Inflatable latex trousers by Harikrishnan have gone on sale just six months after the designer caused a viral sensation by showing the prototypes at his London College of Fashion graduate show. More about Harikrishnan's blow-up latex trousers go on sale with "do not overinflate" warning
Montreal brothers Byron and Dexter Peart have launched a marketplace for products framed on "good people, good design and good impact". Here they choose five that represent this vision. More about Dexter and Byron Peart launch Goodee shop for "conscious consumers and impact-minded makers"
Online shopping giant eBay has teamed up with specialist retailer Saatchi Art to create an experimental shopping experience, which brings together art and technology to uncover shoppers' subconscious desires. More about eBay launches "the world's first subconscious shopping experience"
American consumers who learned about design through Ikea are starting to appreciate other brands and are "very ready and ripe" for online retailers like Ahalife, according to Shauna Mei, founder of the e-commerce site that has just hired former Net-A-Porter director Christopher Colfer to drive the brand's global expansion (+ exclusive interview). More about "Americans are not savvy when it comes to design brands" says Ahalife founder Shauna Mei
Business news: Ahalife, the design marketplace that acquired e-commerce site Bezar earlier this year, has appointed online fashion retail expert Christopher Colfer to its board to help it become the first global design store on the web. More about Ahalife appoints former Net-A-Porter head to help it become "Neiman's for design"
Milan 2016: Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni has set up a new internet-based plastic furniture brand that he hopes will overcome the "irreconcilable gap" between physical and online retail. More about Stefano Giovannoni to launch Qeeboo online design brand in Milan
Business news: online retail businesses are becoming more expensive to run than traditional design stores, according to Bradford Shellhammer, who co-founded Fab.com and launched Bezar.com. More about It's now cheaper to open a traditional shop than an online store, says Fab co-founder
Business news: online design store Bezar has been bought by internet marketplace Ahalife and will disappear as a brand, founder Bradford Shellhammer has announced. More about Bradford Shellhammer's Bezar acquired by online retailer Ahalife
Terese Alstin, founder of inflatable-helmet brand Hövding, has launched an online shop and a Malmö showroom presenting the work of independent women designers from around the world (+ slideshow). More about Female-focused retail platform No Sir challenges male-dominated design industry
Business news: Bradford Shellhammer's online design retailer Bezar has announced the addition of a digital marketplace to its current offerings of pop-up and flash sales (+ slideshow). More about Bezar launches e-commerce site Storefronts to offer a "broad view of design"
Interview: PCH is the $1 billion manufacturing company you've never heard of. With its acquisition of Fab.com, that could be about to change. Dezeen spoke to founder and CEO Liam Casey about his plans to do for design what Zara did for fashion. More about "We understand how to bring design products to market" says PCH founder
Business news: design e-commerce platform Fab.com has been bought by manufacturing company PCH, which plans to sell unique products alongside the website's existing offering of furniture and accessories. More about Fab acquired by PCH to create "the Netflix of design"
Design Indaba 2015: most furniture and lighting brands "will disappear in five years" as the internet revolutionises the way products are distributed, according to Italian industrial designer Stefano Giovannoni (+ interview). More about Most design brands "will disappear" within five years says Stefano Giovannoni
Exclusive: Fab.com co-founder Bradford Shellhammer is to return to online design retail with a new venture called Bezar (+ interview). More about Fab co-founder returns with Bezar, a new marketplace for emerging designers
News: Fab.com is reportedly in acquisition talks with electronics development company PCH International, which could see the online design retailer sold for a fraction of its earlier valuation. More about Fab.com in reported million acquisition talks
News: online design retailer Fab has changed its strategy yet again, ending its relationship with external designers and brands across Europe and instead focusing on selling its own custom-designed furniture. More about Fab "taking a break" from selling designers' work in Europe
Interview: Bradford Shellhammer, founder and chief design officer of Fab, explains why the company dropped the "flash sales" model to become both a manufacturer and online retailer of design. In an interview with Dezeen he discusses how Fab is disrupting the industry, how it can help designers and how it "absolutely" wants to open physical stores. More about "Fab did rely too heavily on kitsch" says co-founder Bradford Shellhammer
News: online design retailer Fab.com has announced it will design its own range of furniture and homeware to be sold alongside its existing inventory. More about Fab.com to design its own range of products
News: Ambra Medda, the director and co-founder of Design Miami/Basel, has announced the launch of L'ArcoBaleno, a website offering unique and limited edition pieces for sale alongside reports from the design world. More about Ambra Medda launches online store for collectible design
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