Furniture
Pila and Pilo by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullecfor Magis
Milan 2012: French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec present this slender ash chair for Magis. More about Pila and Pilo by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullecfor Magis
Milan 2012: French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec present this slender ash chair for Magis. More about Pila and Pilo by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullecfor Magis
Milan 2012: designer David Weeks has teamed up with Belgian design brand Quinze & Milan to present a giant version of his Cubebot toys for New York producers Areaware at MOST in Milan next week. More about Giant Cubebot by David Weeks for Quinze & Milanand Areaware at MOST
The Design Museum Collection App for iPad is now available to download, featuring interviews filmed by Dezeen with Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic about 59 objects from their collection. Download it free from the app store here. More about Design Museum Collection App:music
These masks by German designer Meike Harde cover just the eyes and mouth, replacing the wearer's features with idealised ones from the media. More about Too Beautiful To Be True by Meike Harde
Designed in Hackney: Hackney designer Lee Broom will launch crystal light bulbs cut like whiskey decanters at Ventura Lambrate in Milan next week. More about Designed in Hackney: Crystal Bulb by Lee Broom
Milan 2012: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will present a table that's almost invisible at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week. More about Luminous by Tokujin Yoshiokafor Glas Italia
Milan 2012: Eindhoven designers BCXSY worked with traditional Irish boat builders to develop this collection of stools, tables and bowls, which they'll present at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan next week. More about Origin part III - Contrast by BCXSY
Designed in Hackney: this installation by Hackney studio Troika creates overlapping pools of light on the floor like raindrops falling on water. More about Designed in Hackney: Falling Lightby Troika
This school table by industrial design students graduate Arthur Brutter and professor Ido Bruno is specifically designed to form a safe shelter for pupils during earthquakes. More about Earthquake Proof Table by Arthur Brutterand Ido Bruno
Milan 2012: in this teaser movie by Gwenael Lewis for Canadian lighting brand Bocci we see glass blowers making the 38 series chandelier designed by Omer Arbel.
Bocci will exhibit the chandelier at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week. See all our stories about Milan 2012 here.
Watch this and more movies from Bocci on Dezeen Screen.
More about Bocci's 38 series by Omer Arbel
Milan 2012: London designer Benjamin Hubert will present an upholstered version of his Maritime chair plus a coordinating dining table called Pontoon for Italian brand Casamania at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile next week. More about Pontoon and Maritime S by Benjamin Hubertfor Casamania
Dezeen Wire: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, grandson of the car firm's founder and designer of the iconic Porsche 911 model, has died at the age of 76 - The Guardian
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Here are some photos of the latest collection of Sire spectacle frames, which are made of water buffalo horn. More about Sire by Aekae and Swisshorn
New York-based Icelandic designer Jóhanna Methúsalemsdóttir of Kria based this collection of jewellery on the shapes of cod fish bones. More about Cod Collection by Kria
Milan 2012: French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte has designed a hob and oven system that looks more akin to furniture than electrical appliances. More about La Cornue W by Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Last month Dezeen visited a selection of Icelandic design studios as part of DesignMarch in Reykjavik. Here are some photos from the tour taken with the Pentax K-01 camera designed by Marc Newson, which was kindly given to us by Pentax for the trip. More about DesignMarch 2012: studio tours
These plates by Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski turn your meals into hairstyles for the faces they depict. More about FaceOn by Boguslaw Sliwiński
Dezeen promotion: this week saw the launch of Llustre.com, a new design blog and flash-sales site offering its members a mixture of exclusives, limited editions, new launches and discounts on products by new and established designers. More about Launch of Llustre.com
Designed in Hackney: these crochet pendant lamps by Dalston designer Naomi Paul are made of mercerised cotton and surplus silk from the fashion industry. More about Designed in Hackney: Omi pendant Lightsby Naomi Paul
Milan 2012: this table with folding trestle legs by Spanish designer Tomás Alonso is one of nine new products that Japanese furniture brand Karimoku New Standard will present at Erastudio Apartment Gallery in Milan later this month. More about Karimoku New Standard at ErastudioApartment Gallery