News: the UK government has abandoned controversial plans that would have removed design and other creative subjects from the school curriculum, it was announced today. Campaigners who fought the plans described the move as "fantastic news" for the design industry. More about UK government backs down on plans to "demolish" creative education
Stockholm 2013: robotic arms move across a landscape of delicate glass objects at this installation inside Stockholm's Skeppsholmen Caverns (+ slideshow). More about Glass Elephant installation at Stockholm Design Week
News: the way design is sold to the public is "stuck" in the past and hasn't changed since the seventies, according to the founder of a brand that aims to sell high-quality furniture online (+ interview). More about Furniture brands "terrible" at selling online
Stockholm 2013: Swedish designers Claesson Koivisto Rune used recycled aluminium to create these small and colourful pendant lamps for Swedish lighting brand Wästberg. More about W131 by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Wästberg
Product news: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has designed a collection of glass condiment containers for Italian design brand Alessi. More about Glassware by Peter Zumthor for Alessi
News: a private collector is putting his 1000-piece archive of Dieter Rams-designed Braun products up for auction on eBay with an asking price of over £300,000. More about 1000-piece Dieter Rams design collection for sale on eBay
Stockholm 2013: these porcelain and wood pendant lamps were created by Stockholm-based Note Design Studio for Italian design brand Ex.t. More about Fuse by Note Design Studio for Ex.t
Stockholm 2013: Swedish lighting brand Wästberg has unveiled an installation of 30 lamps created from a modular set of parts by Japanese designers Nendo. More about Nendo. Illuminated for Wästberg
Product news: British industrial design brand Dyson has launched a combined tap and hand dryer so hands can be both washed and dried without leaving the sink. More about Dyson Airblade Tap by Dyson
Stockholm 2013: Swedish-French design duo Färg & Blanche will present a chair that can be dressed up in an assortment of garments at Stockholm Design Week, which gets underway today (+ slideshow). More about F-A-B chairs by Färg & Blanche
Danish brand Normann Copenhagen has launched a table-top mirror with a dish in the base to hold small items, created by Spanish designer Javier Moreno. More about Flip mirror by Javier Moreno Studio for Normann Copenhagen
News: American rapper-turned-property developer Vanilla Ice has designed a collection of chandeliers and wall lamps in collaboration with New Jersey-based company Capitol Lighting. More about Vanilla Ice designs lighting collection
Seed-dispersing robots and file-sharing drones are among proposals to fuse technology and the natural world by Liam Young of Tomorrow's Thoughts Today, presented at our Designed in Hackney Day last summer (+ movie). More about "There is no nature any more" – Liam Young of Tomorrow's Thoughts Today
Amsterdam-based designer Siba Sahabi made these carafes and cups by coiling strips of felt on a potter's wheel (+ movie). More about Between Two Rivers by Siba Sahabi
Stockholm 2013: this animation of dancing wool characters has been created to coincide with an installation by London designers Doshi Levien for textile company Kvadrat at Stockholm Design Week this week. More about The Wool Parade by Doshi Levien for Kvadrat
Product news: these handbags by American designer James Piatt are carried by clamping fingers in woven tubes similar to Chinese finger trap puzzles. More about Finger Trap handbags by James Piatt
Stockholm 2013: Oslo designers StokkeAustad and Andreas Engesvik will present blown-glass trees as part of Stockholm Design Week, which begins on Monday. More about The Woods by StokkeAustad and Andreas Engesvik
Stockholm 2013: Stockholm studio Form Us With Love will launch a tiered spun metal lamp for Finnish brand One Nordic at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More about Levels lamp by Form Us With Love for One Nordic
Mathias Gmachl of Loop.pH explains how the London design studio's large-scale lighting installations help people relate to cutting-edge research in molecular biology in our next Designed in Hackney Day movie. More about "We're bringing cutting-edge research into the public sphere" - Loop.pH
Cologne 2013: Berlin design studio Osko+Deichmann has launched a chair inspired by cooked spaghetti for French brand Ligne Roset. More about Ficelle chair by Osko+Deichmann for Ligne Roset