Design
Imogen Heap develops gloves that make music through hand gestures
Imogen Heap’s music gloves could help disabled people “fulfil what’s in their head”
Carlo Ratti’s Cloud Cast directs a cooling mist over passersby
UK launches answer to Google’s driverless cars
Anderssen & Voll creates a collection of tools for indoor gardening
Iskos-Berlin updates the plastic shell chair with recyclable equivalent
Hem acquires Discipline products to expand furniture and homeware range
Johan Kauppi and Bertil Harström launch sound-absorbing office furniture for Glimakra
Soy sauce bottle designer Kenji Ekuan dies aged 85
René Barba creates lollipop-shaped lamp from paper-like fabric for Ligne Roset
Adidas plans to use design to conquer America
Blå Station’s Poppe chair is just 33 centimetres wide
Willy Wonka-inspired machine propels popcorn through a curved glass tube
Wooden tray replaces one arm of LaSelva’s Cosmo sofa
B&B Italia in takeover talks with American suitor
SO-IL’s Storefront gallery installation vandalised with “poor quality” graffiti
Rotten food becomes palatable in human-hyena synthetic biology scenario
Monoqi buys Mydeco to extend UK reach
David Ericsson “revels in beech” to create Madonna Chair for Gärsnäs
BMW and MINI announce installations by Alfredo Häberli and Jaime Hayón for Milan
“IKEA works in a very different way to everyone else” says head of design
Silje Nesdal launches furniture collection for compact living
New Pinterest board: Swedish design