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A group of Indian and Italian architects has built a pavilion in southwest India using mycelium – the fleshy part of a mushroom or other fungus – to demonstrate how the material could be used to create temporary venues for major events. Read more View the full article

These funnel-shaped lamps for lighting brand Vertigo Bird are by Bevk Perovic Arhitekti of Slovenia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These duck-shaped funnels for transferring liquids from one container to another are by London designer Roger Arquer. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Roger Arquer has designed this vase with a funnel protruding from the side so that the water to be changed without removing the flowers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design Indaba 2016: industrial designer Benjamin Hubert has explained why he shifted his energy away from furniture design, saying "everyone seems to be designing the same thing" in the sector. (more…) View the full article

Stockholm designer Axel Bjurström will present a collection of furniture including these wheeled side tables as part of the Greenhouse exhibition of work by young designers at Stockholm Furniture Fair next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of a collection of furniture and lighting by industrial designer Benjamin Hubert for Portuguese brand De La Espada, presented at the Tramshed during the London Design Festival. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Mid-century furniture pieces by designers including Warren Platner, Harry Bertoia and Arne Jacobsen are being reproduced as gold versions thanks to improvements in metal-coating technology (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: this desk is one of seven new pieces to be launched by British designer Russel Pinch at 100% Design this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Zealand furniture brand Resident will launch their inaugural collection at designjunction during the London Design Festival next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: Auckland company Resident show their new collection of furniture at MOST in Milan this week, including their Bing pendant lamp that’s made of white clay from Matauri Bay in New Zealand. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: the old model of working for royalties is "completely dead" according to Stefano Giovannoni, the latest designer to turn entrepreneur and launch his own brand. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: British designers Faudet-Harrison have furnished an east London shoe shop for footwear designer Tracey Neuls. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: here’s a roundup of Furniture from Greece that will be on show at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan from 17 to 22 April. (more…) View the full article

Eindhoven designer Erez Nevi Pana has developed a dough made from soil and fungus that can be baked in an oven to create stools and chairs strong enough to sit on. (more...) View the full article

Cologne 2014: Eindhoven designer Tsuyoshi Hayashi has used discarded roof tiles to create curving seats for a series of stools and benches (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Matthias Borowski has created a range of furniture that resembles oversized confectionary (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

South Korean designer Jinil Park has created a range of furniture from intersecting wires that has the appearance of a two-dimensional sketch. (more...) View the full article

Our end of summer sale now features three of Hong Kong watch brand Ziiiro’s designs; Gravity, Orbit and Aurora. Each watch tells time in its own unique way without using traditional hands. Gravity (above) uses two coloured rings which resemble rotating comets to indicate the time. Now only £80.00 (UK and EU) or £66.67 (rest of the world). Get yours here » (more…) View the full article

A wooden latticed ceiling covers a space for storing funerary urns inside this extension to a Japanese temple by Furumori Koichi Architectural Design Studio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2010: Dutch designer Roel-jan Elsinga has created an angry little felt-covered chair called Fury! (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Square and circular holes puncture the concrete facade of this house in Japan by Fuse Atelier, allowing light to filter through to five small terraces concealed behind (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2013: these porcelain and wood pendant lamps were created by Stockholm-based Note Design Studio for Italian design brand Ex.t. (more...) View the full article

News: Yves Behar of San Francisco design studio fuseproject has created a new identity for PayPal as part of the brand's shift towards providing payment solutions on mobile and wearable devices (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

Fuses Viader Arquitectes has transformed a 19th-century fortress near the Spanish city of Girona into a museum and hotel complex featuring concrete, glass and weathered-steel. Read more View the full article