House of Marley's wireless earbuds are made from recycled materials and bamboo
Music electronics brand House of Marley has created a pair of bamboo and recycled plastic earbuds as an "eco-conscious alternative" to plastic headphones. More
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Jeong Greem brings doodles to life in Mono furniture series
Three-dimensional doodle-like lines form this series of furniture by Korean designer Jeong Greem, which aims to breathe life into mundane, everyday materials. More
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Elissa Lacoste creates "grotesque" furniture that resembles flesh
Skeletal stools and a blobby, monolithic table and chair features in this series of furniture by French designer Elissa Lacoste. More
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Lewu launches foam-covered furniture collection at Design Shanghai
Bubbling forms of silicone foam cover the furniture pieces in Chinese studio Lewu's Borrowing for Birth collection, which was launched at Design Shanghai this month. More
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Blond designs hygienic Borrn baby bottle that adapts as the child grows
London-based creative studio Blond has designed a baby bottle with a fully silicone interior that it claims makes it one of the most hygienic bottles on the market. More
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Tonkin Liu shrinks architectural shell lace structure to create prototype windpipe stent
Architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu have created a prototype stent that adapts to a patient's throat for use after tracheal transplant surgery. More
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Ragna Ragnarsdottir creates objects depicting strange landscapes and oceans
Icelandic designer Ragna Ragnarsdottir uses synthetic materials such as acrylic resin, silicone and latex to create her range of design objects. More
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Jelly-like Living Plates tremble and bounce in response to food
These silicone plates designed by Royal College of Art graduate Lina Saleh wobble and jiggle to influence how diners experience their dinner. More
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Metamaterials make it possible to create mechanisms from a single piece of plastic
A door latch and a pair of pliers are among the mechanisms created without screws, bolts or other fixings by researchers working with a new technology called metamaterials (+ movie). More
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Nameless Architecture reinterprets the traditional Korean door using resin and silicone
The timber frame and paper panes of the traditional Korean door were replaced with a resin grid and flexible silicone for this installation at a Seoul gallery (+ slideshow). More
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Food Huggers by Adrienne McNicholas and Michelle Ivankovic
Industrial designers Adrienne McNicholas and Michelle Ivankovic have launched a range of silicone caps designed to preserve leftover fruit and vegetables (+ slideshow). More
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Grip Torch by Alexander Taylor for Praxis
Product news: colourful LED torches shaped like the handlebar grips of BMX bicycles by British designer Alexander Taylor have gone into production with Hong Kong brand Praxis. More
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Flex silicone pots by Tomas Kral for Praxis
Product News: Slovakian designer Tomas Kral has created a collection of small silicone pots for Hong Kong design brand Praxis. More
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Skin Secret by I-Ting Ho
Flaps of dimpled silicone rubber are stitched together to form fleshy earrings, nipple brooches and sanitary pads in this jewellery collection by Taiwanese designer and recent graduate I-Ting Ho. More
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Figurine Containers by TAF
Milan 2012: these little storage containers by Swedish designers TAF are made of silicone but coloured to look like clay. More
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Competition: five mouse mats by Kitmen Keung to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with Hong Kong studio Kitmen Keung to give away five of their silicone mouse pads, designed to hold small items like paperclips and pens in place on their sloping edges. More
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Designed in Hackney: Sugru
Designed in Hackney: Friday's instalment in our showcase of the best design in the London borough of Hackney is Sugru, an ingenious silicone rubber that can be used to fix, strengthen or customise almost any object. More
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Silicone Duo by Kitmen Keung
Take tea in serene silence with this silicone set by Hong Kong studio Kitmen Keung. More
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Touch! Touch! Nothing will HappenŠ by Luzinterruptus
Guerilla lighting designers Luzinterruptus snuck out in the dead of night to stick 400 illuminated silicone nipples all over statues outside the Public Art Museum in Madrid. More
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Duo by Oscar Diaz for Doiy
London designer Oscar Diaz will present a two-in-one candle holder at Maison&Objet in Paris this weekend. More
