In the next movie filmed for the Stepney Green Design Collection we curated, east London designer Donna Wilson talks about the knitted tree with creatures nestled inside it that she contributed. More about Donna Wilson on her knitted tree for the Stepney Green Design Collection
Product news: this set of wooden toys by Polish studio Poorex incorporates tools associated with household chores. More about Poor Toys by Poorex
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with toy company Papafoxtrot to give readers a chance to win one of twenty wooden models of iconic unmanned spacecrafts orbiting the Earth. More about Competition: twenty wooden satellite models by Papafoxtrot to be won
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
Slices of wood are layered in different combinations to make each animal in this toy menagerie by London design studio Yang:Ripol. More about Flat Zoo by Yang:Ripol
When asked to represent Nordic identity, Norwegian studio Permafrost created wooden toys based on an oil rig and tanker. More about Wooden Toys by Permafrost
Dezeen Wire: this week Harrods opened the doors to its first gender-neutral toy department, designed by London and Singapore-based interior architects Shed. More about Shed create gender-neutral toy department at Harrods
These felt elephant toys by German designer Daniel Böttcher are available at our pop-up design emporium Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2. More about Ronny by Daniel Böttcher for Formverleih at Dezeen Super Store
Milan 2012: Australian designer Marc Newson presented this child's rocking horse for Italian brand Magis at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Rocky by Marc Newson for Magis
Slideshow: Israeli studios Monkey Business and Reddish have designed these pins for making little animal characters from wine corks at the dinner table. More about Corkers by Monkey Business and Reddish
Slideshow: Zurich designers Atelier Volvox rescued these unloved plush toys and gave them a new lease of life by turning them inside out - eyes and all. More about Outsiders plush toys by Atelier Volvox
These toy vehicles by London designer Oscar Diaz are assembled from their own packaging. More about Tube Toys by Oscar Diaz
Brighton designers Zoe Miller and David Goodman of Millergoodman will present their hand-printed wooden blocks for constructing pictures of faces at new domestic interiors show Home in London this weekend. More about FaceMaker by Millergoodman at Home
The Temporium: there are just two more days to visit our Christmas shop The Temporium, where you can snap up gifts by over 20 designers and brands including this toy cable car from Theo. More about Theo at The Temporium
Dezeen Platform: Canadian studio AT.AW. will be exhibiting their range of Orphans Plush toys at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: AT.AW.
London designer Héctor Serrano presents a series of paper accessories for turning balloons into animal heads at the New York Gift Fair this week. More about Air Heads by Héctor Serrano
In this game of chess created by designer Florian Hauswirth of Switzerland, pieces that are taken can be stacked to create new pieces with combined abilities. More about Democratic Chess by Florian Hauswirth
Milan 2011: here's another project from Lausanne studio Big-Game (see their furniture in our earlier story) this time a series of cork toy boats for Portugese company Materia. More about Bote by Big-Game for Materia
This wooden children's drawing case by Japanese designer Kana Nakanishi of Oiseau folds out to form a stool. More about Atelier Book Chair by Kana Nakanishi
Here's another project by Slovakian designer Peter Jakubik (see his Hobby Panton Chair in yesterday's story), this time a cabinet with a chalkboard surface. More about Primary Cabinet by Peter Jakubik