Stories by Amy Frearson
Lucy McRae creates hugging machine as an antidote to the “touch crisis”
Envisions explores the future of the humble paving slab
Insects “offer hints for the future of humankind” says Taku Satoh
Austin Maynard Architects adds two scaly extensions to post-war bungalow in Canberra
Yuri Suzuki shows the fun side of sound design in seven offbeat projects
Matter of Stuff recycles last year’s London Design Festival exhibition into something new
Kathrine Barbro Bendixen uses cow intestines to create sculptural lights
Sam Jacob looks to a future when ocean plastic outnumbers fish
“It is time for something new” in Danish design says Maria Bruun
Eight Nordic designers making furniture look like art
Tropical plants cover villas at Wyndham Garden Phú Quốc resort in Vietnam
Cubitts makes Redux glasses from waste materials including human hair and potatoes
“We want African design to be functional” says Design Week Lagos founder
Young designer Jehanara Knowles launches furniture brand Kam Ce Kam
Pool Leber Architekten swaps concrete for wood to create R11 loft extension
Simone Post combines hypnotic patterns with bubbles in wax-printed fabric
23 weird and wonderful masks feature in Masters of Disguise exhibition at Seeds
V&A promotes degrowth with a pavilion that’s nothing but empty space
Kengo Kuma combines bamboo with carbon fibre to create “material for the future”
“I’m interested in giving science fiction an overdue sex change” says Lucy McRae
Bornstein Lyckefors builds pale green cabin on rural Swedish island
IKEA mattresses used to build pop-up bar at Chart fair in Copenhagen