Dutch design studio Raw Color collaborated with Remon van den Eijnden, Peter Bust and programming specialists Bart van der Linden and Studio Watt to design this cryptographer, which turns the waves of SMS messages into encoded, patterned textiles.

Dutch lighting brand Booo launched its first collection at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during Milan Design Week, wisely commissioning three big names in design - Nacho Carbonell, Front and Studio Formafantasma - to design for them, and making an impression straightaway.

Front’s Surface Tension lamp (pictured right), which uses bubbles as temporary lampshades, was the talk of the fair, while Nacho Carbonell’s squishy rubber lightbulb brings tactility to lighting.

Carwan Gallery will present an exhibition of contemporary design which uses traditional craft techniques from the Middle East next month - and it’s set to be a highlight of Milan design week’s off-fair schedule. Read more about the show, and the line-up announced so far, at Arch Hello.