Hans Toft Hornemann and Terkel Skou Steffensen of Danish design studio MadeByWho have designed these desk lamps combining a simple maple base with painted ceramic shades. More about Snøvsen by Hans Toft Hornemann and Terkel Skou Steffensen
This cutlery by Italian designer Gio Tirotto looks more like a set of workshop tools. More about No Pause by Gio Tirotto
This combined champagne and canapé holder by Belgian designer Vincent Olm can be inverted to stand upright on a table top. More about Lilobul by Vincent Olm
Dezeen Wire: design critic Alice Rawsthorn writes about design that balances desirability with ethical credibility for the New York Times, citing Mathieu Lehanneur's Wi-Fi stations across Paris and Something & Son's temporary spa the Barking Bathhouse as good examples to follow - New York Times
Milk flows into the handle of this cup by Barcelona designers ENTLO.1A so large cookies can be dunked in one piece. More about Taça by ENTLO.1A
French artist Etienne Gros has nipped and tucked blocks of soft foam to make squidgy nude sculptures. More about Les Mousses by Etienne Gros
French designer Patrick Norguet has designed a reusable cup for McDonald's that makes scalding hot coffee easier to hold. More about Tasse by Patrick Norguet
German designer Valentin Loellmann used hazel branches to create the knobbly legs of these benches, tables and stools. More about Seasons by Valentin Loellmann
Brazilian studio 20.87 has used plastic panels and LED lighting to transform an old house in São Paulo into a giant lamp (+ slideshow). More about Building Tilelamp at Casa do Lado by 20.87
Dezeen Wire: three senior Design Academy Eindhoven teachers have agreed to return to their posts after claiming victory in their dispute with the school.
Jan Boelen, Joost Grootens and Louise Schouwenberg, the heads of Social Design, Information Design and Contextual Design respectively, resigned two weeks ago but will now return to the school in the new academic year. More about Design Academy Eindhoven "gives in to demands" of departed masters heads
This family of stools by German designer Ellen Heilmann can be used as tables or seats. More about The Royal Family Stools by Ellen Heilmann
London landmarks from Brick Lane to Brixton feature on this hand-drawn poster by graphic designer Jenni Sparks, now available at Dezeen Super Store, 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2. More about London by Hand by Jenni Sparks at Dezeen Super Store
This bowl of candy-coloured glass fruits is a lamp by Japanese designer Hisakazu Shimizu of S&O Design. More about Fruits Table Lamp by Hisakazu Shimizu
Rubber pellets made from recycled car tyres form the knobbly surfaces of these bowls and pots by Dutch designer Debbie Wijskamp. More about Black Ruby by Studio Debbie Wijskamp
Swiss architects Bureau A have created decorative steel gates to discourage nocturnal "illegal activities" in the entrance to their Geneva studio. More about The Portal by Bureau A
German design collective ART+COM have installed over a thousand rising and falling metal raindrops in Singapore's Changi Airport (+ movie). More about Kinetic Rain by ART+COM
Taut rope is all that holds together this furniture by Dutch design graduate Toon Welling. More about Bound Basics by Toon Welling
Spanish rug maker Nanimarquina celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this month by laying dozens of rugs across Plaça de la Virreina in Barcelona (+ movie). More about Rugs in Plaça de la Virreina by Nanimarquina
German designer Johanna Schmeer has created a set of traps for catching genetically modified mice. More about Mousetraps by Johanna Schmeer
Hackney-based artist Alex Chinneck has fitted identically smashed windows into a derelict factory just a mile away from the Olympic Stadium (+ slideshow). More about Telling the Truth Through False Teeth by Alex Chinneck