News: Apple was named best design studio and best brand of the past 50 years at a special ceremony marking the 50th birthday of D&AD this week and Apple's entire design team, including senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive (above), flew to London to collect the awards. More about Apple named best design studio of past 50 years at one-off D&AD ceremony
Developing hardware and software at the same time is design's "new frontier", according to industrial designer Yves Behar, who added that "Apple is actually a little bit behind in that area". More about Yves Behar on skeuomorphic design and Apple
London Design Festival: the UK government has launched a new website in beta designed according to 10 principles devised by Ben Terrett, head of design at the Government Digital Service, who spoke to Dezeen at the Global Design Forum this week (+ audio). More about UK government website redesigned according to 10 new design principles
This installation by Leo Lindroos from Finnish architecture firm MOOK mimics the warm orange glow of a sunset to send viewers into a relaxed and sleepy state by boosting their melatonin levels. More about Sunset Camera by Leo Lindroos
London Design Festival: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders spoke to Dezeen about a new clock inspired by a London landmark earlier today at the Moooi showroom in west London (+ audio + movie). More about Big Ben by Marcel Wanders
Hackney designer Magnus Pettersen will contribute a side table from his Locker furniture collection to the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. More about Locker by Magnus Pettersen for the Stepney Green Design Collection
In this movie filmed by Dezeen, designer Erwan Bouroullec talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the textured Pico tiles that he and his brother Ronan exhibited during Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Movie: Erwan Bouroullec on Pico tiles at Clerkenwell Design Week
London Design Festival: Hackney designer Lee Broom has transformed his studio into an old-fashioned grocery store for the London Design Festival (+ interactive image). More about Crystal Bulb Shop by Lee Broom
London Design Festival: designers Industrial Facility will show a prototype of an aluminium chair inspired by handrails at their east London studio on Saturday. More about Alumi by Industrial Facility at Pop-Down
London Design Festival: "Legal systems don't really defend designers at all" when it comes to copying, British designer Tom Dixon told Dezeen today at the Global Design Forum, a day of talks from leading figures in the design world as part of the London Design Festival (+audio). More about "Legal systems don't really defend designers at all" - Tom Dixon
News: Apple's senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive is to design a camera for German brand Leica, reports PetaPixel. More about Apple's Jonathan Ive to design camera for Leica
London Design Festival: London designer Paul Cocksedge has made a giant chocolate QR code that visitors to The Dock during the London Design Festival can scan to get a free gift (or you could just scan the image in the bottom of this story). More about Gift by Paul Cocksedge for Hotel Chocolat
Danish design studio KiBiSi have created a sofa that looks like a rolled-up mattress for furniture company Versus. More about Roulade Sofa by KiBiSi for Versus
London Design Festival: these shoes by British designer Dominic Wilcox have LEDs in the toes that will guide you home no matter where you are (+ movie). More about No Place Like Home GPS shoes by Dominic Wilcox
Dezeen has commissioned London designer and Stepney Green resident Phil Cuttance to make a special extra-large version of his Faceture vase for the Stepney Green Design Collection. More about Faceture by Phil Cuttance for the Stepney Green Design Collection
London Design Festival: white metal chairs are stacked in a tower and clustered on staircases around the V&A museum as part of an installation by Japanese design studio Nendo (+ slideshow). More about Mimicry Chairs by Nendo
London Design Festival: we've created a free map featuring all London Design Festival events! As the week goes on we'll be labelling our favourites so keep coming back to discover the best shows. More about Dezeen's London Design Festival map
London Design Festival: data streams from all over the city are visualised on the faceted surfaces of Japanese/British designer Keiichi Matsuda's installation inside the cupola of the V&A museum for the London Design Festival. More about Prism by Keiichi Matsuda
London Design Festival: these spinning 'light paintings' made with sparkling crystal beads by designer Philippe Malouin are currently on show in the Digital Crystal exhibition at London's Design Museum (+ movie + slideshow). More about Blur by Philippe Malouin
London Design Festival: in this movie filmed by Alice Masters for the Design Museum's annual Designers in Residence exhibition, Yuri Suzuki talks about his radio with a circuit board arranged like the London Tube map and his mission to demystify consumer electronics. More about Movie: Yuri Suzuki at Designers in Residence 2012