Design
Czech architect and designer Bořek Šípek dies aged 66
Dezeen’s top 10 designer sex toys for Valentine’s Day
Färg & Blanche stitches fabric and wood together to form Julius seating collection
New York’s Cooper Hewitt Triennial explores the theme of beauty in design
Michael Young’s carbon-fibre chair for Coalesse weighs less than five pounds
Tom Dixon sold to British investment firm Neo Investment Partners
Jin Kuramoto designs petal-shaped Wind room dividers for “acoustically chaotic” spaces
Muji shelving units combine to create a living space in Fumihiko Sano’s installation
Jan Hendzel creates wooden furniture for pop-up cafe at Camberwell College of Arts
Doshi Levien creates abstract material compositions for Bolon creative campaign
Atelier Van Lieshout’s Statistocrat lamp for Moooi “is a kind of diagram”
Dezeen’s Valentine’s Day gift ideas for architects and designers
Fernando Lazzari’s music video for Reid Willis combines natural and “supernatural” imagery
Note Design Studio launches Arch modular shelving system for Fogia
Victor Castanera’s Undae vases are striped to look like sand and sea
Noise reduction has become a “major preoccupation” in Scandinavian interiors
Google’s artificial intelligence becomes first non-human to qualify as a driver
New Eurostar carriage design slammed by fashion’s elite
Bompas & Parr’s colour-changing flowers transform when exposed to heat
Alexander Taylor develops customisable Tailored Fibre trainers for Adidas
Rafa Kids’ K-shaped desk hides a second surface underneath a soft-close lid
Opendesk Express launches “desks on demand” service for London’s workplaces
Eagles could be used to take down “hostile drones” in London after Dutch trial
