Sculptural maple planters form the legs of a modular desk designed by Heatherwick Studio as part of the Design Museum's Connected: Made Together, Apart project at London Design Festival. More about Heatherwick Studio unveils modular desk with wooden planter legs
This year's London Design Festival will go ahead as scheduled in September, but with a more local focus and greater online activity in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. More about London Design Festival 2020 set to go ahead in September but expects "very little international travel"
London design trade fair 100% Design will rebrand as Design London in time for London Design Festival 2020, and move from Olympia in the west of the city to the new Design District in Greenwich. More about London's longest-running design fair 100% Design rebrands as Design London
British designer Vivienne Westwood has said that "we haven't got time to talk about fashion" in light of the climate crisis, and is instead calling for a ban on private land ownership with her One World Rent campaign. More about The "only way to save the world" is to ban land ownership, says Vivienne Westwood
French designer Marlène Huissoud asks humans to "Please Stand By" with her first chairs, which are designed to be refuges for insects. More about Marlène Huissoud creates sculptural chairs as hotels for city-dwelling insects
Traditional Indian crafts are celebrated in the inaugural collection from Kam Ce Kam, a furniture brand launched by 27-year-old designer Jehanara Knowles during London Design Festival. More about Young designer Jehanara Knowles launches furniture brand Kam Ce Kam
Kirkby Design has given a 1967 London Underground carriage a candy-coloured overhaul by upholstering it in the brand's Underground Vol. II fabric collection. More about Kirkby Design gives 1960s Tube carriage pastel-coloured revamp
The Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council has paired Bedouin craftswomen in the UAE with international artists to create items that can be sold to a global market. More about Bedouin women create Irthi collection based on ancient Emirati crafts
From a chair made from layers of sheep wool to a sofa designed for the circular economy, we've selected six of the best simple, yet effective, seating designs shown at designjunction. More about Six minimal seats from designjunction 2019 that show less is more
Beaded costumes designed for the Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans by artist and educator Big Chief Demond Melancon were on show at London's V&A museum for London Design Festival. More about Beaded Mardi Gras costumes by Big Chief Demond Melancon on show at V&A
London designer Lara Bohinc showcased her latest, space-themed furniture collection in a 200-year-old house in London's King's Cross that was converted into an immersive installation for the occasion. More about Bohinc Studio shows space-themed collection in 18th-century townhouse
Curator Paola Bjäringer has put together a collection of "un-Swedish" design, which was displayed at the London Design Fair as part of the exhibition Crossovers by digital gallery Adorno. More about "I want to present the opposite of what is commonly known as Swedish design" says Paola Bjäringer
Social enterprise Make Bank has released a collection of 24 prints by British creatives, including textile designer Donna Wilson and graphic designer Peter Chadwick, to help fund arts education for disadvantaged children. More about Make Bank's Print Project sees 20 designers create prints to fund arts education
Photographer Dan Tobin Smith used footage of more than 100 gemstones, blown up to 60 times their size, to create an immersive installation in the basement of Collins Music Hall for London Design Festival. More about Dan Tobin Smith blows up gemstones to 60 times their size for Void installation
Liverpool-based Granby Workshop has made a series of tableware products from the industrial and post-consumer clay waste that would otherwise be sent to landfill. More about Granby Workshop recycles waste sludge from clay industries to make earthen tableware
The Bio-Integrated Design Lab at the Bartlett School of Architecture has created a modular system of tiles inlaid with algae that can filter toxic chemical dyes and heavy metals out of water. More about Bio-ID Lab designs DIY algae-infused tiles that can extract toxic dyes from water
Recycled materials can be used to make luxury products says Matter of Stuff, which has created its London Design Festival 2019 exhibition by repurposing elements of its show from 2018. More about Matter of Stuff recycles last year's London Design Festival exhibition into something new
Designer Martino Gamper has created a fake front for a "disco" at Coal Drops Yard in London's King's Cross that can house just a few revellers at a time. More about Martino Gamper creates false facade for miniature Disco Carbonara
French designer Camille Walala has installed benches, planters and flags adorned with her signature colourful patterns along South Molton Street to turn the road into the Walala Lounge. More about Camille Walala transforms London street into colourful "urban living room"
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has collaborated with specialist leather studio Bill Amberg to design hides digitally printed with close-up fractal patterns based on sacred geometry. More about Marcel Wanders creates digitally printed leather hides for Bill Amberg