Dezeen promotion: Ventura Projects is looking for designers to exhibit in the second edition of Ventura Future, a showcase of designers tackling world issues, at next year's Milan design week. More
Writer Gianluigi Ricuperati, Studio Nucleo's Piergiorgio Robino and Driade CEO Giuseppe Di Nuccio explain why they created a collection of 3D-printed furniture for the moon in this movie Dezeen produced for Driade. More
Belgian designer Charlotte Jonckheer has created two side tables with stone tops supported by curved recycled paper and stone dust legs. More
Patricia Urquiola has created a daybed and side table for Spanish textile brand Gan, with its roots in 16th-century India. More
Arnhem-based designers Visser & Meijwaard drew upon their Dutch heritage to create these matt black vessels for German design brand Pulpo. More
Argentinian designer Agustina Bottoni has created a trio of cocktail glasses called Calici Milanesi, which recall the form the design of a Milanese villa built in the 1930s. More
Kengo Kuma and Daan Roosegaarde are among the architects and designers presenting proposals to tackle air pollution, in this movie Dezeen filmed for Dassault Systèmes. More
A stone table with a ball for a base and a collection of benches inspired by brutalist bus stops feature in this collection of furniture by Georgian design duo Rooms. More
The Arrangements lighting collection by Michael Anastassiades features strips and loops of LEDs in geometric shapes that combine to create chains, chandeliers and hanging walls of light. More
Insoles that measure athletic performance using bacteria, and trainers that "breathe" are among the latest experimental pieces of sportswear being developed by Puma and MIT Design Lab. More
Technology firms are increasingly looking to designers to help them shape the future and create objects with greater sensory appeal, according to Google's head of hardware design Ivy Ross. More
Chinese design studio Neri&Hu has teamed up with Spanish textile brand Gan to create a modular collection of sofas, rugs and screens that aim to blend eastern and western design sensibilities. More
Japanese manga characters replace traditional images of angels in this kitsch reimagining of traditional Venetian mirrors by designers Giada Fiorindi and Federico Floriani. More
Dezeen promotion: Danish designer Cecilie Manz has collaborated with Bang & Olufsen to design a portable speaker that offers 360 degrees of sound. More
Japanese design duo We+ has created a series of magnetic chairs and vases that are covered with thousands of tiny steel rods. More
Ceramics brand Mutina has collaborated with design office OEO Studio to create furnishings and accessories to accompany its popular tile collections. More
Plastic waste from one of the world's best restaurants is being transformed into hexagonal stools by Spanish designer Andreu Carulla. More
Instagram is rolling out a service allowing designers to sell their products direct to their followers, according to the platform's head of design Ian Spalter. More
An intricately decorated Persian box provided a starting point for the latest range of designs from New York studio Apparatus. More
In this movie produced by Dezeen for Grohe, vice president of design Michael Seum explains the concept behind the brand's water-filled Milan design week installation, where it launched its latest collection of faucets. More