Milan 2012: these stacking metal chairs were created by French architect Jean Nouvel for the restaurant of the RBC Design Centre that his studio have designed in Montpellier, due to open next month, and they're now in production with Italian brand Emu. More about MIA by Jean Nouvel for Emu
Milan 2012: New York and Amsterdam designer Karim Rashid presented this sofa with modular arms and headrests slotted into a high back at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this month. More about Float by Karim Rashid for Sancal
Milan 2012: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Studio, Guardian critic Justin McGuirk gives us his take on the future of design criticism, as fast reactions on platforms like Twitter and Facebook are balanced by long-form analysis in e-books and online journals.
He goes on to discuss how the fetishisation of traditional crafts by mass-producers is pushing design in a new direction and agrees with previous guest journalist Joseph Grima that the arrival of hacking culture and open-source production is the big story in Milan this year, describing it as the antithesis to the luxury design industry that the city normally centres around. More about Interview: Justin McGuirk at Dezeen Studio
Milan 2012: visitors were invited to sit in a chair hooked up to advanced stress-analysis equipment normally used in the car industry at an installation by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram for car brand Audi in Milan last month. More about R18 Ultra Chair Public Beta by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram for Audi
Milan 2012: London designers 00:/ recently showed visitors to Milan's most famous department store how to construct a wooden house from a downloaded kit of parts. More about WikiHouse by 00:/ at Hacked Lab
Milan 2012: Hackney-based organisation Technology Will Save Us believe everyone should understand how simple devices work, so at the Hacked Lab in Milan they hosted workshops that included a lesson in building an electronic musical instrument. More about Build Your Own Musical Instrument by Technology Will Save Us at Hacked Lab
Hackney designer Philippe Malouin worked with traditional craftsmen from Beirut to create a series of bowls and plinths by shaping wooden blocks made of many smaller, tessellating batons. More about Extrusion by Philippe Malouin for Carwan Gallery at Ventura Lambrate
Milan 2012: end-user collaboration and open-source production were hot topics in Milan this year. In this movie filmed at Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST, editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima discuses their influence on the design industry and how these themes played out in the Future in the Making exhibition that the magazine hosted in an eighteenth century Italian palazzo. More about Interview: Joseph Grima at Dezeen Studio
Milan 2012: these little storage containers by Swedish designers TAF are made of silicone but coloured to look like clay. More about Figurine Containers by TAF
Milan 2012: Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc presented a set of outdoor furniture and lamps like huge pink bubbles at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan. More about Summertime by Nika Zupanc
Dezeen Studio we've been back from Milan for a week now and have fully recovered from filming a TV show every day for Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST.
Here's a roundup of the highlights from MOST at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, which took place among the ships, fighter jets, submarines and canons of the museum from 17 to 22 April, plus another chance to see the daily movies we made. More about Highlights from MOST in Milan
Milan 2012: in Milan earlier this month Zaha Hadid paid a surprise visit to Dezeen Studio at MOST to chat to us about her Secret Garden installation, some of the other projects she has in the pipeline and her impression of this year's furniture fair. More about Interview: Zaha Hadid at Dezeen Studio
Milan 2012: Stoke Newington designers Studio Vit showed these glass lamps with marble cuffs as part of Salone Satellite at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this month. More about Marble Lights by Studio Vit
Milan 2012: Dutch designers Scholten & Baijings showed a tableware set based on the archives of hand-painted porcelain company 1616 Arita Japan at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week. More about Colour Porcelain by Scholten & Baijings for 1616 Arita Japan
Milan 2012: more about Hackney designers in Milan last week - this tangle of bent rods and random objects is actually a doorbell by Dutch Shoreditch-based designer Tord Boontje that was shown at the Ventura Lambrate design district. More about Cacophony Bell by Tord Boontje with Laikingland
Milan 2012: a single piece of fabric folds around the moulded polyurethane foam seat of this club chair by London designer Benjamin Hubert. More about Garment by Benjamin Hubert for Cappellini
Milan 2012: last week at the Hacked Lab in Milan, Hackney-based designer Dominic Wilcox battled a 3D printer in a competition to build a model of the nearby Duomo cathedral. More about Wilcox vs 3D Printer at Hacked Lab
Milan 2012: Hackney designers were busy in Milan last week and we're bringing you some of the best new product launches, including this shelf by Stoke Newington duo Raw Edges where the front slides down to create a work surface. More about Deskbox by Raw Edges for Arco
Milan 2012: Italian furniture brand Magis presented these hanging sculptures made of wire mesh by sculptor Benedetta Mori Ubaldini at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Clouds and Birds by Benedetta Mori Ubaldini for Magis
Dezeen promotion: in this podcast recorded in Milan, Aurel Aebi of multidisciplinary design practice atelier oï describes the scenography they created for Swiss bathroom brand Laufen, while designers Roberto Palomba and Toan Nguyen talk about their latest products. More about The Swiss Art of Expression by Laufen in Milan