Movie: in this montage of highlights that Dezeen made for Clerkenwell Design Week, designers including Ross Lovegrove, BarberOsgerby and the Jaguar design team introduce their projects at the event. More about Movie: Clerkenwell Design Week 2012
Cologne designer Thomas Schnur has designed a wooden bench with logs instead of legs and which looks a bit like the Flintstones' car. More about Holzbank by Thomas Schnur
Architects Stickyline have created a range of paper helmets shaped like iconic buildings from the Hong Kong skyline. More about Project001 Masked Creature by Stickyline
Charcoal inserts purify tap water in these blown-glass containers by Italian designers Formafantasma (+ movie). More about Charcoal by Formafantasma at the Vitra Design Museum
This towel rail by Japanese designer Hiroomi Tahara comprises a rope wound around wall-mounted sticks. More about Towel Hanger by Hiroomi Tahara
Rhode Island School of Design graduate George Coffin has designed a collection of products that add twists to familiar objects, including this watering can with a bent wood handle. More about Familiar/Foreign by George Coffin
Two laminated plywood shells slot together to form this chair by Berlin designer David Geckeler without any metal fixings. More about Nørd by David Geckeler for Muuto
Dezeen Wire: social network Twitter has launched a new logo featuring a simplified version of the bird that's already associated with its identity.
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When tasked with designing a water bottle for 100 year's time, Tokyo designers Takram instead came up with artificial organs to help the body use water more efficiently as drinking water becomes scarce. More about Shenu: Hydrolemic System by Takram
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about redesigning the iconic red double-decker bus for London in this interview filmed by Dezeen at the preview of Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary at the V&A museum in London. More about Movie: Thomas Heatherwick on designing a new bus for London
Dezeen promotion: Japanese designer Oki Sato of Nendo will present their inaugural collection for new Singaporean design brand K% at Luminaire's Chicago showroom this month. More about Nendo presents K% collection at Luminaire
Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake has created a range of LED lamps for Italian lighting company Artemide that unfold from flat 2D shapes into 3D shades. More about IN-EI by Issey Miyake for Artemide
London design studio Yang:Ripol have remixed humble stationery items to create a pen that doubles as a pencil case and an eraser-capped pencil with its own brush. More about Pencil-case pen and Pencil V2.0 by Yang:Ripol
A footwear company in Thailand says it has developed a way to bio-engineer stingray skin to produce customised trainers - although the claim has been met with scepticism from scientists and outrage from animal rights campaigners. More about Bio-Customized Sneakers by Rayfish
The Dezeen office reopens tomorrow following the Queen's Diamond Jubilee holiday. Now you can remember the long weekend forever by downloading a free souvenir poster designed by Hackney graphic designer Sarah Hyndman of With Relish. More about Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Poster by Sarah Hyndman
Italian designers Formafantasma have completed a series of objects using various types of discarded leather, including the skin of pigs, fish and cork trees. More about Craftica by Formafantasma
Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski has created a new series of plates to encourage people to play with their food, this time allowing diners to recreate sporting action with their vegetables. More about Sport Plates by Boguslaw Sliwinski
After the popularity of our story on Nendo's bathroom for Bisazza Bagno this week, we've compiled over 100 covetable bathrooms from the pages of Dezeen in our latest Pinterest board.
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Dublin creative agency Boys and Girls has installed a new reception desk supported by giant Jenga blocks at one end and balloons at the other. More about Hot Desk by Boys and Girls
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: British design duo BarberOsgerby talk about designing the London 2012 Olympic Torch in this movie we filmed last week at the Vitra showroom during Clerkenwell Design Week. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Interview: BarberOsgerby on designing the Olympic Torch