London Design Festival 2013: sound machines that transform and distort visitors' voices feature in this interactive installation by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki (+ slideshow + movie). More about Garden of Russolo by Yuri Suzuki
This photo booth detects when subjects kiss, fires a high-tech OLED flash and captures the moment on a low-fi thermal print-out (+ movie). More about Thermoboothby taliaYstudio and Jonas Bohatsch
Italian plastic brand Kartell has released its first accessories collection of translucent bags with shoes to match (+ slideshow). More about Grace K handbags and So K sandals by Kartell
Angular cutaways create apertures through the walls, floors and ceilings of this house in the Bousou Peninsula mountains of Japan by architect Yuusuke Karasawa (+ slideshow). More about Villa Kanousan by Yuusuke Karasawa
London Design Festival 2013: Canadian lighting brand Bocci has sent us this movie showing its giant chandelier of colourful glass spheres being installed in the main hall of London's V&A museum. More about Movie: Bocci 28.280 at the V&A
London Design Festival 2013: London designer Benjamin Hubert has expanded his Pelt collection of furniture for De La Espada with two bar stools, a low stool and a shelving system (+ slideshow). More about Pelt by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
Interview: Bradford Shellhammer, founder and chief design officer of Fab, explains why the company dropped the "flash sales" model to become both a manufacturer and online retailer of design. In an interview with Dezeen he discusses how Fab is disrupting the industry, how it can help designers and how it "absolutely" wants to open physical stores. More about "Fab did rely too heavily on kitsch" says co-founder Bradford Shellhammer
London Design Festival 2013: British design brand Assemblyroom introduced the Hyde and Hatton furniture ranges at designjunction last week. More about The Hatton and Hyde ranges by Assemblyroom
News: rapper Kanye West has revealed he is frustrated he's not taken seriously as a "real designer" and that he plans to move into architecture. More about "I'm working with five architects at a time" - Kanye West
News: science-fiction author Neal Stephenson is developing a concept for a 20-kilometre (12.4-mile) skyscraper that could be used to launch rockets into space. More about Science-fiction author proposes 20-kilometre rocket-launching skyscraper
This towering commercial block in Ginza, Tokyo, by Amano Design Office features a faceted aluminium facade reminiscent of a crumpled-up sweet wrapper (+ slideshow). More about Dear Ginza Building by Amano Design Office
Dezeen promotion: entries from architects and designers are now being accepted for this year's A' Design Award and Competition. More about Call for entries to A' Design Award and Competition 2014
Perimeter skylights throw light across a grid of exposed wooden ceiling beams inside our second house this week from Japanese studio mA-style Architects (+ slideshow). More about Light Walls House by mA-style Architects
New York designer Francis Bitonti worked with students to 3D-print this dress using commercially available MakerBot machines (+ movie). More about Verlan Dress by Francis Bitonti and New Skins Workshop students
Mirrored walls and glass ceilings transform this office interior in Shanghai into a labyrinth of reflected light and imagery (+ slideshow). More about Glass office for Soho China by AIM Architecture
London Design Festival 2013: Royal College of Art graduate Bilge Nur Saltik has designed a collection of minimal white plates, bowls and cups that tip backwards and forwards, revealing a flash of fluorescent pink on their undersides (+ slideshow). More about Share.Food tableware by Bilge Nur Saltik
Small attic spaces are tucked between the ribs of a triangular roof at this house extension in Japan by mA-style Architects (+ slideshow). More about Koya No Sumika by mA-style Architects
News: the brutalist 1960s bus station in Preston, England, has been safeguarded from demolition after being declared a Grade II-listed historic building by the UK government. More about Preston Bus Station protected from demolition
Riders can use their iPhone as the dashboard for this electric bike designed by Spanish transport firm The Electric Mobility Company. More about Xkuty One electric bike by The Electric Mobility Company
News: London studio Weston Williamson has won a competition to design a new athletics stadium for Brasilia with a concept for a shape-shifting structure that opens like a flower in response to wind direction and sunlight. More about Weston Williamson unveils shape-shifting stadium for Brasilia