Cologne 2010: at [D3] Design Talents in Cologne this week designer Reinhard Dienes of Germany presents furniture that can be reconfigured as a sideboard or bookcase by changing the position of the legs. More about Tonic by Reinhard Dienes
At a concert in London last week rock band OK Go performed with guitars customised by London designer Moritz Waldemeyer, featuring LEDs and lasers. More about Guitars for OK Go by Moritz Waldemeyer
At Maison & Objet in Paris tomorrow Italian brand Alessi will present a collection of pastry-cooking utensils by French designer Matali Crasset. More about Essentiel de Pâtisserie by Matali Crasset and Pierre Hermé
Spanish designers CuldeSac have designed a sofa using techniques borrowed from automobile manufacture. More about Atlantic Sofa by CuldeSac for Bernhardt Design
Czech company Amosdesign will present a Corian bookcase on wheels designed by architect Vladimír Ambroz at Maison & Objet in Paris later this week. More about Moving Mondrian by Vladimír Ambroz
Cologne 2010: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé presents a series of bowls shaped like city maps at imm cologne in Germany this week. More about Metrobowl by Frederik Roijé
Paris studio Hugh Dutton Associés have won a competition to design electricity pylons for Italian energy company Terna. More about Pylons of the Future Dancing with Nature by Hugh Dutton Associés
Artist Damien Hirst has designed a cashmere blanket decorated with religious symbols. More about Cashmere blanket by Damien Hirst
Dutch designers Kapteinbolt have created a collapsible plywood workspace. More about FLKS by Kapteinbolt
Cologne 2010: Danish designer Jonas Trampedach launches a series of occasional tables made of wooden offcuts for Dutch furniture brand Arco in Cologne this week. More about Tre by Jonas Trampedach for Arco
Slovenian architects Bevk Perović Arhitekti have launched a collection of floor lamps where the light resembles a puff of smoke. More about Smoke by Bevk Perović Arhitekti
The Design Museum in London have announced the shortlist for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2010. See full the shortlist below. More about Design Museum announce shortlist for Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
Tokyo designer Dan Tomimatsu has created a vase in which a single flower can be hung upside down. More about Veil by Dan Tomimatsu
Czech designers Boadesign Studio have created a collection of chandeliers made of curved borosilicate glass tubes. More about Neolione by Boadesign Studio
American designer Nick Allman has created an installation where a light appears to be ripped out of the wall at the Dean Johnson Gallery in Indianapolis. More about Unintended Functions by Nick Allman
Czech designer Klára Šumová has designed a wooden lamp where the turned base emerges from a raw tree branch. More about Lamp Love by Klára Šumová
Japanese architects Shingo Masuda and Katsuhisa Otsubo have installed mesh screens at the boundary of a property in Tokyo. More about Ghost-like Architecture by Shingo Masuda and Katsuhisa Otsubo Architects
Hamburg designer Alexa Lixfeld has created a series of vessels made of solid coloured porcelain. More about Metamorphose by Alexa Lixfeld
An exhibition of solid wood architecture models by Italian architect Michele De Lucchi will open at the showroom of designer Ingo Maurer in Munich next month. More about Michele De Lucchi: Architekturchen at Ingo Maurer
Barcelona designers UBICA-ID. have created a collection of furniture with contrasting coloured and wooden surfaces. More about Contrast Collection by UBICA-ID.