Australian designer Marc Newson has designed an hourglass for watch brand Ikepod, which contains tiny gold-plated stainless steel balls instead of sand. More about The Hourglass by Marc Newson for Ikepod
London designer Mathias Hahn talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs in our next movie from Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, filmed at imm cologne earlier this year. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Mathias Hahn
Milan 2011: German design firm Nils Holger Moormann will present this leaning coat stand by designers Martin Pärn and Edina Dufala-Pärn at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. More about Lodelei by Martin Pärn and Edina Dufala-Pärn for Nils Holger Moormann
Competition: we've teamed up with It's Nice That magazine to give away five copies of Issue #5 of their bi-annual printed publication. More about Competition: five copies of It’s Nice That Issue #5 to be won
The fifth in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents features designer German designer Stefan Diez talking about factories, working conditions, mittens for motorcycles and sex tourism.
More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Stefan Diez
Designer David Taylor of Stockholm has created a series of candle holders made from layers of silver, steel and beech for Stockholm craft collective Konsthantverkarna. More about KHV60 by David Taylor
British architect John Pawson has designed images of ribbons to show support for Japan that can be downloaded in exchange for a donation to disaster relief following the earthquake and tsunami earlier this month. More about Ribbons for Japan by John Pawson
French designer Matali Crasset has designed these jewellery pieces featuring tiny figures scuba diving, flying off with a jewel and perched on a unicycle. More about Le Buisson by Matali Crasset
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In this first movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Italian designer Harry Thaler, one of two joint winners of the [D3] Contest young designers competition at imm cologne earlier this year. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Harry Thaler
Industrial designer Giorgio Bonaguro of Milan has created this lamp that supports a light fitting in a single loop of steel. More about Tweety table lamp by Giorgio Bonaguro
London studios Anomaly and Unit9 are collating patterns donated by artists, which users can print out with instructions to make origami cranes in exchange for a donation to disaster relief in Japan. More about One Thousand Cranes for Japan by Anomaly and Unit9
Design student Jiyoung Seo has created a little shelf with a flap of silicon to keep books in place. More about Catalyst Shelf by Jiyoung Seo
Milan 2011: These screens made of sticks covered in Velcro by designers Kawamura-Ganjavian will be used to divide exhibition stands at Designjunction in Milan next month. More about StickingSticks by Kawamura-Ganjavian
Hong Kong designer Kitmen Keung has created a lounge chair and ottoman by slicing a cube of foam in two. More about Dual Cut by Kitmen Keung for Sixinch
New York designer Bec Brittain has created this lamp made from LED tubes for American brand Matter. More about SHY Light by Bec Brittain
An exhibition of work by Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto has opened at the V&A museum in London. More about Yohji Yamamoto at the V&A
Milan 2011: Designers La Mamba of Valencia will present this series of mirrors on legs at Tortona Design Week in Milan next month. More about Mirrors by La Mamba for Omelette-ed
San Francisco designer Yves Behar has designed the inaugural product from new Danish mobile phone brand Æsir. More about AE+Y Mobile Phone by Yves Behar for Æsir
The Plumen 001 light bulb, created by design brand Hulger and designed by Samuel Wilkinson, has been awarded the Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award at a ceremony at the Design Museum in London today. More about Hulger and Samuel Wilkinson win Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award 2011
Italian studio Matteo Thun & Partners present a series of gently rounded bathroom fittings for German design brand Dornbracht at ISH 2011 in Frankfurt, which opens today. More about Gentle by Matteo Thun & Partners for Dornbracht