Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki's has created a singing washing machine and a musical kettle, which were in his solo exhibition Furniture Music, at London's Stanley Picker Gallery. More about Yuri Suzuki's musical appliances are designed to enhance your mood
In this competition, Dezeen is giving away a Sonos smart speaker that plays, pauses and changes music in response to voice commands. More about Competition: win a Sonos One voice-controlled smart speaker
This week US First Lady Melania Trump created a logo for her children's initiative, which prompted this look back at 10 logo designs that made the headlines on Dezeen. More about 10 logo designs that made headlines
The most significant works of the late couturier Azzedine Alaïa are displayed against backdrops created by designers including the Bouroullec brothers and Marc Newson for an exhibition at London's Design Museum. More about Azzedine Alaïa's Design Museum exhibition teams garments with custom-made screens
A presentation by Cambridge Analytica, portraits generated from DNA and a Facebook drone sit beside each other in a new design exhibition that opens to the public this weekend at London's V&A. More about V&A's The Future Starts Here exhibition explores bright and dark sides of tomorrow
Trend forecasting service WGSN has revealed that a pastel shade of green, coined "neo mint", will dominate the worlds of fashion and interiors in 2020. More about "Neo mint" will be the colour of 2020 says forecaster WGSN
Dezeen promotion: Norwegian furniture manufacturer Flokk has added two new Futu office chairs to its HÅG Task collection, which are designed to help workers stay alert and focused. More about Flokk's HÅG Futu chairs designed to "seamlessly blend" into any working environment
Japanese studio Nendo and specialist metal company Wakazono have machined a 15-kilogram vase from a 100-kilogram block of aluminium in an intricate process that took seven months. More about Nendo carves "four-layered" vase from a single 100-kilo block of aluminium
New York City's annual design festival officially kicks off this weekend, and we've put together a list of highlights to visit over the next two weeks. It includes an installation of mirrored columns, a pop-up restaurant that will produce as little waste as possible, and an exhibition of furniture by only female designers. More about Installations and exhibitions to check out during NYCxDesign 2018
Dezeen promotion: French fireplace company Focus has released a new model to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, inspired by a scene from children's book The Little Prince. More about Focus celebrate 50th anniversary with fireplace inspired by The Little Prince
Google CEO Sundar Pichai began the company's annual developer conference, I/O, by correcting its burger and beer emojis. More about Google fixes burger emoji
To coincide with Clerkenwell Design Week, Dezeen has teamed up with British furniture company Deadgood to give readers the chance to win a lounge chair designed by David Irwin. More about Competition: win a lounge chair from Deadgood by David Irwin
Uber has unveiled its latest "flying car" concept, which looks more like a giant drone than the helicopter-like concept it first developed with NASA last year. More about Uber reveals new drone-like prototype to create aerial taxi service by 2023
A solid aluminium cast of one of Tom Dixon's brogues has caused an awkward diplomatic faux pas during an official visit by the Japanese prime minister to Israel. More about Dessert served to Japanese prime minister in Tom Dixon shoe
New Zealand design brand Resident has created up a pop-up store in Manhattan to showcase its hanging hooped lights alongside other new furnishings. More about Resident debuts home furnishings at temporary New York City showroom
UK prime minister Theresa May has highlighted the importance of creativity to the nation on a day when over 100 leading artists claimed government policies were putting the creative industries at risk. More about Theresa May praises UK architects at 10 Downing Street reception as artists slam schools policy
This year's graduates from the Pratt Institute department of fashion presented collections that included a structured wicker skirt and oversized soft rabbits in New York last week. More about The best collections from Pratt Institute's 2018 graduate fashion show
Dezeen promotion: Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has added a series of chairs to his rattan furniture collection Frames. More about Jaime Hayon designs rattan chairs for Expormim
The German postal service has released a postage stamp, designed by visual artist Thomas Mayfried, to commemorate the 200th birthday of Karl Marx. More about Commemorative Karl Marx stamp celebrates economist's 200th birthday
Designers from Norway and New York have worked together to create a collection of playful items, which will be shown during this month's NYCxDesign festival. More about Scandi and US designers team up for Sight Unseen's Norway x New York exhibition