News: Irish architects Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey have been named as the 2015 recipients of the Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects (+ slideshow). More about O'Donnell + Tuomey to receive Royal Gold Medal for architecture
London Design Festival 2014: JamesPlumb has used textiles coloured with a Medieval dying technique to cover the duo's latest pieces of furniture and lighting (+ slideshow). More about JamesPlumb repurposes antique Burnished Indigo fabric for lampshades and sofa upholstery
London Design Festival 2014: Custhom has created a new upholstery textile based on the variety of forms found in the architecture of the Hayward Gallery on London's Southbank (+ movie). More about Custhom launches Hayward textile as tribute to Brutalist classic
A responsive glass facade reacts to wind passing overs its surface, scattering triangular patterns of light and shadow in this installation at Now Gallery London by Dutch designer Simon Heijdens (+ movie). More about Simon Heijdens creates "moving kaleidoscope of light" at London gallery
News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has completed work on a new complex for gin company Bombay Sapphire in Hampshire, England, including two sculptural glasshouses that are heated using warm air created during the distilling process (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Heatherwick's gin distillery for Bombay Sapphire opens
London Design Festival 2014: design boutique Darkroom looked to grid patterns used in the 1960s and 70s by radical Italian architecture firm Superstudio to inform its latest collection of products and in-store installations (+ slideshow). More about Darkroom patterns furniture and accessories with Superstudio's "anti-design" grids
London Design Festival 2014: designer Sebastian Cox has unveiled his latest collection of furniture made from hazel wood he collects in the British countryside (+ slideshow). More about Sebastian Cox uses coppiced wood to create Underwood furniture collection
London Design Festival 2014: design website Standseven has launched its first limited-edition product this week with a stool shaped like the number seven by London architect David Adjaye (+ interview). More about David Adjaye creates Stool 7 for new online design platform Standseven
London Design Festival 2014: as part of the Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition, designer Pernilla Ohrstedt has partnered with 3D-scanning specialists ScanLAB to create Glitch Space, a physical representation of the environmental data that will one day be captured by driverless cars (+ movie). More about ScanLAB and Pernilla Ohrstedt create a physical "point cloud" at designjunction
London Design Festival 2014: a vacuum chamber that wraps performers in silver foil material forms the centrepiece for an installation by Lucy McRae that imagines a future where space travel is common but requires physical preparation (+ slideshow). More about Lucy McRae envisions a human vacuum chamber for the future of space travel
London Design Festival 2014: the daughter of British designers Robin and Lucienne Day talks to Dezeen about preserving her parents' legacy and the launch of a new version of her father's much replicated 675 Chair (+ interview + slideshow). More about Robin and Lucienne Day's daughter "wasn't prepared to allow their works to be misused"
London Design Festival 2014: east London design brand Vitamin has unveiled its latest range of products at designjunction (+ slideshow). More about Vitamin debuts furniture collection influenced by small-scale production
News: the editor of one of Italy's leading design magazines has denied that her country's industry is in decline and believes that "Milan is still the international capital of design" (+ interview). More about Milan "still the capital of design" says Interni's Gilda Bojardi
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the final behind-the-scenes movie about our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition, Pernilla Ohrstedt explains the concept behind her stand design for the show. More about Pernilla Ohrstedt demonstrates how "our world will be captured in digital form"
The zigzagging profile of this courtyard bar in Liverpool, England, mimics the gabled roofline of the warehouses that provide its backdrop (+ slideshow). More about Constellations Bar by H Miller Bros is a courtyard canopy made up of triangles and zigzags
London Design Festival 2014: artist Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert explains the concept behind his glass installation at the V&A in this movie produced by Dezeen for champagne brand Perrier-Jouët. More about Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert installs "simple, geometric shapes" at London's V&A
London Design Festival 2014: architect Amanda Levete has opened a pop-up restaurant in London's Soho where tins of fish and seafood are displayed in a "a museum-type vitrine" before being dished up to customers to eat straight out of the can (+ slideshow). More about Amanda Levete's Tincan restaurant presents tinned seafood as "objects of desire"
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 2014: designers including Jasper Morrison and Ilse Crawford have installed their interpretations of "home" inside house-shaped pavilions in London's Trafalgar Square (+ slideshow). More about Designers interpret "home" for Airbnb Trafalgar Square installation
London Design Festival 2014: London designer Dominic Wilcox has unveiled a life-size concept car design for a future where driverless technologies make the roads safe enough to drive vehicles made of glass (+ slideshow). More about Dominic Wilcox's "car of the future" is driverless and made of stained glass