Studiopepe opened a private venue during Milan design week called Club Unseen, featuring retro furniture, intimate music performances and cocktails made by disembodied bartenders. More about Studiopepe celebrates 1970s glamour with secret "members' club" in Milan
Danish designer Thomas Bentzen combines traditional Scandinavian design with industrial references in his Enfold sideboard, created for Muuto. More about Thomas Bentzen designs factory-inspired sideboard for Muuto
Students from Design Academy Eindhoven temporarily revamped a pair of Milan streets, adding a coffee shop where customers have to grind beans themselves and a newspaper stand selling fake news. More about Design Academy Eindhoven students take over Milanese streets to explore how design impacts everyday life
Designer Asif Khan installed a grid of red-stained timber columns in the courtyard of Milan's Palazzo Litta, to create a place of refuge for visitors to this year's Milan design week. More about Asif Khan creates "something between a forest and an open-air cathedral" within Milanese palazzo
Archive drawings of bygone creatures feature in The Museum of Extinct Animals, a new range of wall coverings and textiles from Dutch brand Moooi. More about Moooi pays tribute to extinct animals with range of wallpapers
Sony's latest research suggests that the homes of the future will feature sensors that can turn any object into a light switch or a music system, and lighting and shadows that follow you around. More about Sony creates technological "magic tricks" to show future of sensor technology in the home
White lasers, capable of projecting light 360 degrees, illuminated blacked-out spaces at the Lexus exhibition during Milan design week last month. More about Lasers create effects at Lexus' Limitless Co-existence installation in Milan
Connective joints are "design projects in their own right", according to the curators of the huge U-Joints exhibition during Milan design week. More about U-Joints exhibition examines the diverse world of construction joints
The lamp that Moustache created for French national railway service SNCF is now available to buy and, to mark the occasion, the Parisian design brand has released a series of movies featuring huge furry characters. More about Moustache's lamp for French national railway is now available for the home
Dutch design studio Belén has created a line of all-natural, textile-based products that are designed to be used in place of sunscreen lotions and polyester sunshades. More about Belén presents textile-based alternatives to "harmful" sunscreens
Dezeen editor Amy Frearson reveals her pick of the best new bathroom products launched at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, including a marble sink inspired by a wicker basket and a bathtub with a tapered edge. More about Eight of the best new designs for minimalist bathrooms
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has used frosted, blown glass to create a series of lamps for Italian brand Poltrona Frau, designed to recreate the softness of early morning sunlight. More about Neri&Hu's Xi lamps are designed to emulate early morning sunlight
Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer has created a pebble-shaped timber basket for Fritz Hansen using the brand's steam-bending techniques. More about Benjamin Hubert uses steam-bending to create curving wooden basket for Fritz Hansen
UK culture secretary Matt Hancock has defended the government's support for the design industry, and has pencilled in a trip to Milan design week next year to champion UK designers. More about London creatives moving to Milan? "It's my job to stop that from happening" says Matt Hancock
Royal College of Art graduate Christophe Machet uses a huge custom-built CNC machine to transform "poor and unsexy" sewage pipes into chairs. More about Christophe Machet uses CNC-cut sewage pipes to create his Pipeline chairs
While Milan design week brings the industry's biggest names together, it also provides a platform for some of the most promising emerging designers. Dezeen's design editor Alice Morby picks 10 to watch out for. More about 10 designers to watch from Milan design week
Swedish-Chilean designer Anton Alvarez has created a series of tall vessels featuring the vibrant blue tone favoured by artist Yves Klein. More about Anton Alvarez adopts Yves Klein's signature blue for extruded vases
A room filled with giant spinning mushrooms and a set of bright yellow-green bathrooms are among the surprises found inside the OMA-designed Torre, which opened last week as the final part of the Fondazione Prada arts complex in Milan. More about OMA's Fondazione Prada Torre opens with quirky interiors and renowned contemporary art
A wide range of lighting designs were unveiled during Milan design week 2018, including light bulbs hanging from gloves and a moon-inspired mobile. Dezeen's Natashah Hitti selects her 10 favourites. More about 10 lighting designs that shone brightest at Milan design week
The natural landscape surrounding the Kasthall factory in Kinna, Sweden, informed the patterns and colours used by Ilse Crawford for this collection of rugs. More about Ilse Crawford's rug collection for Kasthall pays tribute to the Swedish landscape