Here's what we looked at this week:

Sleek portable cutlery by Zoku, an industrial-designer-led brand.

Crowdfunding smash: These Xlaserlab X1 desktop laser welding machines.

Breakfast's Billion Dollar Arcade Series are Interactive classic videogame art pieces that reference the stock market.

Brompton's hide-away bike toolkit, by industrial design firm Goodwin Hartshorn.

The Tool Swing, a heavy-duty disappearing swing mount for fixed tools.

The Snackuum, Unnecessary Design Studio's arm-mounted vacuum for neater snacking.

Surprise: There's still a huge market for ashtrays.

Where to source specialty washers with no additional tooling costs? Boker's.

The CenWatch: Yet another attempt at a gesture control device, with a pretty awful form factor.

An actually useful application for gesture control: Headlamp activation, as seen in the NightBuddy 230.

Design competition: "Redesign Democracy" calls for better voting booth designs.

Architect, industrial designer and sculptor Robert Obier's Deco-esque creations.

The Brat, an alternative "lo-fi" take on the wallet.

Form follows function: Snow Peak's folding butane stove for camping.

Industrial design case study: The Rubbish Beam, a smart litter picker-upper by ID consultancy Hatch Duo.