London design studio Map Project Office has created a minimal compass that pairs with a smartphone app to point cyclists through the city (+ slideshow). More about Map's BeeLine bicycle compass guides cyclists with a single arrow
New York designer David Weeks has collaborated with German furniture brand e15 to release a decorative wooden character that resembles mythical creature Bigfoot. More about David Weeks' miniature Bigfoot toy folds into a stackable cube
Studio Job has teamed up with Italian brand Bisazza to produce a collection of mosaic tiles with spooky graphics that depict bones and animal skeletons, just in time for Halloween. More about Studio Job launches Perished tiles patterned with skeletons
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dan Adlešič has created a collection of purposefully ridiculous electronic products that only work in response to unconventional movements. More about Dan Adlešič's absurd electronics respond to theatrical behaviour
London startup Onomo has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support the release of its Haize compass, which uses flashing and colour-changing lights to direct cyclists to their destination (+ slideshow). More about Onomo's "magic compass" uses LEDs to guide cyclists
Dutch Design Week 2015: this spherical refrigerator by Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek is buried underground, keeping food cool without using electricity. More about Floris Schoonderbeek's Groundfridge chills food without electricity
Vienna Design Week 2015: Vienna design collective Breaded Escalope has created a clock that uses shadows to display the time when a finger is placed within its face (+ movie). More about Breaded Escalope's touch-responsive clock tells the time with shadows
Dutch Design Week 2015: this "aesthetically pleasing" glass vibrator by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Bastiaan Buijs is powered by clockwork. More about Bastiaan Buijs creates wind-up sex toy using hand-blown glass
New York designer Joe Doucet created the packaging and branding for a new brand of sake, including a dimpled glass bottle designed to represent the mountains of Japan's Niigata Prefecture. More about Joe Doucet encourages westerners to drink sake with SŌTŌ bottle design
Italian design office Make That Studio has unveiled a jug based on the water-smoothed shapes of riverbed pebbles (+ slideshow). More about Make That Studio designs minimal version of traditional Sicilian jug
San Francisco designer Yves Behar's studio Fuseproject is releasing a new home access system that includes a keyless lock and video camera that are controlled by a user's smartphone (+ slideshow). More about Yves Behar's smart security system allows users to remotely let visitors into their homes
A Kickstarter campaign to fund a bladeless razor that removes hair using lasers, which has so far raised $4 million, has been suspended by the crowdfunding platform because it didn't meet prototype requirements. More about Laser razor removed from Kickstarter after failure to show working prototype
London Design Festival 2015: British designer Ross Lovegrove has created a range of aluminium-encased wireless Bluetooth speakers for KEF, based on an earlier design for the UK audio brand. More about Ross Lovegrove downsizes giant speaker to create wireless Muo device
The "world's first smart menstruation cup" links with a phone app to provide women with information about their periods (+ movie). More about Looncup tracks menstruation and sends vaginal updates to your phone
Japanese studio Nendo has created a perfume bottle for Paris fashion house Kenzo in the shape of a tiny totem pole. More about Nendo creates bottle and logo for Kenzo's unisex Totem fragrance
Security company Yale has partnered with Google-owned domestic technology firm Nest to release a door lock that can be remotely controlled via a smartphone. More about Yale partners with Nest to launch keyless Linus smartlock
London Design Festival 2015: the studio launched by London designer Benjamin Hubert has partnered with environmental consultancy Carbon Trust to produce a concept wearable that could track individual carbon footprints (+ movie). More about Layer's concept wearable tracks personal carbon consumption
Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian designer Klemens Schillinger has created a series of rings that are sized to show the fluctuating price of gold over the past five decades, as part of a jewellery collection (+ slideshow). More about Klemens Schillinger visualises changing values of gold with Element 79 jewellery collection
Bulgarian designer Petar Dimitrov has created a pair of lightweight inflatable snowshoes that can be packed into two bags (+ slideshow). More about Small Foot launches Pocket inflatable shoes for walking on snow
London Design Festival 2015: Amsterdam tech company Fairphone has launched a new version of its ethically produced smartphone. More about Fairphone launches second edition of its ethical smartphone