London Design Festival 2014: Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto presented his Spring/Summer 2014 collection on chunky wooden garment rails by product designer Torsten Neeland during the London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More about Torsten Neeland creates wooden framework for new Yohji Yamamoto collection
Speaking at the launch of his first major built project in the UK – a gin distillery in Hampshire – London designer Thomas Heatherwick said he was "lucky" to be a British designer, but added that projects that promoted industry in the UK were "rare" (+ interview). More about "Some of the best minds of the world are based in Britain," says Thomas Heatherwick
Brutalism: a 27-storey slab block is next up in our Brutalist buildings series. As the precursor to the larger and more famous Trellick Tower, Ernö Goldfinger's Balfron Tower in east London was a testbed for the architect's utopian housing ideals (+ slideshow). More about Brutalist buildings: Balfron Tower, London by Ernö Goldfinger
A responsive glass facade reacts to wind passing overs its surface, scattering triangular patterns of light and shadow in this installation at Now Gallery London by Dutch designer Simon Heijdens (+ movie). More about Simon Heijdens creates "moving kaleidoscope of light" at London gallery
News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has completed work on a new complex for gin company Bombay Sapphire in Hampshire, England, including two sculptural glasshouses that are heated using warm air created during the distilling process (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Heatherwick's gin distillery for Bombay Sapphire opens
London Design Festival 2014: design boutique Darkroom looked to grid patterns used in the 1960s and 70s by radical Italian architecture firm Superstudio to inform its latest collection of products and in-store installations (+ slideshow). More about Darkroom patterns furniture and accessories with Superstudio's "anti-design" grids
Untreated timber and pale bricks have been used to clad six new London homes by Henley Halebrown Rorrison, which were developed as the city's first co-housing project (+ slideshow). More about Henley Halebrown Rorrison uses timber and brick for London's first co-housing development
The zigzagging profile of this courtyard bar in Liverpool, England, mimics the gabled roofline of the warehouses that provide its backdrop (+ slideshow). More about Constellations Bar by H Miller Bros is a courtyard canopy made up of triangles and zigzags
London Design Festival 2014: architect Amanda Levete has opened a pop-up restaurant in London's Soho where tins of fish and seafood are displayed in a "a museum-type vitrine" before being dished up to customers to eat straight out of the can (+ slideshow). More about Amanda Levete's Tincan restaurant presents tinned seafood as "objects of desire"
London Design Festival 2014: designers including Jasper Morrison and Ilse Crawford have installed their interpretations of "home" inside house-shaped pavilions in London's Trafalgar Square (+ slideshow). More about Designers interpret "home" for Airbnb Trafalgar Square installation
London Design Festival 2014: Ace Hotel Shoreditch London is hosting Super Stimuli and the Extra-Ordinary Gallery, a series of installations including flower displays by Bethan Laura Wood, ceramics by Max Lamb and furniture by Martino Gamper (+ slideshow). More about Fabrica and Modern Design Review curate installations at Ace Hotel Shoreditch
London Design Festival 2014: the new Galerie Kreo in Mayfair is showing furniture editions by designers including the Bouroullec brothers, Jasper Morrison, Konstantin Grcic and Jaime Hayon for its inaugural exhibition. More about Galerie Kreo launches London gallery with work by Grcic, Hayon, Bouroullecs and more
London Design Festival 2014: architecture studios have collaborated with retailers to create 15 bespoke shop window installations on London's Regent Street (+ movie). More about RIBA Regent Street Windows Project 2014 returns with 15 new installations
Allies and Morrison Architects pays tribute to the Brutalist architecture of London's South Bank with this new home for the Rambert Dance Company, which conceals double-height studios behind a precast concrete facade (+ slideshow). More about Allies and Morrison references Brutalism with concrete-clad studio for Rambert Dance Company
London Design Festival 2014: British designer Sebastian Wrong has added a number of fresh pieces to his collaboration with Danish design brand Hay, adding to the collection that debuted in London last year (+ slideshow). More about Sebastian Wrong debuts new Wrong for Hay designs at pop-up restaurant
London Design Festival 2014: paintings in the V&A museum's Raphael Gallery are reflected in two huge mirrored structures in this installation by London design duo Barber and Osgerby. More about Barber and Osgerby's giant rotating mirrors reflect Raphael paintings inside the V&A
Brutalism: the seven-storey Trinity Square car park in Gateshead, England, was designed by Owen Luder and is the first ill-fated building in our Brutalism series (+ slideshow). More about Brutalist buildings: Trinity Square car park by Owen Luder
Brutalism: described by Queen Elizabeth as "one of the modern wonders of the world", the Barbican Estate in London is one of the largest examples of the Brutalist style and represents a utopian ideal for inner-city living. More about Brutalist buildings: Barbican Estate by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon
News: ecommerce giant Amazon has selected an office building by Foster + Partners for central London as its new UK home. More about Amazon chooses building by Foster + Partners as home for 5,000 UK staff
Brutalism: four rows of sculptural concrete fins make up the brazenly brutalist facade of Preston Bus Station in Lancashire, England – the next project in Dezeen's series. More about Brutalist buildings: Preston Bus Station by Building Design Partnership