Design
New Japanese furniture brand Ariake presents first range inside crumbling Stockholm embassy
Apple’s HomePod speaker damages wooden furniture
Jamaican bobsleigh team rebrands to “get away from association with Cool Runnings”
Seven midcentury furniture designs relaunched at Stockholm Design Week
Neal Aronowitz folds Concrete Cloth into sculptural table
David Chipperfield designs £5 coin to mark Royal Academy of Arts’ 250th anniversary
EWE Studio’s handcrafted Alquimia furniture and lighting is born of fire
Nendo exploits acoustic properties of beech wood for transparent Bunaco speaker
Carsten Höller’s first giant slides in the US open in Miami
Norwegian lifestyle brand Northern launches first furniture and homeware collection
Burberry creates a rainbow tartan in support of LGBT charities
Number of EU applicants for UK creative courses rises as Brexit approaches
Le Corbusier-designed barge sinks in Seine flooding
Signato typeface celebrates 100 years of Lithuania’s independence declaration
Germany to trial free public transport in bid to cut pollution
10 designs for dogs, from miniature IKEA furniture to a canine-friendly staircase
Seeding Finger is a hand-shaped tool for artificial insemination
Digital installation seemingly turns selfies into gravel
Tokujin Yoshioka creates cloud-like sculpture from thousands of acrylic rods
Rick Banks compiles a visual history of UK club culture
Larry Bell’s glass cubes mimic California light and fog
Design students create classroom furniture to help kids concentrate
Norman Foster designs minimal tea set for Stelton
