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
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
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
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
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
News: government proposals to remove crafts from its list of recognised creative industries have triggered "disbelief" and "frustration" in the sector. More
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
