A group of students from the University of Applied Arts has won Vienna Design Week's Social Design Award with a project aimed at involving citizens in the design of their urban spaces using the city's own waste materials. More about Membran recruits pedestrians to turn waste tarps into public seating for Vienna
Hidden away in the basement of this year's Vienna Design Week headquarters, The Series exhibition collated works by 22 independent designers from 14 countries to explore the idiosyncrasies of small-batch production. More about Inflated 3D-printed clocks and molten-wax lamps feature in Vienna Design Week exhibition
Design studio Barbara Gollackner has presented a collection of homeware items made from industrial and personal food waste at Vienna Design Week. More about Studio Barbara Gollackner exhibits tableware made from food waste at Vienna Design Week
Lilli Hollein, the former director and co-founder of Vienna Design Week, has been named the head of the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. More about Lilli Hollein appointed director of Vienna's MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
Vienna designers Mischer'traxler were among the panellists in a live conversation for Vienna Design Week that explored how Austrian initiative Co/rizom supports traditional craftspeople around the world. More about Vienna Design Week partners with Dezeen for a live talk on empowering artisans in central Asia and southeastern Europe
Portuguese architect, curator and co-founder of The Decorators Mariana Pestana has been revealed as the curator of the Istanbul Design Biennial in 2020. More about Mariana Pestana to curate 2020 Istanbul Design Biennial
A mossy fungus could be used to make nutritional food products after an apocalypse, or on Mars, according to research by designer Julia Schwarz. More about Julia Schwarz uses lichen to create food for after the apocalypse
Designer Laurids Gallée used lengths of cord produced by a historic Viennese passementarie factory to create the curved forms of these lamps. More about Laurids Gallée creates lamps out of cord traditionally used on costumes and uniforms
One for Hundred is a furniture brand based in Austria that produces more wood than it uses. More about One For Hundred plants 100 trees for every piece of wooden furniture sold
Networking industrial machinery could transform manufacturing says German designer Clemens Weisshaar, in this talk Dezeen filmed for lighting company EWO. More about Connected industrial robots are dangerous but full of potential says Clemens Weisshaar
Austrian designer Pia Bauernberger has designed a series of work coats with features tailored to the idiosyncrasies of specific designers and artists. More about Pia Bauernberger makes custom coats to suit how individual designers work
London design studio Fredrikson Stallard has brought its glimmering Prologue installation to Vienna's baroque Belvedere Palace. More about Sun-like disc of 8,000 Swarovski crystals installed at baroque Viennese palace
A pendulum swinging back and forth for a week crafted the colourful recession in this table, designed by Austrian studio Mischer'Traxler as part of a residency at Schloss Hollenegg. More about Mischer'Traxler builds pendulum in a castle to slowly sculpt a single tabletop
Vienna Design Week 2016: Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with silverware manufacturer Jarosinski & Vaugoin to create a set of minimal tableware featuring uneven washes of gold (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Feichtner designs set of minimal vessels dipped in gold
Vienna Design Week 2015: Vienna design collective Breaded Escalope has created a clock that uses shadows to display the time when a finger is placed within its face (+ movie). More about Breaded Escalope's touch-responsive clock tells the time with shadows
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with TaliaYstudio and glassware company Lobmeyr to offer readers the chance to win one of four crystal pendants that double up as analogue photo filters. More about Competition: four CrystalJellies by TaliaYstudio to be won
Vienna Design Week 2015: Vienna design studio Breaded Escalope has constructed a wooden enclosure that creates an intimate drinking space for two, modelled on Modernist architect Adolf Loos' American Bar. More about Breaded Escalope models two-person bar on iconic Adolf Loos speakeasy
Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian studio Chmara.Rosinke explored alternatives for dining and food preparation in its Cucina Futurista 2.0 exhibition of furniture and tableware design at Vienna Design Week (+ slideshow). More about Chmara.Rosinke designs Futurist kitchen installation
Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian designer Klemens Schillinger has created a series of rings that are sized to show the fluctuating price of gold over the past five decades, as part of a jewellery collection (+ slideshow). More about Klemens Schillinger visualises changing values of gold with Element 79 jewellery collection
Vienna Design Week 2015: a hammer that persistently strikes a stone and a "breathing" vacuum-packed sponge are among the moving sculptures that Norwegian studio Kneip has installed at a Viennese workshop (+ movie). More about Kneip creates miniature motorised sculptures from found objects