Design
Architects and designers act as furniture for The Living Room
Hyundai and Uber unveil concept design for flying car
Six contemporary Chinese furniture designers leading the industry
Mercedes-Benz unveils scale-covered concept car inspired by Avatar movie
Teo Yang Studio creates architectural birdbaths from terrazzo and terracotta
Boulder city guide by Cast Iron Design made with ink derived from algae
Sammode reissues classic lighting designs by Pierre Guariche
Townew bin seals and changes garbage bags at the push of a button
Apple, Google and Amazon unite to make all smart home products talk to each other
Competition: win a wireless Small Transparent Speaker by Transparent Sound
Kiki & Joost creates patterned solar panels for MyEnergySkin
Lucy McRae offers an escape from the digital with Future Survival Kit
Adaptive clothing with graphic prints designed to ease Parkinson’s disease
Le Corbuffet cookbook includes recipes for Rem Brûlée and Denise Scott Brownies
Adam Nathaniel Furman explores colour, cuteness and queerness with anatomical chairs
Operio collection by Dead Lotus Couture aims to put latex “in every wardrobe”
Carlo Ratti’s Eyes of the City exhibition in Shenzhen tracks visitors with facial-recognition tech
IBM proposes sustainable successor to lithium-ion battery
This week, we looked back on 2019 and forward to 2020
Nick Ross designs Proto chairs to offer refuge in busy environments
Lorenzo Spreafico’s 3D-printed prosthetic arm provides tactile feedback for low cost
Blade Runner designer Syd Mead dies aged 86
Plumen and Batch.Works launch 3D-printed lampshades made from recycled plastic