Developing hardware and software at the same time is design's "new frontier", according to industrial designer Yves Behar, who added that "Apple is actually a little bit behind in that area". More about Yves Behar on skeuomorphic design and Apple
London Design Festival: the UK government has launched a new website in beta designed according to 10 principles devised by Ben Terrett, head of design at the Government Digital Service, who spoke to Dezeen at the Global Design Forum this week (+ audio). More about UK government website redesigned according to 10 new design principles
Danish firm CF Møller likens its completed art and craft museum in Norway to a "block of ice that has slid down from the surrounding mountains" (+ slideshow). More about Sogn & Fjordane Kunstmuseum by CF Møller Architects
London Design Festival: Dezeen is hosting a series of innovative daily live shows at 100% Design, continuing today at 5pm with London designers Dominic Wilcox (above) and Asif Khan, and curator and writer Daniel Charny. More about Thursday's speakers at Dezeen Live
Architecture studios FARM and KD Architects have converted a 1920s shophouse in Singapore into a residence with a swimming pool stretched along the ground floor. More about The Pool Shophouse by FARM and KD Architects
This installation by Leo Lindroos from Finnish architecture firm MOOK mimics the warm orange glow of a sunset to send viewers into a relaxed and sleepy state by boosting their melatonin levels. More about Sunset Camera by Leo Lindroos
London Design Festival: the first project by MAP, the new studio of designers BarberOsgerby, is the exhibition design of a digital laboratory at London's Science Museum, where visitors can interact with internet-users around the world using musical instruments and robots (+ slideshow). More about Google Web Lab by Universal Design Studio and MAP
London Design Festival: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders spoke to Dezeen about a new clock inspired by a London landmark earlier today at the Moooi showroom in west London (+ audio + movie). More about Big Ben by Marcel Wanders
Hackney designer Magnus Pettersen will contribute a side table from his Locker furniture collection to the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. More about Locker by Magnus Pettersen for the Stepney Green Design Collection
London Design Festival: hundreds of intricate models by emerging Japanese architect Akihisa Hirata are pinned onto the looping walls of this installation at the Architecture Foundation in London (+ slideshow). More about Tangling by Akihisa Hirata
In this movie filmed by Dezeen, designer Erwan Bouroullec talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the textured Pico tiles that he and his brother Ronan exhibited during Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Movie: Erwan Bouroullec on Pico tiles at Clerkenwell Design Week
London Design Festival: Hackney designer Lee Broom has transformed his studio into an old-fashioned grocery store for the London Design Festival (+ interactive image). More about Crystal Bulb Shop by Lee Broom
London Design Festival: industrial designer Yves Behar will be in conversation with Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at midday today as part of the seminar program at trade fair 100% Design. More about Yves Behar in conversation with Marcus Fairs at 100% Design
London Design Festival: designers Industrial Facility will show a prototype of an aluminium chair inspired by handrails at their east London studio on Saturday. More about Alumi by Industrial Facility at Pop-Down
London Design Festival: Dezeen is hosting a series of innovative daily live shows at 100% Design, starting today at 5pm with Icelandic designer Katrin Olina, design director of IDEO Tom Hulme (above), and critic and commentator Sam Jacob of FAT. More about Wednesday's speakers at Dezeen Live
Spanish studio Ripolltizon added this family home onto the end of a row of traditional houses in Mallorca, Spain. More about Ferriol House by RipollTizon
Architects MVRDV have shown residents of Bordeaux their plans to extend the city by inviting them to walk between rows of model houses on stilts (+ slideshow). More about Bastide Niel on Miroir d'Eau in Bordeaux by MVRDV
News: leading UK design figures have nominated items including a light bulb, a coffee pot, an iPhone and a tin of anchovies as iconic contemporary objects to be buried in a time capsule at the ground breaking of the Design Museum's new home today. More about iPhone, light bulb and tinned fish buried in foundations of new Design Museum
London Design Festival: "Legal systems don't really defend designers at all" when it comes to copying, British designer Tom Dixon told Dezeen today at the Global Design Forum, a day of talks from leading figures in the design world as part of the London Design Festival (+audio). More about "Legal systems don't really defend designers at all" - Tom Dixon
News: "There may be architects that can design better than me but the important thing is making it happen," architect John Pawson told Dezeen today, at the ground breaking for the new London Design Museum that he's designed. More about "Architecture isn't just about new buildings" - John Pawson