These carafes by Zurich designer Anna Blattert of Swiss collective Postfossil incorporate little baskets to hold fresh ingredients like lemon or mint for making flavoured tap water. More about Stir It by Anna Blattert for Postfossil
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: last week the Dezeen team were at Clerkenwell Design Week in London, where highlights included an archway clad in wooden hexagons, a tiny mobile theatre and a basket-making machine that stops working when nobody’s looking, as well as our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up. Here's a slideshow capturing these projects and a few more of the best bits. More about Slideshow feature: Clerkenwell Design Week 2012
Following the popularity of the bookcase without shelves that we published earlier this week (above, top right) here's a roundup of the ten most-clicked stories from Dezeen featuring more clever ways to display your reading material. More about Dezeen's top ten: bookcases
Atelier Van Lieshout arranged its new furniture pieces for Dutch company Lensvelt around an enormous blue cannon at Ventura Lambrate last month. More about WWIII by Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt
This week we've created a Pinterest board with all the best images of lamps from Dezeen. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest »
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Dutch designer Maarten Baas has created a timer in collaboration with with kinetic objects company Laikingland that's specifically designed not to be accurate. More about Just About Now by Maarten Baas with Laikingland
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: Vienna designers Mischer'Traxler present a basket-making machine that stops working when nobody's looking at Clerkenwell Design Week in London this week. More about Collective Works by Mischer'Traxler
Dezeen Wire: Apple designer Jonathan Ive was in London yesterday to receive his knighthood and give a number of press interviews, including this one for the Telegraph in which he says: "Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing. We don't really talk about design, we talk about developing ideas and making products." More about Jonathan Ive receives knighthood
Designed in Hackney: these chandeliers by Hackney designer Stuart Haygarth were painstakingly assembled from found objects like discarded spectacles, plastic bottles or party-poppers. More about Designed in Hackney: chandeliers by Stuart Haygarth
Dezeen Wire: the UK government has announced changes in the law that will extend copyright protection of 'artistic' manufactured goods from just 25 years to the life of the creator plus 70 years, giving design the same term of protection as literature and art. More about UK copyright law changed to protect design classics
Milan 2012: London designers Doshi Levien have designed an armchair and sofa for Italian brand Moroso that's inspired by Modernist architect Le Corbusier and the Indian city of Chandigarh that he masterplanned in the 1950s. More about Chandigarh by Doshi Levien
Dezeen Wire: Japanese designer Takeshi Miyakawa has been accused of planting false bombs and arrested while installing his work in a New York street during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. More about Designer arrested for "planting false bombs" in New York
Dutch designers Daphna Laurens have created a series of storage containers that partially conceal their contents behind metal grilles. More about Cover collection by Daphna Laurens
French designer Philippe Starck has created an aerosol spray that lets users enjoy alcohol without getting drunk or hungover. More about WA|HH by Philippe Starck and David Edwards
Milan 2012: when Johanna Agerman-Ross from Disegno magazine came into Dezeen Studio in Milan, she spoke to us about the future of print magazines and current design trends. More about Interview: Johanna Agerman-Ross at Dezeen Studio
Designed in Hackney: illustration collective Le Gun have collaborated with footwear designer Tracey Neuls to create a range of shoes inspired by items discovered inside a suitcase in a Hackney basement. More about Designed in Hackney: TN29 by Le Gun and Tracey Neuls
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: Dezeen are media partners for the London series of www.pechakucha.com talks, and the next one takes place on Thursday 24 May at Clerkenwell Design Week with speakers including architect Nigel Coates, architecture publisher Peter Murray and designer Benjamin Hubert. More about Pecha Kucha at Clerkenwell Design Week on Thursday 24 May
This bookcase without shelves by Tokyo designer Chicako Ibaraki is now in production with Italian brand Casamania. More about Weave Bookcase by Chicako Ibaraki for Casamania
Dutch design studio HEYHEYHEY assembled an assortment of objects including toothbrushes, books, marbles, matches and a toy train inside two suitcases to build a chain-reaction machine that signs and stamps a postcard. More about Melvin the Mini Machine by HEYHEYHEY
Italian-Singaporean designers Lanzavecchia + Wai have designed a collection of aids for the elderly with styling that's more domestic than medical. More about No Country For Old Men by Lanzavecchia + Wai