which comes with a lock to avoid accidental activation inside a suitcase. More about Form 6 G3 vibrator by Jimmyjane
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