In this first instalment from a discussion chaired by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, Milan designer Fabio Novembre talks about his work and inspirations. We filmed the talk at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as part of Peroni Nastro Azzurro's series on Italian design. More about Peroni Collaborazioni Talks: Fabio Novembre part 1
Stockholm 2012: Stockholm designer Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF presents this pendant lamp inspired by the fenders and buoys that hang down from the side of boats at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and Northern Light Fair this week. More about Buoy by TAF for Zero
Ten fangs protrude from the sole of each of these shoes, worn by models at the Spring/Summer 2012 show of fashion designer Iris van Herpen. More about Fang by Iris van Herpen and United Nude
These desks by London architects Studio Octopi were designed to look like miniature basketball courts. More about 18 Feet & Rising by Studio Octopi
The latest menswear collection by fashion designer Sruli Recht of Iceland features leather made from dolphin skin, fabric woven from horse hair and silk extracted from a spider's gland implanted in a goat. More about Field Dressing by Sruli Recht
Dezeen Platform: design graduate Ariane Prin uses an extruding machine to press pencils from waste materials she finds at the Royal College of Art workshops in her project From Here to Here, presented and filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform. More about Dezeen Platform: Ariane Prin
London designer Phil Cuttance has built a machine to cast faceted vases that are unique every time. More about Faceture by Phil Cuttance
Australian designer Marc Newson has launched a camera for Japanese brand Pentax. More about K01 by Marc Newson for Pentax
This coffee table by Rotterdam designer Reinier de Jong can be expanded by sliding the middle sections outwards in either direction. More about REK coffee table by Reinier de Jong
New design brand One Nordic Furniture Company will launch during Stockholm Design Week next week with an inaugural collection by Swedish studio Form Us With Love. More about Bento by Form Us With Love for One Nordic Furniture Company
Austrian designer Nina Levett mixes imagery from punk and pop culture into her designs for textiles, wallpaper and ceramics. More about Making a Silk Screen by Nina Levett
This wristband by sports brand Nike tracks your movement throughout the day and gives you points for being more active. More about FuelBand by Nike+
Dezeen Wire: design critic Alice Rawsthorn interviews Japanese designer Oki Sato of Nendo about how the company got its name, the humour and stories behind their work and his current preoccupation with glass-blowing - New York Times
Nendo presented two exhibitions of their work in Paris last week: furniture that's only stable when objects are placed on it and another collection at Carpernters Workshop Gallery that includes containers made of agricultural netting, tables with glass tops that have been allowed to flow outside their frames and huge blown-glass bubbles trapped in steel coffee tables.
See all our stories about Nendo here and watch our interview with Oki Sato on Dezeen Screen.
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Paris 2012: get yourself organised with these colourful accordion-pleated document wallets by Copenhagen brand Hay, presented at Maison & Objet in Paris last week. More about Plissè by Hay
Seoul designers HawaSoo have designed a clothes rail, a lamp and a stool that are styled like components of a bicycle. More about Breeze by HawaSoo
Paris 2012: this collection of furniture by Japanese designers Nendo is stable only when objects are placed on it. More about Object Dependencies Collection by Nendo for Specimen Editions
The joints of this handcrafted task light by Israeli industrial designer Asaf Weinbroom comprise strips of walnut veneer clamped round the oak base and head. More about Fervency Series by Asaf Weinbroom
A golden cape woven from the silk of over a million wild spiders is on show at the V&A museum in London. More about Spider-silk cape by Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley
Transform your bare office into an Italian palazzo with this wallpaper by UK designers Young & Battaglia that lets you pretend to be surrounded by Renaissance-style angels carved in stone. More about Stone Angels wallpaper by Young & Battaglia for Mineheart
Dezeen Wire: influential New York design store Moss is to close its Soho space on 17 Feb after 18 years of business, due to lagging sales - New York Times
Store owners Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell, whose shop launched the careers of designers such as Maarten Baas and Hella Jongerius, intend to move from the Soho shop to a smaller space where they hope to continue exhibiting and selling new design.
Read our 2007 interview with Murray Moss here.
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