London Design Festival: each of these mix-and-match vessels by London design studio Vitamin is fixed together from rings of assorted materials including marble, cut glass, turned wood and 3D printed resin. More about Element Vessel by Vitamin
London Design Festival: this mechanical contraption by artist Martin Smith and his design company Laikingland will wake you up by chirping like a bird (+ movie). More about Bird Song with a Found Feather by Martin Smith/Laikingland
To coincide with the final weeks of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, here's an interview we filmed at the opening in May with Pierre de Meuron of architects Herzog & de Meuron, in which he talks to Dezeen about how the pavilion was realised in cork to appeal to all the senses and "not only your eyes". More about "Architecture is a discipline that speaks to all your senses" - Pierre de Meuron
Competition: we're giving readers a chance to win one of two pairs of tickets to the Memory Marathon, a series of talks and discussions taking place from 12 to 14 October close to the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (above) in London's Kensington Gardens. More about Competition: tickets for the Memory Marathon at the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion to be won
News: Foster + Partners has won a competition to design a 200-metre skyscraper for collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings and partner L&L Holding Company on Park Avenue in New York. More about Foster + Partners to build Park Avenue skyscraper for Lehman Brothers
Industrial designer Benjamin Hubert's latest chair features a T-shirt-shaped piece of plywood curled smoothly into its solid ash frame. More about Pelt by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
Architects FAT have teamed up with artist Grayson Perry to design a house inspired by fairytales on the east coast of England. More about A House for Essex by FAT and Grayson Perry
London Design Festival: delicate flowers and foliage are protected by the steel cages around these concrete vases by Korean designer Seung-Yong Song. More about V4 vases by Seung-Yong Song
Designer Morag Myerscough used the tweets of a poet to create the bold graphics surrounding this temporary cafe in London. More about MVMNT Cafe by Morag Myerscough
London Design Festival: London-based industrial designer Samuel Wilkinson has designed stackable wooden seating evoking traditional school furniture for Decode London. More about Hatcham chair by Samuel Wilkinson for Decode
As Peter Zumthor has this week been named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture, here's another chance to watch the movie interview Dezeen filmed with him last summer, in which he told us "I'm a passionate architect and I think it's a beautiful profession." Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "I’m a passionate architect... I do not work for money" - Peter Zumthor
Arik Levy's contribution to the Digital Crystal exhibition at London's Design Museum in an interactive installation that uses visitors' body movements to mutate computer-generated crystals (+ movie). More about Osmosis Interactive Arena by Arik Levy
London Design Festival: London designer Benjamin Hubert has launched a lighting collection made of underwear fabric (+ audio). More about Tenda by Benjamin Hubert at designjunction
Planks of translucent glass provide the walls for this house in south London designed by architect Carl Turner for himself and his partner (+ slideshow). More about Slip House by Carl Turner Architects
News: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has today been named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More about Peter Zumthor to receive the Royal Gold Medal for architecture
London Design Festival: Zaha Hadid teamed up with hairdressing brand Fudge to create a pop-up hair salon in London last week. More about The Fudge Pop-Up Salon by Zaha Hadid
London Design Festival: designer-makers East London Furniture have temporarily fitted out the interior of London bar DreamBags JaguarShoes using nothing but scrap materials found on the local streets. More about East London Furniture at DreamBags JaguarShoes
French designers Ciguë modelled this north London store for skin and haircare brand Aesop on a 1930s medical laboratory. More about Aesop Islington by Ciguë
London Design Festival: Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, Jasper Morrison and AL_A are among the designers who have created benches with British design brand Established & Sons for the central courtyard of the V&A museum (+slideshow). More about Bench Years by Established & Sons at the V&A museum
London Design Festival: every scrap of material and minute of production time was carefully recorded during the manufacturing of these twelve wooden chairs, helping the Royal College of Art students that designed them to measure each one's sustainability. More about Out of the Woods at the V&A museum