New Designers 2011: as the value of copper increases, product design graduate Oscar Medley-Whitfield has minted a range of copper-bullion bowls so investors can display their assets at home. More about Worth the Weight by Oscar Medley-Whitfield
Show RCA 2011: footwear designer Victoria Spruce presented these sculptural shoes at the Royal College of Art graduate show earlier this month. More about Footwear by Victoria Spruce
Competition: we've teamed up with publishers Laurence King to give Dezeen readers the chance to win one of five copies of Folding Techniques for Designers. More about Competition: five copies of Folding Techniques for Designers to be won
London designers Airside have made the promo video for new Flashman track To The Victor – The Spoils! More about To The Victor – The Spoils! by Airside
New Designers 2011: Kingston University graduate Andre Pereira has created a series of products to help with tricky DIY tasks, including these paint brushes that clip onto the edge of a tin of paint. More about DIY Series by Andre Pereira
Israeli designer Rachel Boxnboim has cast a ceramic tea service inside fabric moulds. More about Alice by Rachel Boxnboim
These dresses by Montreal fashion designer Ying Gao move as if they're breathing. More about Walking City dresses by Ying Gao
Furniture designers' obsession with clamps has taken a new turn with this stool held together with one of the woodworking tools. More about Clamped Stools by Daniel Glazman
An explosion created these stools by Israeli designer Guy Mishaly. More about Blast by Guy Mishaly
Show RCA 2011: here's another piece of manufacturing machinery that harnesses sunlight by Markus Kayser - inventor of the Solar Sinter 3D printer in our earlier story - this time a low-tech, low-energy version of a laser cutter. More about Sun Cutter by Markus Kayser
New Designers 2011: Spanish furniture and product design graduate Ornella Stocco has created a modular furniture system with joints made of porcelain. More about Underconstruction by Ornella Stocco
Designer Faye Toogood presents Assemblage 1, her first collection of furniture and lighting made of stone, brass and English sycamore, in this interview that Dezeen filmed during the London Design Festival 2010. Studio Toogood presented the range as part of their Super Natural exhibition in a west London garage. More about Interview: Assemblage 1 by Toogood
In this movie by publishers Laurence King, author Paul Jackson shows how to make 'v' pleats in a sheet of paper, as detailed in chapter four of his book Folding Techniques for Designers. Enter our competition to win a copy of the book here. More about Folding Techniques for Designers: 'v' pleats
French designer Julien Carretero has used timber excavated from Eindhoven's medieval city walls to make a series of objects that could be used in an insurgency, including a catapult and a ladder. More about In Situ by Julien Carretero
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Erik de Laurens has made a pair of swimming goggles, spectacles and beakers out of fish scales. More about The Fish Feast by Erik de Laurens
Here's another update from the cutting edge of toilet design: Copenhagen studio UiWE are working on urinals for women. More about Pollee by UiWE
In this previously unseen movie filmed during the London Design Festival 2010, Dezeen interviewed London designer Faye Toogood at her Super Natural exhibition inside a disused garage. More about Interview: Faye Toogood at Super Natural
New Designers 2011: London Metropolitan University graduate Adrian Bergman has designed a modular retail display system that's only held together by rubber rings. More about Poles Apart by Adrian Bergman
Clothing brand Levi's is introducing garments adapted for commuter cyclists, including jeans featuring storage for a bike lock. More about Commuter by Levi’s
New Designers 2011: product design graduate Ben Fursdon has created the Broo-ver, a broom converted into a vacuum cleaner. More about Broo-ver by Ben Fursdon