Product news: lamps often have heavy bases to steady them, making them awkward and costly to ship, so London-based Studio Tord Boontje swapped them for empty baskets which can be filled with objects like stones, books or apples. More about Lightweight by Studio Tord Boontje
This timber-clad cafe by architect Tony Fretton was designed as an upside-down interpretation of the neighbouring Tower of London (+ slideshow). More about Tower Wharf Cafe by Tony Fretton Architects
Beijing Design Week: traditional Chinese motifs inspired these screens made of steel that's normally used to reinforce buildings by design studio MICROmacro Lab. More about CONtradition screens by MICROmacro Lab
News: consumers can save money by printing products at home rather than shopping for them, according to Janne Kyttanen, co-founder of design studio Freedom of Creation and creative director of 3D printer company 3D Systems (+ interview). More about Printing products at home is "cheaper than shopping"
Istanbul Design Biennial: Belgian design studio Unfold have created a 3D printed ceramic filter for an open source water boiler and purifier that was developed by Jesse Howard in collaboration with Thomas Lommée for use in the developing world. More about Filter for Open Source Water Boiler by Unfold
Dutch designer and artist Joep van Lieshout talks to Dezeen about his sculptures depicting cannibalism and suicide in this interview recorded at the Carpenter's Workshop Gallery in London, and how "industry itself needs to be saved" so he plans to "start producing from scratch again" (+ audio). More about "Industry itself needs to be saved" - Joep van Lieshout
Product news: this set of wooden toys by Polish studio Poorex incorporates tools associated with household chores. More about Poor Toys by Poorex
Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic was filmed by Dezeen for the Design Museum Collection App and in this compilation he talks about electronic products including the Jim Nature TV with a chipboard case by Philippe Starck. You can download the iPad app free from the app store here. More about Design Museum Collection App: electrical products
This week 3D printing has been high on the agenda with projects exploring the technology's cultural impact at the Istanbul Design Biennial and a fair showcasing the equipment in London. More about This week on Dezeen
News: cheap 3D printers mean manufacturing can again take place at home as it did before the industrial revolution, according to MakerBot Industries CEO and co-founder Bre Pettis (+ audio). More about 3D printing is "bringing the factory back to the individual"
World Architecture Festival 2012: in this movie we filmed at the World Architecture Festival, Chinese architect Li Xiaodong tells Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs how "sustainability is a must" for new buildings in China, because if the country doesn't get it right it's "the end of the world". More about "If China doesn't go green it's the end of the world" - Li Xiaodong on Liyuan Library
Competition: Dezeen Watch Store features in this new book about brand identities that use dynamic graphic design by designer and author Irene Ontwerp, and Dezeen readers can win one of five copies. More about Competition: five copies of Dynamic Identities to be won
Product news: the Interieur Foundation's Designer of the Year Alain Gilles will launch a bed that lets users hide chairs, a desk or even a bath behind its adaptable headboard at design fair Interieur 2012, which opens tomorrow in Kortrijk, Belgium. More about Area Bed by Alain Gilles for Magnitude
Vienna Design Week: Spanish designer Martí Guixé presented an upmarket version of a box of wine at Sotheby's in Vienna earlier this month. More about Still Life with Light by Martí Guixé
News: architecture firm Foster + Partners has unveiled proposals to increase the capacity of New York's Grand Central Terminal by widening approach routes and pedestrianising streets (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners present vision for Grand Central Terminal
As part of the series of interviews filmed by Dezeen for the Design Museum Collection App, director of the Design Museum Deyan Sudjic introduces two cameras that raised the bar of analogue photography. Download the iPad app free from the app store here. More about Design Museum Collection App: cameras
Renaissance artist El Greco lived and worked in the Spanish city of Toledo and Pardo + Tapia Arquitectos has refurbished and added a glazed entrance pavilion to the small museum that houses some of his most important paintings (+ slideshow). More about El Greco Museum restoration and extension by Pardo + Tapia Arquitectos
As a needle passes over this vinyl globe by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki, it plays folk music and national anthems from around the world (+ movie). More about The Sound of the Earth by Yuri Suzuki
News: architect Renzo Piano has unveiled designs for a museum of movie history for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. More about Academy Museum of Motion Pictures by Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali
The stone mullions surrounding this visitor centre by Irish firm Heneghan Peng Architects imitate the towering basalt columns of the volcanically formed Giant's Causeway (+ slideshow). More about Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre by Heneghan Peng Architects