Pedrali expands its wood division in Manzano
Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Pedrali is celebrating 10 years of wooden furniture production by expanding its dedicated woodworking facility in Manzano, in the Italian province of Udine (+ movie). More
Dirty Art Department fills former slaughterhouse with installations for The Wandering School
Dezeen promotion: a group of students from Amsterdam's Dirty Art Department have created interactive installations to occupy a building in an abandoned area of Milan during the city's design week (+ slideshow). More
Industrial Facility designs plank-topped tables for Emeco
Milan 2016: London studio Industrial Facility has designed a range of desks and tables for American furniture company Emeco based on canteen tables and park benches (+ movie). More
Marcel Wanders creates lamp for Moooi with "super-thin space-frame structure"
Extra Moooi: in our next movie for Moooi, Dutch designer Marcel Wanders discusses his Space-Frame light, which features dozens of LED lamps supported by a truss-like wire frame (+ movie). More
Maruni to launch designs by Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison in Milan
Dezeen promotion: Japanese brand Maruni Wood Industry will launch products by designers Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile fair in Milan next week (+ movie). More
Carlo Ratti Associati launches "world's first Internet of Things sofa"
Milan 2016: Italian architect Carlo Ratti has created a system of smart modular seats that can be adjusted with an app or hand gestures into different configurations (+ movie). More
Land Rover celebrates design and creativity with 2016 Born Awards
Movie: Land Rover chief design officer Gerry McGovern and Jean-Christophe Chopin of crowdfunding platform Born introduce the 2016 Born Awards in this movie filmed for the brand by Dezeen. More
Arihiro Miyake's Coppélia chandelier for Moooi could "only be created with LEDs"
Extra Moooi: Japanese designer Arihiro Miyake explains how he reinterpreted the traditional chandelier using steel wire and dozens of LEDs in our next movie for Dutch brand Moooi. More
Roof Arquitectos arranges Mexican residence around a "forest" of red oak trees
Thirteen oak trees are planted in a courtyard at the centre of this residence by Roof Arquitectos, which sits in the hilly landscape outside the Mexican city of Morelia (+ movie). More
Moooi creates floor-standing version of "beautiful and iconic" Raimond lamp
Extra Moooi: in our next movie for Moooi, co-founder Marcel Wanders introduces the new floor-standing version of Raimond Puts' classic lamp featuring hundreds of LEDs sandwiched between stainless steel strips. More
Jonas Forsman uses 3D knitting to create folding Shift Chair for Moooi
Extra Moooi: in our next exclusive movie for Moooi, Swedish designer Jonas Forsman explains how he used 3D-knitting techniques to make his foldable Shift Chair for the Dutch brand as comfortable as possible. More
Roche Bobois' Mah Jong sofa shown in new movie and reinterpreted for charity auction
Dezeen promotion: French furniture brand Roche Bobois has produced a movie featuring its Mah Jong sofa, which has been reinterpreted by a group of artists for a charity auction (+ movie). More
Lensvelt designs collection of intentionally boring office furniture
Milan 2016: Dutch furniture brand Lensvelt is producing a collection of "boring" office furniture intended to "restore the balance between work and play" in the workplace (+ movie). More
Tord Boontje wanted to make the home "softer and more humane" with 2004 Midsummer Light
Most Loved: in the next movie in our exclusive video series, London designer Tord Boontje explains how the decorative paper lampshade he designed in 2004 challenged the dominance of Minimalist design. More
Sou Fujimoto will use "only light" to create COS Milan installation
Milan 2016: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto explains why he has chosen light rather than physical objects to create his Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS (+ movie). More
Kevin McGloughlin uses "digi-cut" technique for Shit Robot music video
Music: facial features materialise from an ever-changing background of geometric graphics in Irish director Kevin McGloughlin's music video for End of the Trail by Shit Robot. More
Gravity Sketch app aims to "lower the barriers to 3D literacy"
The team behind a virtual reality tool that allows designers to sketch in three dimensions has launched an iPad app that turns drawings into virtual and physical 3D models (+ movie). More
Factory Fifteen's latest movie features a futuristic car factory taken over robots
An artificial intelligence system takes control of a futuristic car manufacturing plant in this short movie by architectural film studio Factory Fifteen (+ movie). More
MIMA Light is a small prefabricated house raised up from the landscape on a near-invisible base
The architects behind a prefabricated housing company have completed one of their smallest buildings so far – a cuboidal property raised on a mirrored plinth above a grassy Portuguese landscape (+ movie). More
Simon Kinneir creates tilting Leaven jug for visually impaired users
British product designer Simon Kinneir has created a prototype jug that tilts as it fills up, as part of a series of kitchen products designed for users with sight loss (+ movie). More