Personal Cutlery by Thomas Walde

This one-person cutlery set by Thomas Walde, of Swiss design collective Postfossil, revives a traditional custom of carrying 'personal cutlery' for oneself throughout the day.

La Super Supérette: industrial food made at home

French website La Super Supérette documents the day-to-day adventures of culinary explorers Lucie & Mélanie, as they attempt to recreate industrially-made snack foods and classic French treats at home, using readily available ingredients and simple DIY techniques.

Telephone concept by Gosia Babiak

Telephone concept by Gosia Babiak

Graduate designer Gosia Babiak has designed a concept for a telephone that encourages sharing. The proposal consists of a cluster of individual spherical handsets, displayed together and inspired in form by bowls of fruit - which Babiak describes as "a symbol of sharing".

Carlo Mollino's Casa Cattaneo furnishings go to auction

London auction house Christie’s will present a collection of furnishings from the Casa Cattaneo, designed in 1953 by Carlo Mollino, the most sought-after Italian designer of the twentieth century, in its sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design on 23 October 2012.

Pulp: Molecular Mixology by Richard Watters

Northumbria University product design graduate Richard Watters has designed this new concept for mixing drinks at home. Inspired by molecular gastronomy, the system consists of a set of fresh ingredients, packed pre-measured so that users can create complex cocktails quickly and easily at home.

Forfars bakery, Sussex by Josh Bitelli

To celebrate the 75th birthday of Sussex-based bakery Forfars, graduate designer Josh Bitelli cast ceramic trophies using a mould made of bread, then burnt away the pieces using a blowtorch to reveal the finished piece.

Spargo lamp by Felix McCormack

British designer Felix McCormack showed these floor-standing concrete and turned oak lamps at One Year On, the showcase of makers at the start of their careers that take places each summer at New Designers.

Mind The System, Find The Gap

Based On A Grid (2012) by Esther Stocker; photo: Z33/Kristof Vrancken

Belgian gallery Z33's largest exhibition ever, Mind The System, Find The Gap, sees 30 designers investigating the gaps in our society's systems - from inventing fake online identities to getting away with smuggling unnoticed, taking advantage of money-back guarantees to live for free and proposing controversial foodstuffs for future living.

Renegade Craft Fair, Los Angeles

A smaller fourth annual LA edition of Renegade Craft, the globe-trotting maker's fair, was held July 28-29 and attracted the city's designers, collectors, DIYers and fans of indie-craft culture. Of the trends to emerge, Americana was an overriding theme, with American geography providing inspiration for print and pattern.

Embroidered wallpaper by Claire Coles

Midnight Garden by Claire Coles

British designer Claire Coles specialises in couture embroidered wallpaper. Made of collages of motifs from vintage papers, machine-stitched on to luxurious paper backings, each roll is different and arrangements are tailored to suit the spaces they are intended for.

Farmers market food: Christmas 2012 retail preview

Sainsburys Christmas 2012 preview, London

The emphasis is on food for Christmas 2012, with consumers expected to buy into low-cost fine dining at home during a double dip recession. At this summer's previews, supermarkets were specifically promoting British produce in an attempt to aid the recovery of Britain's first such recession since the 1970s.

Material Matters: New materials in design

The Institute of Making's creative director, Zoe Laughlin, and researcher, Philip Howes, have teamed up to create a brand new guide to the materials of tomorrow. Material Matters: New materials in design (Black Dog Publishing, 2012) documents the seminal materials emerging across five chemical categories - metal, glass, ceramics, polymers and composites - and breaks each one down by its physical properties.