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
Dezeen Screen: this movie shows the making of the Rise for Japan poster by Milton Glaser, designer of the iconic I Love New York logo.
Rise for Japan is a fundraising project founded by New York artists to support Architecture for Humanity’s efforts to rebuild the Tohoku region of Japan, following its devastation by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March. Watch the movie »
More about Dezeen Screen: Rise for Japan by Milton Glaser
New Designers 2011: Kingston University graduate Oscar Medley-Whitfield presented these benches that rely on each other for support at New Designers in London last week. More about Prop-er Benches by Oscar Medley-Whitfield
New Designers 2011: textile designer Orawee Choedamphai has created modular knitted screens that incorporate cable ties and Lego. More about The Fourth-Dimension by Orawee Choedamphai
Kingston University graduate Hannah Niskanen-Benady presented this series of side tables that incorporate knitted containers at graduate show New Designers in London over the weekend. More about Safety Vase by Hannah Niskanen-Benady
A collection of 30 dinner plates designed by Albert Schrurs of Allegory combine to create a map of France showing the location of the country's Michelin-starred restaurants. More about France by Albert Schrurs
this next movie in our series filmed at the London Design Festival 2010 features curator Max Fraser talking about Lab Craft, an exhibition of work that marries craftsmanship with digital technology. More about Max Fraser at Lab Craft
This concept car by Los Angeles architects Emergent is made of cartilage and makes its own fuel from algae. More about Semi-Rigid Car by Emergent
While Dezeen prepares for the 2011 London Design Festival, here's a previously unseen interview we filmed with Spanish designer Jaime Hayón during last year's festival. More about Interview with Jaime Hayón
Show RCA 2011: to continue our series of graduate projects from the Royal College of Art, here's a stool by Jack Smith that collapses when its seat is lifted. More about Folding Stool by Jack Smith
Unable to prevent revellers urinating against their trees, Roskilde Festival in Denmark installed tree-mounted urinals by Dutch designers Aandeboom. More about P-Tree by Aandeboom
Danish designer Jens Martin Skibsted talks about his bicycle brand Biomega and the future of urban cycling in this previously unseen video filmed by Dezeen during the London Design Festival 2010. More about Interview with Jens Martin Skibsted
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduates Attua Aparicio and Oscar Wanless have invented a new manufacturing process that involves steaming polystyrene beads inside fabric moulds. More about NSEPS by Silo
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Ariane Prin uses waste from college workshops as the raw material for her on-site pencil factory More about From Here For Here by Ariane Prin