Carmaker BMW has published the results of a UK-based study into the way people behave and feel while travelling in cars, both as drivers and passengers. The findings come in a report called "The Secret Life of Cars and What They Reveal About Us", which was commissioned to help BMW understand drivers' current and future needs. More about The Secret Life of cars by BMW
Typographic designer Pippo Lionni presents an installation called Everlastingblast as part of the Material Culture: Contemporary American Design exhibition at Max Lang Gallery in New York. More about Everlastingblast by Pippo Lionni
Tonight (Friday) saw the opening of an installation by Brazilian designers the Campana Brothers in the John Majedski Garden at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. More about Campana Brothers at the V&A
Furniture designer Matthew Hilton (below) will launch a new range of furniture under his own brand for the first at the 100% Design show in London this September. More about Matthew Hilton by Matthew Hilton
Nobody Chair by Danish design company Komplot is made out of recycled plastic water bottles using a manufacturing technique borrowed from the car industry. More about Nobody Chair by Komplot
4D Glass is a project that uses a computer-generated wireframe model as decoration on a physical object. More about 4D Glass by Jonathan Krawczuk
Shoreditch House, the latest private members' club in the Soho House group, has opened in Shoreditch in east London, with interiors by Tom Dixon. More about Shoreditch House by Tom Dixon
New Designers 07: Ty-bihan is a combined dining table and storage system designed by Gaël Horsfall, a graduate from the contemporary design course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in England. More about Ty-Bihan by Gaël Horsfall
Here is Gitta Gschwendtner's second exhibition space at the Wellcome Collection in London (see previous post). More about Gitta Gschwendtner at Wellcome Collection 2
Here is the first of two permanent exhibition spaces designed by Gitta Gschwendtner at the newly opened Wellcome Collection centre for medical science and art in London. More about Gitta Gschwendtner at Wellcome Collection 1
Starting this September, Parisian design gallery Galerie Kreo presents an exhibition of specially commissioned stools by designers including Julia Lohmann (above), François Azambourg (below), Andrée Putman and Alessandro Mendidi. More about Stools at Galerie Kreo
Stitch Room is Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec's contribution to MyHome, an exhibition of experimental room sets at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany (via dezain.net). More about Stitch Room by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Here is a selection of photos of Tom Dixon's new collection of furniture and lighting. The designer presented the collection in Milan in April but photographs have only just been released (the images we used first time around are computer renderings). More about New work by Tom Dixon
New Designers 07: Tap Light (above and below) is a wall light you turn on and off with a tap. It was designed by Cat Mckee, a graduate from the contemporary furniture course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College.
New Designers 07: The Country in the City, by Goldsmiths design graduate Alex Brown, combines industrial fire safety glass with references to traditional embriodery techniques. More about The Country in the City by Alex Brown
New Designers 07: Detacho Playhouse is a toy developed to teach children about divorce. Designed by Central St Martins College of Art and Design graduate Ben Forman, it features a dolls' house that splits in half. More about Detacho Playhouse by Ben Forman
New Designers 07: Dandelion Light is a swaying standard lamp with a polyester shade designed by Sunghwa Jang, a design graduate from Kingston University in London. More about Dandelion Light by Sunghwa Jang
New Designers 07: here are three projects by Madelene Björk, a graduate from the contemporary furniture degree course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College. Above is her Sideboard Kitchen while below are her Wire Lamps and a project called 10 Metres. More about Madelene Björk at New Designers
New Designers 07: here is our first post from the New Designers Part 2 graduate showcase, which opened last night at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Paper Mache Arm Chair (sic) is designed by Majid Asif of University College for the Creative Arts. The chair is made of 120 layers of newspaper built up over an inflatable mould. More about Papier-mache Armchair by Majid Asif
Architecture and design outfit Kram Weisshaar has created a limited-edition series of dinner plates for porcelain brand Nymphenburg. More about My Private Sky by Kram/Weisshaar