London Design Festival 2015: London designer Nir Meiri took cues from the shapes of birds when creating this floor lamp with two lights supported by metal rods. More about Lights held on angled branches form Nir Meiri's Black Swan lamp
London Design Festival 2014: designer Andrea Mancuso and architect Emilia Serra have collaborated with ceramicist Alessio Sarri to create vases by detonating gunpowder-filled wet-clay forms before firing. More about Analogia Project and Alessio Sarri shape vases with explosives
London Design Festival 2013: this four-tier shelving unit with bulging leather shelves by Belgium designer Damien Gernay is on display at London's Mint Shop this month (+ slideshow). More about Bloated Shelf by Damien Gernay
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
In this interview filmed at Mint Gallery in London, Japanese designer Oki Sato of Nendo talks about Growing Vases, an installation of hand-blown glass lights with the blower's pipe still attached. More about Oki Sato on Nendo's Growing Vases
London Design Festival 2011: Czech designer Maxim Velčovský presents a series of containers made from semi-finished iron piping at Mint in London. More about Local Collection by Maxim Velčovský
South Korean designer Soojin Kang has covered a range of second hand chairs in a patchwork of fabric. More about Patched Chair by Soojin Kang
Czech designer Klára Šumová has designed a wooden lamp where the turned base emerges from a raw tree branch. More about Lamp Love by Klára Šumová
Young Dutch designer Ward van Gemert will present his Exploded chandeliers at Mint Gallery in London from today. More about Exploded chandeliers by Ward van Gemert