Movie: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius explains why she moved to Berlin and discusses her latest projects in the first of a series of exclusive video interviews Dezeen filmed at her studio in the German capital. More about "I work best in a new field or culture" - Hella Jongerius
Product news: Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta showed this range of blankets in New York. More about Blankets by Snøhetta for Røros Tweed
Product news: London print designers Eley Kishimoto teamed up with Icelandic design collective Vík Prjónsdóttir for DesignMarch in Reykjavík last week, where they presented a seal-shaped blanket inspired by an Icelandic folk tale. More about Seal Pelt Remix by Eley Kishimoto and Vík Prjónsdóttir
Italian industrial designer Diego Vencato has created a collection of wooden textiles (+ slideshow). More about Wooden Mesh by Diego Vencato
London-based design duo Raw Edges arranged hundreds of fabric ribbons around the edge of their display stand for Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat at this year's Stockholm Design Week. More about The Picnic by Raw Edges for Kvadrat
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of the inaugral issue of Material Futures, a new publication about textile research. More about Competition: five copies of Material Futures to be won
Cologne 2013: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have come up with a DIY kit for making curtains using a hanging cord that winds up like a guitar string. More about Ready Made Curtain by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Product news: every table, chair, lamp and light switch in this furniture collection by Italian designer Loredana Bonora is covered in crocheted yarns of cotton, PVC, plastic tape and even washing lines. More about Nodi Contemporanei by Loredana Bonora
East London designer Donna Wilson will contribute a special installation to Dezeen's Stepney Green Design Collection made up of a 1.8 metre-high knitted tree with a selection of her soft-toy creatures living in it. More about Knitted tree and creatures by Donna Wilson for the Stepney Green Design Collection
Coded messages have been bleached into these scarves with a customised printer invented by Dutch graphic designers Raw Color. More about Cryptographer & Encoded Textiles by Raw Color
This blanket is embroidered with tiny sensors so it can watch you sleeping. More about Im Blanky by Studio NMinusOne and Rodolphe el-Khoury
Lebanese design duo Bokja have created embroidered maps of the Arab world that present a tapestry of changing politics and traditions. More about Arab Seasons by Bokja
Designed in Hackney: these crochet pendant lamps by Dalston designer Naomi Paul are made of mercerised cotton and surplus silk from the fashion industry. More about Designed in Hackney: Omi pendant Lightsby Naomi Paul
In this movie from the V&A museum in London, Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley talk about the cape they made by harvesting silk from over a million wild spiders in Madagascar. The silk is naturally golden in colour and the spiders take just a week to replenish their supply once released back into the wild. More about Movie: golden spider-silk cape by Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley
Austrian designer Nina Levett mixes imagery from punk and pop culture into her designs for textiles, wallpaper and ceramics. More about Making a Silk Screen by Nina Levett
A golden cape woven from the silk of over a million wild spiders is on show at the V&A museum in London. More about Spider-silk cape by Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley
The Temporium: you can get 15% off Cristian Zuzunaga's new series of digitally printed scarves at our Christmas shop The Temporium, open until Christmas Eve in London. More about Alchemy by Cristian Zuzunaga at The Temporium
Dezeen Platform: In this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Israeli designer Sivan Royz presents her Blooming Structures purses and jewellery made from laser-cut silk, which were on show at Dezeen Platform on Monday. See more photos and information in our previous story. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Sivan Royz
These fungus-like purses are made of layers of laser-cut silk. More about Blooming Structures by Sivan Royz
Industrial design graduate Florian Schmid made these stools by folding fabric that's impregnated with cement then drenching it in water. More about Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid