Fan Table by Mauricio Affonso at Ventura Lambrate
Milan 2012: the 400 wooden slats of this table top by Mauricio Affonso allow it to expand, contract and fan out into a full circle. More
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Surface Tension Lamp by Front
Milan 2012: this lamp by Swedish designers Front blows a bubble every few seconds to form a transparent shade round an LED. More
Discipline launches in Milan
Milan 2012: new Italian brand Discipline launch their inaugural collection in Milan this week. More
Dezeen Studio: Thursday at MOST
Milan 2012: in the fourth episode of our daily TV show from Dezeen Studio in Milan Zaha Hadid drops by to chat to us about what she's installed at a secret garden elsewhere in the city and to give an architect's take on the design fair, plus Yves Béhar demonstrates his redesigned SodaStream system for making fizzy drinks at home. More
Chers Voisins by Maison Martin Margiela
Milan 2012: wonky curtains, a disco ball and framed X-ray photographs can be found at the temporary apartment in Milan where design brand Maison Martin Margiela are presenting new furniture this week. More
The Future in The Making: Open Design Archipelago
Milan 2012: in a Milanese palazzo this week Italian design magazine Domus presents an exhibition of open design and digital manufacture that puts control of production processes in the hands of designers and consumers. More
Hacked Lab at La Rinascente
Milan 2012: this week visitors to La Rinascente department store in Milan have been trading souvenirs from the moon, making plastic from plants and learning how to download a house, courtesy of Hacked Lab curated by Beatrice Galilee. More
Bertha by Donna Wilson for SCP at MOST
Milan 2012: this cabinet that looks like scaled-up dolls' house furniture by London designer Donna Wilson is on show with design brand SCP at MOST this week. More
Dezeen Studio: Wednesday at MOST
Milan 2012: our third daily TV show from Dezeen Studio in Milan features Tom Dixon showing us the mini-factory he's set up at MOST to make furniture that will be given away to the public, while Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, gives us her tips for the key shows at Milan this year.
We also have a report from the Hacked Milan show at La Rinascente and Hanna Nova Beatrice of Form magazine tells us about the vibrant design scene in Scandinavia. There's also a chance to win a Jambox as well as our latest (highly inaccurate as it turns out) weather report. More
Mutation by Maarten De Ceulaer
Milan 2012: these knobbly seats by Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer are on show at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. More
La Chance launches at MOST
Milan 2012: new French brand La Chance launches at MOST in Milan this week. More
Gifu by María del Pilar Velasco and Pau Stephens
Milan 2012: these table lamps styled like long-necked animals by Pilar Velasco and Pau Stephens are on show as part of Salone Satellite at Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. More
Dezeen Studio: Tuesdayat MOST
Milan 2012: today's TV show from Dezeen Studio in Milan features Tom Dixon showing us the restaurant in a former monastic dining room, where diners sit on chairs fabricated at the venue and order food with mobile phones.
The episode also features an interview with Johanna Agerman-Ross from Disegno magazine plus details of our first daily give-away and a weather report. More
Designed in Hackney: Cricket by Kay + Stemmer
Designed in Hackney: Dalston designers Kay + Stemmer present this collection of benches, side tables and stools for Shoreditch design brand SCP at MOST in Milan this week. More
Furniture by Residentat MOST
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
Chair Farm by Werner Aisslinger at Ventura Lambrate
Milan 2012: designer Werner Aisslinger of Berlin and Singapore will present a chair growing inside a greenhouse at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. More
Dezeen Studio: Mondayat MOST
Milan 2012: in the first of our daily TV shows from MOST in Milan, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs tours the exhibition as designers rush to prepare everything for today's press preview. More
Confession by Nick Ross
Milan 2012: Konstfack University College student Nick Ross will present this bar with a hood for sharing secrets in crowded places at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. More
Transitory Bookshelf by Robert Stadler
Milan 2012: Austrian designer Robert Stadler will present a bookshelf that separates the books you've finished from those you haven't read yet at Galleria Nilufar in Milan next week. More
Hydro-Fold by Christophe Guberan
Milan 2012: this inkjet printer has been adapted by Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) student Christophe Guberan to print patterns that contort pieces of paper into specific 3D forms. More