Competition: we’ve teamed up with Figtree Factory Studios to give readers a chance to win one of five pairs of their 01M OneMoment 100% biodegradable shoes. More about Competition: five pairs of 01M OneMoment shoes to be won
Qubique 2011: this light by German collective llot llov can be adjusted by hooking the shade onto one of a string of twenty turned wooden balls. More about Earl by llot llov
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform, Estonian designer Evelin Kasikov talks about her CMYK embroidery, a series of hand-made prints that replace inks with thread. Watch the movie »
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Dutch Design Week 2011: Philips Design in Eindhoven present a conceptual self-sufficient home that converts sewage and rubbish into power. More about Microbial Home by Philips Design
Dutch Design Week 2011: components for this furniture by Rotterdam designers Minale-Maeda can be downloaded, 3D-printed and assembled locally. More about Inside Out Furniture by Minale-Maeda
Qubique 2011: Tel Aviv designer Nir Meiri uses desert sand to create these tactile moulded lights. More about Desert Storm by Nir Meiri
Qubique 2011: look carefully at these tables by Berlin-based collective llot llov and you'll see that there's a mirror in the wooden under-frame. More about Elias & Son tables by llot llov
Designers Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra created a 3D sketch of a living room by suspending strands of wool from fishing wire. More about Analogia #001 by Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra
Dutch Design Week 2011: designers Raw Color and Studio Mkgk present people dressed as trees as part of Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven this week. More about Temporary Trees by Raw Color and Mkgk
If pharmacy packaging leaves you feeling perplexed about what you're taking, then these medicine packets named after symptoms rather than ingredients will be right up your street. More about Help Remedies by Pearlfisher
Qubique 2011: if you've always wanted to be photographed wearing a chocolate moustache, come along to the party Dezeen is co-hosting with Red, the association of Spanish design companies, in Berlin on Friday. More about Mr Chocolate Moustaches by Diego Ramos
Dutch Design Week 2011: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Akko Goldenbeld has made a model of the city that plays the piano. More about City Music by Akko Goldenbeld
Dutch Design Week 2011: best known for his grown-up furniture that would be quite at home in a fairy tale, Amsterdam designer Bo Reudler presents a collection of children's furniture in Eindhoven as part of Dutch Design Week this week. More about Kids’ Furniture by Bo Reudler Studio
Due to the popularity of Melvin, a machine we showed on Dezeen Screen that triggers a chain of strange events when an alarm sounds, this month's top ten is all about machines. More about Dezeen’s top ten: machines
A solo show of work by artists Studio Job opened at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands this week. More about Studio Job & the Groninger Museum
In this interview filmed at Mint Gallery in London, Japanese designer Oki Sato of Nendo talks about Growing Vases, an installation of hand-blown glass lights with the blower's pipe still attached. More about Oki Sato on Nendo's Growing Vases
London designers Studiolav have declared the pencil redundant and redesigned it for life in a pencil-pot graveyard. More about Design is Dead Pencil by Studiolav
This step ladder by Latvian designer Arthur Analts can rest flat against the wall, fit into a corner at 45 degrees or rest securely in a corner at 25 degrees, thanks to the shape of its top and bottom rungs. More about Led Zeppelin by Arthur Analts
In this movie filmed in a warehouse on the outskirts of Eindhoven, the ringing of an alarm clock triggers a chain of events that opens umbrellas, spins paper windmills, starts a fire and releases a set of parachuting toy animals (+ movie). More about Melvin the Machine by HEYHEYHEY
Dezeen promotion: here's a movie from design brand Vitra about their ID Chair Concept by Italian designer Antonio Citterio, which generates more than 8000 possible office chairs. More about ID Chair Concept by Antonio Citterio for Vitra