The UK's Crafts Council has unveiled the winners of its Craft School: Yinka's Challenge competition, which was developed together with London designer Yinka Ilori to help children explore empowerment through craft. More about School children create colourful projects for Yinka Ilori-led Crafts Council competition
Jay Osgerby has curated 14 designers working with craft to present "thought-provoking" installations based on timely issues for this year's Collect Open exhibition. More about Jay Osgerby selects 14 designers to create installations for Collect craft exhibition
The What is Luxury? exhibition at London's V&A museum features over 100 "luxury" objects, from a diamond made out of roadkill to furniture and accessories decorated with human hair (+ slideshow). More about V&A's What is Luxury? exhibition questions the value of objects
News: Terence Conran, Grayson Perry and Kevin McCloud have backed a manifesto from the UK's Crafts Council calling on the government to protect craft skills, as protestors try to save a degree course at one of Britain's leading arts universities. More about Crafts Council launches education manifesto as protestors battle to save crafts degree
News: craft skills contribute £3.4 billion to the economy, according to research that for the first time measures the economic impact of thousands of small craft businesses in the UK. More about £3.4 billion crafts sector is "far bigger than we thought" says Crafts Council
News: government proposals to remove crafts from its list of recognised creative industries have triggered "disbelief" and "frustration" in the sector. More about "Disbelief" over plans to remove crafts from UK creative industries
London Design Festival 2011: cakes decorated like creepily realistic babies and pencils with the alphabet painstakingly carved into their tips are among the exhibits at power of Making, which opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. More about Power of Making at the V&A