Competition: as media partners for the Global Design Forum, Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets worth £395 each to the event in London on 16 and 17 September, which features speakers including Peter Saville (pictured) Jaime Hayon and Ross Lovegrove. More about Competition: five pairs of Global Design Forum tickets to be won
London Design Festival 2013: Australian designers Nicholas Karlovasitis and Sarah Gibson have added dining and coffee tables to their range of timber stools with metal collars at the tops of their legs. More about Partridge Tables by DesignByThem
London Design Festival 2013: Gothenburg designer Charlie Styrbjörn will present a ladder with curving linked rungs during the London Design Festival next month. More about Ladder by Charlie Styrbjörn Design
London Design Festival 2013: German designer Samuel Treindl has made a clock, lamp and other products from shapes cut out of existing furniture (+ slideshow). More about Parasite Production by Samuel Treindl
London Design Festival 2013: the shade of this lamp by Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland resembles a dining cloche lifted up in the air. More about Cloche Lamp by Lars Beller Fjetland
Dezeen promotion: design brands including Modus, Another Country and Vitamin (pictured) will showcase new products at this year's designjunction event from 19 to 22 September. More about New product launches at designjunction 2013
Dezeen promotion: new British shelving design and manufacturing company ON&ON will launch at Design Junction during the London Design Festival in September. More about ON&ON shelving systems to launch at Design Junction
Following the success of our digital map-based guides to London Design Festival 2012 and Milan Design Week 2013, we're creating an even better version for this year's LDF - so if you're exhibiting or organising an event and want to be included FREE, submit the details here! More about World Design Guide map of London Design Festival 2013
Dezeen promotion: design show designjunction will take place at the Sorting Office from 19 to 22 September during London Design Festival. More about Designjunction 2013
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our final movie from the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan, MINI head of design Anders Warming talks about the history of the original car and Max Fraser, deputy director of the London Design Festival, explains why he believes Milan needs to improve the visitor experience during its design week. More about "Milan design week is incredibly frustrating for visitors to navigate"
News: architecture firm dRMM will install 20 interlocking wooden staircases outside St Paul's Cathedral for the London Design Festival in September. Update: the Endless Stair will now be constructed outside Tate Modern. More about dRMM to install Escher-style staircase outside St Paul's Cathedral
IDEO UK design director Tom Hulme advocates that "designers should be more entrepreneurial" and design every part of a business in this movie we filmed as part of the Dezeen Live series of discussions during the talks programme at 100% Design during London Design Festival. More about "Designers should be more entrepreneurial" - Tom Hulme at Dezeen Live
To prove that germs aren't all bad, Paris-based studio Bold-design came up with an activity kit that uses bacteria to turn sand from the beach into stone souvenirs (+ slideshow). More about Memorabilia Factory by Bold-design
Product news: these candle holders by French designer Marie Dessuant come with handy inner compartments and were designed for British furniture brand Another Country. More about Another Ceramic Candlestick by Marie Dessuant for Another Country
London Design Festival: industrial designer Benjamin Hubert has created a trestle table and bench with timber parts held in tension by sheets of bowed steel. More about Bow by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
London Design Festival: each of these mix-and-match vessels by London design studio Vitamin is fixed together from rings of assorted materials including marble, cut glass, turned wood and 3D printed resin. More about Element Vessel by Vitamin
London Design Festival: these clothes hangers by designer and recent graduate Lisa Marie Bengtsson use charcoal to soak up bad smells so clothes need washing less often (+ movie). More about Bye Bye Laundry by Lisa Marie Bengtsson
London Design Festival: this mechanical contraption by artist Martin Smith and his design company Laikingland will wake you up by chirping like a bird (+ movie). More about Bird Song with a Found Feather by Martin Smith/Laikingland
Industrial designer Benjamin Hubert's latest chair features a T-shirt-shaped piece of plywood curled smoothly into its solid ash frame. More about Pelt by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
London Design Festival: delicate flowers and foliage are protected by the steel cages around these concrete vases by Korean designer Seung-Yong Song. More about V4 vases by Seung-Yong Song