Milan 2015: French designer Matali Crasset has debuted a sofa made from a system of individual modules that can be carried like suitcases (+ slideshow). More about Matali Crasset's Self-made Seat is a sofa made from modules that can be carried like suitcases
Milan 2015: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created two chairs and two tables for Swiss furniture brand Vitra, which will debut at Milan design week next month (+ movie). More about Bouroullec brothers to debut Belleville furniture collection for Vitra
Business news: Chinese technology company Huawei has named French designer Mathieu Lehanneur as the head of its new design research centre in Paris. More about Mathieu Lehanneur appointed chief designer at Huawei
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: French designer Marlène Huissoud explains how she produced a range of "glass" and "leather" objects using resin collected from beehives and silkworm cocoons in this movie from Eindhoven. More about Marlène Huissoud uses insect by-products to develop new materials
Stockholm 2015: this small clip lamp by French designer Inga Sempé can also stand unassisted or be fixed to a wall. More about Inga Sempé adds functions to the clip lamp for Wästberg
Cologne 2015: black metal frames clamp folded cushions into shape to form seats in this collection by French designer Inga Sempé (+ slideshow). More about Inga Sempé's Beau Fixe seating is clamped into shape
Maison&Objet 2015: French designer Matali Crasset has paired concrete and metal to create four faceted objects, each for displaying different items. More about Matali Crasset creates faceted presentation cases from concrete
Royal College of Art graduate Marina Stanimirovic has paired gold with Corian to create this collection of geometric wearable objects. More about Marina Stanimirovic launches jewellery made from Corian and gold
French designer Inga Sempé created this pinboard for Danish brand Hay from metal mesh so users can add extra storage components and accessories to make it more useful (+ slideshow). More about Inga Sempé's modular pinboard for Hay tidies away small items
News: Eurostar has revealed a fleet of trains by Italian transport design studio Pininfarina that will serve a new range of European cities, marking the cross-channel rail service's 20th anniversary. More about Eurostar unveils train design by Pininfarina to celebrate 20th anniversary
A series of bulbous wicker forms by French designer Matali Crasset aim to promote traditional Zimbabwean weaving techniques. More about Matali Crasset presents woven vessels in collaboration with Zimbabwean weavers
Paris design studio Appropriate Audiences has combined a 3D printer with a tattooist's needle to form an automated tattoo "printer" that can create indelible artworks on skin (+ movie). More about French designers hack a 3D printer to make a tattooing machine
Philippe Starck has unveiled a prototype for his latest series of prefabricated low-energy wooden homes – a glazed and aluminium-clad structure outside Paris that he and his wife Jasmine plan to move into (+ slideshow). More about Philippe Starck's new home is the prototype for a new prefab housing collection
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a set of diamond-shaped coloured vases for Finnish design brand Iittala (+ slideshow). More about Bouroullec brothers design minimal coloured Ruutu vases for Iittala
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
French designer Philippe Starck has unveiled four electric bicycles and a collection of matching cycling accessories at the Eurobike event in Germany today, including a bike with a furry coat (+ slideshow). More about Philippe Starck launches MASS cycling collection at Eurobike
London Design Festival 2014: Italian studio Fabrica will exhibit a range of reinterpreted mundane items at Ace Hotel Shoreditch during next month's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More about Fabrica reinterprets everyday objects for Extra-Ordinary Gallery at Ace Hotel Shoreditch
French designer Ora-Ïto has developed a conceptual trainer with curved veneer sections to reference the work of Modernist furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames. More about Ora-Ïto's Nikeames shoe is an "homage to Charles and Ray"
This plastic prosthesis by French designer Sascha Nordmeyer distorts the wearer's mouth into a tooth-baring grimace (+ slideshow). More about HyperLip by Sascha Nordmeyer creates grimacing facial expressions
A year after opening as an art space, the rooftop of Modernist architect Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse building in Marseille is hosting an installation of mirrors and coloured glass by French artist Daniel Buren (+ slideshow). More about Daniel Buren installs mirrors and coloured glass on Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse rooftop