Peter Saville wins London Design Medal 2013
News: British graphic designer Peter Saville has tonight been named winner of this year's London Design Medal, and has declared: "Manchester is now the capital of the UK". More
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Ripple table by Benjamin Hubert
London Design Festival 2013: London designer Benjamin Hubert claims to have created the world's lightest timber table and is showing it off at the Aram Gallery in London this week (+ movie). More
The Dinner Party/True-to-life Design by Scholten & Baijings
London Design Festival 2013: designers Scholten & Baijings set up a still life depicting a dinner party in progress at the V&A museum for the London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen Mail London Design Festival 2013 special
London Design Festival 2013: this year's London Design Festival is upon us and we've compiled a special issue of our Dezeen Mail newsletter as a guide to the coverage we'll be bringing you over the coming days.
Formwork by Industrial Facility for Herman Miller
London Design Festival 2013: London studio Industrial Facility has created a range of stacking containers to store desktop items for American office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller. More
World Design Guide map of West End Design District
London Design Festival 2013: Dezeen's World Design Guide has created a digital map of West End Design District - one of the key districts during this year's London Design Festival, which started yesterday and runs until 22 September. More
V&A museum acquires first 3D-printed gun
London Design Festival 2013: London's V&A Museum has added the world's first 3D-printed gun to its permanent collection and will exhibit it along with four other newly acquired design objects during the London Design Festival. More
Snow Vases by Maxim Velčovský
London Design Festival 2013: Czech designer Maxim Velčovský presents a series of porcelain vases cast from snow at the London Design Festival, which starts today. More
Pop-ups at designjunction during the London Design Festival
Dezeen promotion: this year's designjunction exhibition opens next week from 18 to 22 September as part of the London Design Festival and will feature pop-ups including Dezeen Watch Store. More
Endless Stair by dRMM
London Design Festival 2013: architecture firm dRMM has combined fifteen staircases to create an Escher-style installation outside Tate Modern, ahead of the London Design Festival beginning tomorrow (+ slideshow). More
Bocci 28.280 at the V&A
London Design Festival 2013: Canadian lighting brand Bocci has installed a giant chandelier of colourful glass spheres in the main hall of the V&A museum for the London Design Festival, which kicks off on Saturday (+ slideshow). More
Y Chair by Tom Dixon
Designer Tom Dixon launches a flexible new chair for the contract market during the London Design Festival next week. It's made of glass-reinforced nylon and has a faceted back resembling bunny ears. More
World Design Guide map of London Design Festival 2013
We've launched our World Design Guide interactive map of the London Design Festival 2013, featuring 100 of the best events across London from 14-22 September. More
Copper Mirror Series by Hunting & Narud
London Design Festival 2013: Norwegian design firm Hunting & Narud is exhibiting a range of large pivoting copper mirrors with stone bases in London during the London Design Festival, which starts on Saturday (+ slideshow). More
Competition: five pairs of Global Design Forum tickets to be won
Competition: as media partners for the Global Design Forum, Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets worth £395 each to the event in London on 16 and 17 September, which features speakers including Peter Saville (pictured) Jaime Hayon and Ross Lovegrove. More
Partridge Tables by DesignByThem
London Design Festival 2013: Australian designers Nicholas Karlovasitis and Sarah Gibson have added dining and coffee tables to their range of timber stools with metal collars at the tops of their legs. More
Ladder by Charlie Styrbjörn Design
London Design Festival 2013: Gothenburg designer Charlie Styrbjörn will present a ladder with curving linked rungs during the London Design Festival next month. More
Parasite Production by Samuel Treindl
London Design Festival 2013: German designer Samuel Treindl has made a clock, lamp and other products from shapes cut out of existing furniture (+ slideshow). More
Cloche Lamp by Lars Beller Fjetland
London Design Festival 2013: the shade of this lamp by Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland resembles a dining cloche lifted up in the air. More
New product launches at designjunction 2013
Dezeen promotion: design brands including Modus, Another Country and Vitamin (pictured) will showcase new products at this year's designjunction event from 19 to 22 September. More