Nendo creates family crest logo and packaging for Japanese craft beer
Japanese design studio Nendo has combined Japanese and Latin characters to create a crest-style logo and colour-coded packaging for Iwate Kura beer. More
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Yves Behar redesigns Kodak Super 8 camera
CES 2016: Kodak has teamed up with San Francisco designer Yves Behar to relaunch its iconic Super 8 film camera, with an updated design that combines analogue and digital. More
Snego building blocks are made using salvaged wood and natural dyes
A pair of Swedish designers have created a set of multi-faceted wooden building blocks that are coloured with fruit and vegetable dyes (+ slideshow). More
VanMoof's Boncho rain mac covers both bike and rider to encourage wet-weather city cycling
Dutch bike manufacturer VanMoof has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a poncho that protects the wearer and their bicycle from the rain. More
Magnetic STiKK bike light slots into the handlebars of a bicycle
German industrial designer Fabian Ludwig has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a cylindrical light that is inserted into the handlebars of bicycles (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen's top 10 gadgets of 2015
Dezeen's design editor Dan Howarth selects his pick of this year's gadgets, including concepts, prototypes and commercial products for cooking, cleaning, cycling and even masturbating (+ slideshow). More
Merge by Yen-Wen Tseng is a sculptural concrete stationery set
Taiwanese designer Yen-Wen Tseng has used simple geometric shapes to create stationery that looks like a set of miniature concrete sculptures. More
Lindsey Lang designs 3D tiles based on 1930s London Underground patterns
British product designer Lindsey Lang has borrowed motifs from the history of London's transport network to create a collection of wall and floor tiles with embossed patterns (+ slideshow). More
Competition: win a Hive Active Heating kit and thermostat frame
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win a Hive Active Heating kit, including a thermostat designed by Yves Béhar and a customisable coloured frame (+ slideshow). More
House aroma diffuser resembles a snow-covered cabin
Korean design studios Cloudandco and 11+ have teamed up to release a minimal house-shaped scent diffuser (+ slideshow). More
Form Us With Love's acoustic tiles for Baux can be arranged into pixellated patterns
Stockholm studio Form Us With Love has added a collection of colourful square sound-absorbing tiles to its Baux range of architectural products (+ slideshow). More
Francesco Musci's Tidy Tips are brightly coloured finger condoms
Italian designer Francesco Musci has created a set of latex fingertip covers designed to protect wearers' hands from greasy food and other substances. More
Google aims to turn unloved Wi-Fi routers into design objects with crazy covers
Google is attempting to improve the aesthetics of the home Wi-Fi router with coverings by 24 artists and designers, including a fake-fur sheath and a cover that turns a device into a fruit bowl (+ slideshow). More
Alain Ducasse's chocolate Christmas tree is assembled like flat-pack furniture
French chocolate company Alain Ducasse has released a dried fruit and nut-covered festive chocolate tree that comes in a flat-pack box. More
Apple extends iPhone 6 battery life with slip-on rechargeable case
Apple has unveiled its own Smart Battery Case that slides onto the back of the iPhone 6 or 6s to provide additional power. More
Thomas Vailly unveils product collection made from black resin and pine
Dutch designer Thomas Vailly has collaborated with four other designers to create furniture and products that combine pine wood with natural dark resin (+ slideshow). More
Layer uses large hemp tiles to create tessellating Scale partition system
Benjamin Hubert's London studio Layer has designed a modular screen system made up of triangular hemp tiles for Australian textile company Woven Image (+ slideshow). More
US designers create Christmas decorations to raise funds for Detroit museum
Design Miami 2015: a miniature terrarium and a cluster of small balloons coated in blue resin are among the bespoke Christmas tree ornaments by US designers that are being sold to raise money for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. More
Italian university students redesign the humble pencil sharpener
Students from the Free University of Bolzano have created a collection of alternative pencil sharpeners, with designs including rings, a planing tool and a sandpaper bra (+ slideshow). More
Paola Navone designs edible Christmas calendar for Häagen-Dazs
A white chocolate shell forms a calendar on top of this year's Häagen-Dazs Christmas cake by Italian interior designer Paola Navone. More