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Fernando and Humberto Campana's cuddly new Cipria couch is a deliberately iconic piece. >

RePacked saw architect Rianne Makkink and designer Jurgen Bey design and handcraft 19 pieces using embroidery, woodwork and blue foam. >

Spanish designer Javier Mariscal’s retrospective is currently on show at the Design Museum in London, until November 2009. >

Shigeru Ban’s ingenious new 10-Unit System for Artek can be used to make a chair, table or bench using just one simple L-shaped unit. >

Parisian designer Damien Poulain shows Totem 49 at the Kemistry Gallery in London. >

The Wattcher is a design object that displays the total electricity consumption of your home in a beautiful and meaningful way. >

Leading South African distributor of global design products, Twiice International, has launched a local production arm, Designfaktori. >

Italian furniture brand Moroso celebrates the influence of Africa in the M’Afrique C’est Chic exhibition. >

Using Soshanguve FABlab, the design team at Readymade are prototyping The Nest fruit bowl for an income-generation venture. >

Gregor Jenkin was chosen winner in the design category of the South Africa's Celebrating Strides awards. >

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius’s "Artificial Flowers" and "Animal Tables" celebrated the sculptural qualities of design. >

Although Ron Arad has resigned from the Royal College of Arts, he’s nowhere near done. >

Designed by Ingo Maurer, the Euro Condom is a reaction to the new EU guideline that bans frosted bulbs. >

Domesticated farming options to try in your kitchen. >

Lisbon-based design, architecture and creativity biennale, ExperimentaDesign, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009. >

Cocoon by Rickard Hederstierna is a response to the world’s growing population and its desire to consume meat and fish. >

Julia Lohmann’s work explores the threshold between animal and animal material, probing society’s attitude towards animals. >

Designed to look like a giant water drop, Bas van der Veer’s A Drop of Water collects rainwater by filling a watering can and rain barrel. >

The Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen provides protection while collecting and filtering rainwater to make it safe to drink. >

A tree is a product of its specific time and place. >

Woolly Pockets are soft-sided nests for growing plants. >

Renowned Catalan designer Martí Guixé makes three new additions to his ongoing series of “statement chairs”. >

Ilse Crawford launches her newest range, Seating for Eating. >

Boasting the largest purse of any design competition INDEX: 2009 shared 500 000 euros between five category winners. >

American Chateau features grandiose tongue-in-cheek works by Jaime Hayon and Nienke Klunder. >