These felt elephant toys by German designer Daniel Böttcher are available at our pop-up design emporium Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2. More about Ronny by Daniel Böttcher for Formverleih at Dezeen Super Store
Eindhoven designers Studio Toer have created a table designed to fit through your letter box (+ movie). More about Postable by Studio Toer
Dezeen Wire: Sergio Pininfarina, the Italian car designer who worked for brands including Ferrari, Maserati and Lancia, has died aged 85 (via Reuters). Pininfarina worked at and later ran the family-run Pininfarina design studio from 1950 until 2006, working on models including the Ferrari Testarossa, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider and Bentley Azure.
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Spikes made from semi-precious stones break out between the heels and platforms of these shoes by fashion designer Iris van Herpen and shoe brand United Nude. More about Thorn by Iris van Herpen and United Nude
Designer Gerry Judah has created this white knotted sculpture of a race track for car brand Lotus at Goodwood Festival of Speed, which took place in West Sussex last weekend. More about Lotus Sculpture by Gerry Judah
This bicycle that's designed to grow with your child by Spanish designer Álex Fernández Camps has been awarded the top prize at the Delta Awards for industrial design at FADfest in Barcelona. More about Orbea Grow by Álex Fernández Camps
Afteroom Studio of Sweden have designed a chair that looks like a three-legged stool with a backrest reaching out from underneath. More about Afteroom Chair by Afteroom Studio
Dezeen Wire: design critic Alice Rawsthorn describes how the famous Arco lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni has become a cliché for precisely the reasons that made it great - New York Times
More about "When cliché grows out of distinction" - New York Times
This range of tables by Swedish company Massproductions features simple poles on circular bases with interchangeable tops. More about Odette by Massproductions
These ceiling lights by Seattle design studio Graypants are made from salvaged remnants of corrugated cardboard. More about Scraplights by Graypants
Barcelona graphic design company Lo Siento has created a set of sculptural letters that can be read from all sides (+ movie). More about 4D typography by Lo Siento
Dezeen Super Store is now open at 38 Monmouth Street in the Seven Dials district of Covent Garden, London. The micro-department store brings together our designer watch boutique Dezeen Watch Store, our pop-up design concept The Temporium and our Designed in Hackney Shop so drop by if you're in town!
Dezeen Super Store
38 Monmouth Street, London WC2
1 July – 30 September 2012
Monday to Saturday: 11am to 7pm
Sunday: 11am to 5pm
Turkish designer Yigit Ozer has created a range of three dimensional wall tiles for ceramic company Kutahya Seramik. More about Nexus by Yigit Ozer for Kutahya Seramik
Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel has created two new typefaces for London type company The Foundry, based on his work for exhibition catalogues and posters from the 1960s and 1970s. More about Typefaces by Wim Crouwel for The Foundry
Royal College of Art graduate James Thompson cast the spaces between objects in the college cafe and used the resulting shapes to make furniture-like sculptures. More about Parallel Architecture by James Thompson at Show RCA 2012
Thin layers are gradually shaved away from a cylindrical block of chocolate to reveal the embedded geometric patterns in this installation by Dutch designer Wieki Somers at the Vitra Design Museum (+ movie). More about Chocolate Mill by Wieki Somers at the Vitra Design Museum
Earlier today we featured objects made of tarmac. Now here's some furniture made of bricks by designers Rachel Griffin of Earnest Studio in Rotterdam and Emilie Pallard of Eindhoven. More about Building by Earnest Studio and Emilie Pallard
University of Brighton graduate Josh Bitelli has made a series of furniture and vases from asphalt and road-marking paint (+movie). More about Road Workers and White Liners by Josh Bitelli
A hole in this toothbrush directs water from the tap upwards like a drinking fountain for easy rinsing (+movie). More about Rinser Brush by Amron Experimental
Royal College of Art graduate Eunhee Jo has designed a tactile speaker with a fabric control panel and a speaker that moves to the music (+ movie). More about Tangible Textural Interface by Eunhee Jo at Show RCA 2012
