Dezeen archive: packaging for carrying fresh fish home from the supermarket (top left) was popular on Dezeen earlier this week, so we've grouped together all our stories about packaging, including T-shirts wrapped up to look like food and gift boxes shaped like cartoon characters. See all all the stories »
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Chairs used in the wheelchair rugby event at the London 2012 Paralympics are designed to withstand heavy impacts and be easily manoeuvrable. More about Paralympic design: wheelchair rugby
Stockholm designer David Taylor sees his latest series of candlesticks as a crowd of friends that changes over time when some of them are bought and others are made to replace them. More about Crowd Candlesticks by David Taylor
Stabilising pontoons and specially designed seats are just some of the modifications that can be made to equipment used by rowers at the London 2012 Paralympics. More about Paralympic design: adaptive rowing equipment
Posters mapping the rivers and hills that form the topography of London by Melissa Price are the final product to be featured as part of London design month at Dezeen Super Store. More about Topographic London posters by Melissa Price at Dezeen Super Store
London Design Festival: Seven aerial installations by young designers Faye Toogood (above), Vic Lee, Paul Cocksedge, Philippe Malouin, Aberrant Architecture, Gitta Gschwendtner and Dominic Wilcox will be installed above the streets of Seven Dials in London during the London Design Festival next month, as part of a project curated by Dezeen. More about Seven Designers for Seven Dials: aerial installations curated by Dezeen
In this third movie Dezeen filmed with industrial designer Marc Newson at his London studio, he talks about his designs for transport and how a car should have as few controls as possible, saying "I don't really believe in instruction manuals. I tend to throw them away." Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "I don't really believe in instruction manuals" - Marc Newson
Bespoke racing wheelchairs designed and manufactured by UK firm Draft will be used by a number of medal hopefuls during the London 2012 Paralympics, including Beijing gold medalist David Weir and London Marathon winner Shelly Woods (below). More about Paralympic design: Draft Mistral racing wheelchairs
Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær has designed a series of lamps that look like buds about to burst into bloom. More about Bloom lamps by Kristine Five Melvær
The London 2012 Paralympics begin tonight and over the coming days we'll be featuring a selection of cutting-edge sportswear designed for the competing athletes, starting with the Nike Spike Pad as worn by "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius. More about Paralympic design: Nike Spike Pad for Oscar Pistorius
Industrial designer Marc Newson has famously tried his hand at designing pretty much everything. In the second of five movies Dezeen filmed to coincide with the publication of a major book on his work by Taschen, Newson talks us though a range of his projects that takes in mobile phones, knives, beds, clothes, packaging and a surf board so slick it was sold as a sculpture. More about Movie: Marc Newson on designing nearly everything
In the first of five movies Dezeen filmed with industrial designer Marc Newson to coincide with the publication of a major book on his work by Taschen, he talks about the early days of his career when he made everything himself - including one of his most famous pieces of work, the Lockheed Lounge chaise longue. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "I was obsessed by the idea of making things myself" - Marc Newson
Interlinking ceramic cups with spouts that allow tea to flow from one to the other are on display in The Changing Room, a former changing space at Dezeen Super Store. More about UNITEA by Fionn Tynan O'Mahony in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store
Reykjavik designer Katrin Olina has created a range of furniture made of bent steel tubes and a rug depicting a fictional magician. More about Friends of Steel and Miklimeir by Katrin Olina
In the next movie in our series of interviews we filmed for the Design Museum Collection App for iPad, Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic talks about iconic kitchenware products in their collection. More about Design Museum Collection App: kitchenware
If carrying a wet papery packet home puts you off fresh fish from the counter at your local supermarket, London designers PostlerFerguson have designed a series of sleek sleeves to promote the less endangered types. More about Fish packaging by PostlerFerguson
Mexican industrial designer Jorge Diego Etienne has created a series of small tables that look like cages. More about Cages by Jorge Diego Etienne
Rotterdam-based design studio Atelier Van Lieshout will present new sculptures in bronze at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London this autumn. More about Blastfurnace at Carpenters Workshop Gallery by Atelier Van Lieshout
Danish designer Maria Bruun has created a trio of modular cabinets on spindly legs that nestle together to resemble an alien from Space Invaders. More about Invader Storage System by Maria Bruun
Ploypan Theerachai of THINKK Studio has designed a series of three upholstered space dividers weighted down with marble slabs. More about Hide & Seek by THINKK Studio
