London Design Festival 2015: British designer Tom Dixon has partnered with Selfridges to open a multi-sensory temporary department store at the Old Selfridges Hotel in London (+ slideshow). More about Tom Dixon launches Multiplex pop-up department store in disused London hotel
Canaway Fleming Architects has completed an "unashamedly modern" house in a north London conservation area, featuring rooms that frame a series of small courtyards (+ slideshow). More about Hampstead house by Canaway Fleming Architects features five courtyards and stark white walls
London Design Festival 2015: an exhibition designed by Turner Prize-nominated architecture collective Assemble at the V&A museum celebrates the heritage of late British furniture designer Robin Day. More about Robin Day's Works in Wood displayed on Assemble's "forest" of columns at the V&A
London Design Festival 2015: Patternity has turned its monochrome graphics into a 3D installation at Somerset House, which the London studio described as a "giant patterned playground" (+ slideshow). More about Patternity installs black and white "playground" inside Somerset House
London's position as a leading creative city is under threat thanks to rent rises, arts education funding cuts and a government that is "scared by creativity," according to this year's London Design Medal winners Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. More about "UK government doesn't value the role of creativity" say Barber and Osgerby
London Design Festival 2015: design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby are the recipients of this year's London Design Medal. More about Barber & Osgerby awarded London Design Medal 2015
London Design Festival 2015: holes cut out from vertical sheets of coloured acrylic form a tunnel designed to distort perspective across a bridge in the V&A museum (+ slideshow). More about Matteo Fogale and Laetitia de Allegri install tinted acrylic tunnel across V&A bridge
Department store John Lewis and furniture manufacturer Hille are relaunching British furniture designer Robin Day's iconic 1963 injection-moulded polypropylene school chair. More about Robin Day's 1960s stackable Polyside chair relaunches
This zinc-clad mews house in London by Paul Archer Design looks like a two-storey home from the front, but actually contains four storeys inside (+ slideshow). More about Day House by Paul Archer Design is a zinc-clad home slotted into an existing London terrace
London Design Festival 2015: the studio run by Dezeen columnist Sam Jacob has designed an urn for Lenin, based on a finial found outside the London house the Russian revolutionary lived in for a short period in 1908. More about Sam Jacob Studio creates Lenin's Urn for Soane Museum's "pieces" exhibition
London Design Festival 2015: Dublin studio Grafton Architects has installed rows of textured concrete monoliths inside the V&A museum's tapestry gallery, referencing an ancient script and prehistoric standing stones. More about Grafton Architects stands concrete columns in rows to create The Ogham Wall at the V&A
London Design Festival 2015: British designer Max Lamb has created a collection of wooden shelves, tables and benches with concealed storage for UK furniture brand Benchmark. More about Max Lamb's Planks furniture collection for Benchmark features hidden storage
London Design Festival 2015: London designer Kim Thomé's Zotem installation features patterns of faceted crystals that appear to rise up 18 metres through the V&A museum's grand entrance (+ movie). More about Kim Thomé installs giant crystal zoetrope inside London's V&A museum
Opinion: when the Tour Montparnasse was built in Paris, its residents were so appalled they banned all high-rises. Londoners should do something similar in the wake of Rafael Viñoly's walkie talkie, says Owen Hatherley. More about "Massive, horrible and unavoidable"
London-based ZCD Architects has designed the interior of the first retail store for fashion designer Hussein Chalayan in Mayfair, who celebrates 21 years in business this year (+ slideshow). More about Hussein Chalayan's first shop opens in London's Mayfair
Planning permission has been granted for a luxury mixed-use development in Mayfair, designed by British architect David Adjaye, for a site opposite London's iconic Ritz hotel. More about David Adjaye gets green light for "contextually sympathetic" mixed-use Mayfair development
London Design Festival 2015: British artist Alex Chinneck has revealed a 35-metre-tall latticed steel sculpture resembling an upside-down electricity pylon for this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More about Alex Chinneck unveils installation modelled on upside-down electricity pylon
London Design Festival 2015: artist and designer Seetal Solanki is launching her material consultancy studio Matter with a six-day exhibition and programme of events (+ slideshow). More about Matter's first exhibition will explore the future of materials
Staff at this converted office complex on London's Finsbury Circus can cycle straight into the building and down a ramp that leads to a storage space for 250 bikes (+ slideshow). More about Studio RHE converts three historic buildings into "London's first cycle-in office"
London Design Festival 2015: the London Design Festival is back, with events kicking off in the British capital this weekend. Dezeen's Dan Howarth selects his pick of the best exhibitions and installations taking place around the city from 19-27 September. More about Dezeen's top 10 installations and exhibitions at London Design Festival 2015