Los Angeles-based artist Lucy McRae has created a machine she calls the Compression Carpet, which offers a hug to a person craving intimacy. More about Lucy McRae creates hugging machine as an antidote to the "touch crisis"
Central Saint Martins graduate Daisy Newdick has created a roaster for making dandelion coffee to demonstrate that consumers can brew the beverage in their own homes from root to cup. More about Daisy Newdick develops DIY process for making coffee from dandelions to promote biodiversity
German light company Midgard is reproducing a lamp that was used at the Bauhaus school to coincide with its 100th anniversary. More about Adjustable lamp used by Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus school revived
Metal mittens, plates made from spoons and foraged clay bowls are among more than 500 pieces of cutlery and crockery created for the latest in a series of Experimental Gastronomy banquets. More about Experimental Gastronomy utensils make the eater engage with their food
Scribbles and paint-like splotches appear on this range of rugs that designer Faye Toogood has created in collaboration with CC-Tapis, currently being presented within the brand's new Milan showroom. More about CC-Tapis' latest rugs are made to resemble Faye Toogood's doodles
A group of engineers has created this exoskeleton that allows elderly users to enjoy activities like fishing, commuting and golfing for extended periods. More about Lex by Astride is a wearable chair that allows its user to sit anywhere
The Moving to Mars exhibition, which opens tomorrow at London's Design Museum, explores putting humans on the red planet as the final frontier for design. More about "Surviving on Mars could teach us how to live more sustainably on earth", says Design Museum's Moving to Mars curator
Toyota's latest electric LQ concept car satisfies the "human need to be engaged emotionally" with an on-board artificial intelligence agent named Yui. More about Toyota's LQ concept creates a "bond" between car and driver with AI agent
Designer Irina Flore has created a collection of ceramic bowls and plates that can be stacked up into form containers for preserving food, to offer an alternative to plastic containers or foil. More about L'art de la table by Irina Flore are mix-and-match ceramic containers, bowls and plates
The 10 winning design projects for Dezeen Awards 2019 have been revealed. The list includes public seating that doubles up as a barrier, a silent wearable breast pump and a self-cleaning water bottle. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 design category winners revealed
Neri Oxman's Mediated Matter Group has digitally designed and robotically fabricated a structure using the molecular components found in tree branches, insect exoskeletons and human bones. More about Aguahoja I by Mediated Matter Group is a robotically fabricated structure made of organic matter
Dezeen promotion: the fully electric Polestar 2 car is the innovation lab and performance car company's first fully electric vehicle in the growing electric-car market. More about Polestar launches its first fully electric car
Retro handheld gaming meets contemporary design in the Analogue Pocket, a new device for playing old Nintendo Game Boy cartridges. More about Game Boy gets extra life in minimal Analogue Pocket
Dezeen promotion: modern design meets function in our latest competition, where Dezeen has partnered with Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen to give away a shelving unit from its Planner collection. More about Competition: win a Planner shelving unit by Paul McCobb for Fritz Hansen
Oslo-based design studio OlssønBarbieri has created the visual identity and bottle for water brand Snåsa, which is made from materials that are easy to recycle. More about OlssønBarbieri designs Snåsa water bottle and visual identity
Thai company BeeConscious has created wraps from beeswax-coated cotton, that can stand in for cling film and other plastic packaging for food. More about SuperBee wax wraps offer an alternative to cling film
Local design agency Re-public used the lines that mark out various sports pitches as the basis for a visual identity and wayfinding at Denmark's largest sports centre – the Hafnia-Hallen in Copenhagen. More about Re-public designs visual identity for restored Hafnia-Hallen sports centre
Google has created a fabric made of recycled plastic for the latest version of the Nest Mini speaker, which launched today along with an updated Pixel smartphone with two cameras on its back. More about Google includes recycled plastic in latest Nest Mini speaker
Designer Richard Hutten will speak about design and the circular economy at Dezeen Day in London on 30 October. More about Richard Hutten to speak about circular design at Dezeen Day
US designer Brad Bartlett used an algorithm to give each copy of design school the ArtCenter's prospectus a different cover, playing on the modernist graphics of alumnus Alvin Lustig. More about ArtCenter Viewbook features 40,500 unique modernist-inspired covers