In this week's comments update, readers are suspicious of the intentions of wearable praying technology and in agreement that sustainable design terminology needs more scrutiny. More about "I presumed that 'Pope' was some new hip, high-tech designer"
Paris has unveiled a gold-medal-shaped emblem for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games that incorporates the Olympic flame and the lips of Marianne. More about Emblem for Paris Olympics combines gold medal and Marianne's lips
Ingo Maurer – the German designer whose playful, unexpected creations earned him the nickname "poet of light" – passed away yesterday at age 87. More about German industrial designer and "poet of light" Ingo Maurer dies aged 87
Amsterdam-based Studio Drift has created an installation of 3,000 blue blocks, which each represent the plastic used to make an individual supermarket bag, at the Van Abbemuseum for Dutch Design Week. More about Studio Drift reduces plastic bags into blocks for Materialism installation
Ninety per cent of architects will lose their jobs as artificial intelligence takes over the design process, according to designer Sebastian Errazuriz. More about Rise of artificial intelligence means architects are "doomed" says Sebastian Errazuriz
London studio Future Facility has designed a countertop filtration system that can create Alpine mineral water at home, for Swiss drinks company Lang. More about All-in-one drinks system replicates the taste and mineralisation of Alpine water at home
Brazilian designers made this series of homeware and furniture, which was exhibited during São Paulo design week, with Amazon communities that use more sustainable practices to harvest timber from the forest. More about Brazilian designers create homeware with Amazon communities for São Paulo design week
Graffiti artist Banksy has set up an online shop selling products including riot helmets turned into disco balls and the stab-proof vest he designed for Stormzy. More about Banksy opens online store selling riot helmets, CCTV baby mobiles and a stab-proof vest
Coming to London for our Dezeen Day conference and the Dezeen Awards party on 30 October? To help you make the most of your trip, here's a guide to the best shows in town. More about 15 architecture and design exhibitions in London for Dezeen Day attendees to enjoy
ÉCAL graduate Luisa Kahlfeldt has designed a new diaper that is more sustainable than even other reusable cloth nappies — an innovation for which she won the Swiss James Dyson Award. More about Sumo seaweed-fibre nappies offer healthy and sustainable alternative
New York designer Bec Brittain has created lights with candy-coloured stands, ivory glass shades and decorative strips of suede for her latest collection. More about Bec Brittain creates Gemini lights to be like a family of creatures
Designer Gavin Keightley used foods including mashed potato and jelly to create moulds for this furniture collection, which is cast from Jesmonite dyed in fluorescent hues. More about Gavin Keightley's Terraform furniture is cast in moulds made from food
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