London Design Festival 2013: Australian designers Nicholas Karlovasitis and Sarah Gibson have added dining and coffee tables to their range of timber stools with metal collars at the tops of their legs. More about Partridge Tables by DesignByThem
Movie: in our second video interview with Job Smeets of Studio Job, the artist discusses the recent economic crisis but claims that, unlike many in the "design art" world, his studio's work has not been negatively affected by it. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "Working during an economic crisis is quite exciting" - Job Smeets
London Design Festival 2013: Gothenburg designer Charlie Styrbjörn will present a ladder with curving linked rungs during the London Design Festival next month. More about Ladder by Charlie Styrbjörn Design
Product news: German designers Till Grosch and Björn Meier have created a modular office furniture system that can be arranged in a variety of groups and islands (+ slideshow). More about Docks for Ophelis by Grosch + Meier
News: glow-in-the-dark roads, a childbirth training kit in a back pack and spicy paper that keeps food fresh have been announced among the winners of the world's biggest design prize, the INDEX: Award (+ slideshow). More about INDEX: Award 2013 winners announced
Studio Job founder Job Smeets looks back over his career to date and explains why sculpture is so important to his studio's work in this movie Dezeen filmed at Moooi's Unexpected Welcome exhibition in Milan. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "When you try to separate art and design you create a ghetto" - Job Smeets
Architectural drawings of a small workers' shack that featured in an exhibition in Shanghai, China, have been enlarged and used to create a full-scale replica in Auckland, New Zealand. More about Model Home 2013 by Michael Lin and Atelier Bow-Wow with Andrew Barrie
London Design Festival 2013: German designer Samuel Treindl has made a clock, lamp and other products from shapes cut out of existing furniture (+ slideshow). More about Parasite Production by Samuel Treindl
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: San Francisco designer Yves Behar, who recently launched a keyless lock controlled by a smartphone, discusses his vision for how technology can be successfully integrated into the home in this movie filmed in Milan. More about The home of the future will "know where you are" - Yves Behar
American studio Qastic has created an inflatable pavilion with a floating roof held down by fabric veils (+ slideshow). More about Floatastic by Qastic
Danish designer Trine Kjaer has created a chair with a backrest and seat wrapped in thick lengths of cord intertwined with thin strands of copper. More about Haptic Chair by Trine Kjaer Design Studio
Designer Ron Arad compares the overuse of 3D printing today to how musicians "abused" synthesisers in this movie made by Alice Masters for London's Design Museum. More about "3D printing is abused" - Ron Arad
Royal College of Art graduate David Steiner has turned his house into a factory by adapting household appliances to create a range of tableware and lighting (+ slideshow). More about In House by David Steiner
Royal College of Art graduate Lauren Davies has designed a range of copper, maple and glass tools to make scented oils, creams and cosmetics at home (+ slideshow). More about The Alchemist's Dressing Table by Lauren Davies
Product news: London designer Paul Crofts has put the series of lamps he designed for a crêperie in west London into production, in response to readers' encouraging comments about them on our story. More about Nonla lamps by Paul Crofts Studio
An elasticated egg cup, a fork that bends to pick up food and a glass tumbler with a cheeky bottom all feature in a collection of utensils by Royal College of Art graduate James Stoklund (+ slideshow). More about A utensil is not just a utensil by James Stoklund
In our second movie with Tom Dixon filmed earlier this year in Milan, the British designer discusses his foray into fashion design and says that his capsule collection for sports brand Adidas is based on the idea of creating a personal survival kit for Milan design week. More about "I am no longer a lighting designer, I am a fashion designer" - Tom Dixon
An inflatable pavilion that looks like a soap bubble, by architects Plastique Fantastique, has been popping up around Copenhagen this month (+ slideshow). More about Aeropolis by Plastique Fantastique
British designer Tom Dixon discusses how the digitalisation of manufacturing processes is enabling young designers to take production into their own hands in this movie Dezeen filmed at MOST in Milan. More about "Young designers have given up waiting to be spotted by a big producer" - Tom Dixon
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have unveiled a prototype electric car that folds in half. More about Armadillo-T foldable electric micro-car by KAIST