News: a nominee for the Design Museum's Design of the Year award has caused controversy by presenting 3D-printed copies of two of the other finalists' work. More about Design award contender exhibits copies of rivals' objects
Product news: London designer Paul Cocksedge has launched a gadget on Kickstarter that plays music wirelessly through vintage speakers (+ movie). More about The Vamp by Paul Cocksedge
News: American 3D printing company MakerBot has unveiled a prototype of a desktop scanner that will allow users to digitally scan objects they want to replicate with a 3D printer at home. More about MakerBot reveals prototype desktop 3D scanner
Here are some photos from an exhibition of David Bowie memorabilia that opens this week at London's V&A museum, featuring costumes, album artwork and set designs from his personal archive. More about David Bowie is at the V&A
Product news: London print designers Eley Kishimoto teamed up with Icelandic design collective Vík Prjónsdóttir for DesignMarch in Reykjavík last week, where they presented a seal-shaped blanket inspired by an Icelandic folk tale. More about Seal Pelt Remix by Eley Kishimoto and Vík Prjónsdóttir
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has created a new cabin interior for Dutch airline KLM, including textiles inspired by the Milky Way and carpets made from recycled uniforms. More about World Business Class cabin by Hella Jongerius for KLM
Design Indaba 2013: Dutch trend forecaster Li Edelkoort curated an exhibition drawing parallels between the Italian Memphis movement of the 1980s and contemporary South African design at Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town earlier this month. More about Totemism: Memphis meets Africa at Design Indaba Expo
An exhibition of projects nominated for Designs of the Year including Zaha Hadid's table inspired by a glacier and a stool made on a fishing trawler (above) opens tomorrow at London's Design Museum. More about Designs of the Year 2013 exhibition at the Design Museum
Design Indaba 2013: South African designers presented a wide range of pieces made from metals at this exhibition in Cape Town during Design Indaba earlier this month (+ slideshow). More about Heavy Metal at the Woodstock Foundry
News: graphic designer Thomas Widdershoven of Amsterdam studio Thonik has been appointed creative director of Design Academy Eindhoven after a turbulent period for the Dutch institution. More about New Design Academy Eindhoven creative director announced
Product news: Italian designer Michele Daneluzzo took inspiration from tools used by early humans when designing this stainless steel knife (+ slideshow). More about Primitive knife by Michele Daneluzzo for Del Ben
Designers Kyuhyung Cho and Hironori Tsukue have created tables and chairs that clip together to form an assortment of shelving units. More about Oneness by Kyuhyung Cho and Hironori Tsukue
London designer Craig Green fashioned masks from splintered planks of wood for his Autumn Winter 2013 collection. More about Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Craig Green
Interview: struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry hopes to wrestle back lost market share with a new touchscreen keyboard that will eradicate the "embarrassing" mistakes common on rival smartphones. "Sometimes it's kind of scary when you get your own emails back and you read them," said BlackBerry's head of design Todd Wood. More about BlackBerry aims to end "hilarious misspelled messages"
Milan 2013: London architect Zaha Hadid has designed a limited edition of marble tables. More about Tables by Zaha Hadid for Citco
Milan 2013: the covers of these sofas by Italian industrial designer Giulio Iacchetti look like they're made of crumpled paper (+ slideshow). More about Newcastle sofas by Giulio Iacchetti for Meritalia
News: the under-30s spend more time on the toilet than the over-55s – and they're checking social media rather than reading a book, according to new research on Europe's bathroom habits. More about Young people spend toilet time on Facebook, says bathrooms survey
South Korean designer Wonmin Park constructed these chairs and tables from slabs of coloured resin (+ slideshow). More about Haze Series by Wonmin Park Studio
This is not a distorted digital photo - it's a cabinet that's been intricately carved to look like one. More about Good Vibrations by Ferruccio Laviani for Fratelli Boffi
Product news: what appear to be black lines drawn on a wall are in fact 3D clothes rails designed by Canadian studio +tongtong. More about Les Ailes Noires by +tongtong