Plane manufacturer Airbus has applied to patent mezzanine aeroplane seating that would stack passengers on top of one another. More about Airbus files patent for two-storey aeroplane passenger seating
Future Makers: industrial designer Sebastiaan Deviaene explains how he works with digital tools more commonly used by video game developers to create 3D-printed implants for bone reconstruction in this movie. More about Sebastiaan Deviaene designs medical implants using video game development software
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto provided the influence for the Spring Summer 2016 collection by Swiss fashion house Akris, which includes garments based on his buildings and sunglasses that mimic his eyewear. More about Sou Fujimoto's buildings reinterpreted for fashion collection by Akris
Movie: architect David Adjaye tells the story behind his first seating range for Moroso in our latest exclusive movie for the Italian furniture brand. More about David Adjaye's Double Zero chair for Moroso celebrates "the power of welding"
Opinion: we must dispel the myth that design is a predictable and sequential process, says Lucas Verweij, because creativity can't be duplicated in laboratory conditions. More about "Prescribed design processes are for bad designers"
The UK's design industry is under threat due to the government's failure to invest in creative education, according to London Design Festival founder John Sorrell. More about Design education in the UK is being "marginalised" says John Sorrell
German sports brand Adidas has unveiled a 3D-printed shoe sole that can be tailored to the exact contours of the wearer's feet. More about Adidas creates 3D-printed Futurecraft soles to mimic runners' footprints
Japanese car brand Lexus used 1,700 individually shaped cardboard sheets to create a fully functional replica of its IS saloon model (+ slideshow). More about Lexus unveils fully drivable car made from cardboard
This 18-metre-high light installation was created by Dutch designer Dennis Parren for the Lowlands music festival in The Netherlands (+ movie). More about Dennis Parren installs illuminated tower at Lowlands music festival
For its first music project, Studio Job designed a stage set featuring oversized illustrations and a giant disco ball for British musician Mika's No Place In Heaven tour (+ slideshow). More about Studio Job creates "travelling circus" stage set for Mika tour using giant illustrations
Amsterdam studio Formafantasma used lengths of translucent plastic to create "infinite loops" around the catwalk for fashion label Sportmax during Milan Fashion Week. More about Formafantasma uses terracotta and PVC to create "deconstructed architecture" for Sportmax catwalk
Swiss watch brand Movado has collaborated with industrial designer and Fuseproject founder Yves Béhar to reinterpret its iconic Museum Dial timepiece. More about Yves Béhar's Edge is an update on a classic Movado watch
French design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a range of porcelain tiles for ceramics brand Mutina that can be combined to create various pattern and shape configurations (+ slideshow). More about Bouroullec brothers design textured Rombini tile collection for Mutina
Design duo Lanzavecchia + Wai's latest collection of furniture includes a ping-pong dining table and stackable designs based on hamburgers (+ slideshow). More about Lanzavecchia + Wai's PLAYPlay collection includes tables that stack like hamburgers
Vienna Design Week 2015: Vienna design studio Breaded Escalope has constructed a wooden enclosure that creates an intimate drinking space for two, modelled on Modernist architect Adolf Loos' American Bar. More about Breaded Escalope models two-person bar on iconic Adolf Loos speakeasy
Clients are increasingly attracted to designers who "think differently", while architects are restricted by knowledge says Dror Benshetrit – whose New York studio is developing a giant urban island off the coast of Istanbul (+ slideshow + interview). More about You don't need to be an architect to design buildings, says Dror Benshetrit
A dining table by Denmark's late Peder Moos has broken the world auction record for a piece of Nordic design, selling for over £600,000. More about Peder Moos table breaks auction record for most expensive piece of Nordic design
Tech giant Apple has filed a patent for a "wearable ring device" with touchscreen and voice-control capabilities, paving the way for a potential launch of the Apple Ring. More about Apple is working on a touchscreen smart ring device
London Design Festival 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Yi-Wen Tseng has imagined a car powered by bio-printed organs, using synthetic biology to turn a cow's digestive process into a fuel system. More about Yi-Wen Tseng's methane-powered concept car is modelled on a cow's digestive system
Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian studio Chmara.Rosinke explored alternatives for dining and food preparation in its Cucina Futurista 2.0 exhibition of furniture and tableware design at Vienna Design Week (+ slideshow). More about Chmara.Rosinke designs Futurist kitchen installation