Start-up company Maude has created a range of gender-neutral sex products with a minimalist design, offering an alternative to those currently on the market. More about Maude offers alternative to "outdated and gendered" sex products
Airbus has revealed a series of designs that would transform aircraft cargo compartments into passenger sleeping quarters, complete with bunk-beds and meeting rooms. More about Airbus could install bunk-beds on passenger planes by 2020
Dezeen promotion: iconic objects, prototypes and designs that never made it into production will be among the 200 pieces that Vitra will present during Milan design week this month. More about Robert Stadler to present 200 objects from Vitra's archive for Milan design week show
Simplehuman is offering a more hygienic approach to throwing away rubbish, with this smart bin that opens automatically by voice command or when it senses you waving your hand. More about Simplehuman's subservient smart bin opens when you tell it to
New York designer Lindsey Adelman and brand Calico Wallpaper have collaborated on a joint presentation for Milan design week, including lighting and murals patterned using salt to create effects of "alchemy and decay". More about Lindsey Adelman and Calico Wallpaper use salt to pattern underwater-themed products
OMA partner Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli explains how the firm explored "a fascination with point, line and surface" to create a lighting system, in this movie Dezeen produced for Delta Light. More about OMA draws on the "fundamentals of geometry" for XY180 lights
Japanese studio Nendo has created a series of multi-functional kitchenware lids, which are designed to imitate hand movements like pinching and pushing. More about Nendo creates kitchenware lids that imitate hand movements
With less than a week to go before the start of Milan design week, Dezeen editor Amy Frearson predicts the big trends that will emerge, including innovation in recycled plastic and the return of retro. More about Seven trends to look out for at Milan design week 2018
Dutch entrepreneur and former Moooi co-founder Casper Vissers has launched a new furniture and lighting brand called Revised. More about New design brand Revised is "clearly influenced by things from the past" says Casper Vissers
Dutch collective Envisions will present its latest material research for wood brand Finsa during this year’s Milan design week, in an exhibition that combines process pieces with final collections. More about Envisions creates a "diptych" of material experiments for Finsa
Mexican design studio Esrawe Studio has created a set of experimental lights by pouring molten glass over bulging wooden shapes. More about Esrawe Studio blackens glass with burned wood for sculptural lighting set
Uber has acquired electric bike-sharing service Jump, in a bid to further expand the modes of transportation available to its users. More about Uber acquires electric bike-sharing service Jump
French graphic designers Julien Sens and Nicolas Damiens have transformed the handwriting of musicians David Bowie, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg into free-to-use typefaces. More about Kurt Cobain, David Bowie and John Lennon's handwriting feature in new typeface series
IKEA has made its first venture into audio products with a collection of Bluetooth-enabled speakers named Eneby. More about IKEA launches its first range of speakers
A company in the US has invented a magnetic break-away plug based on the design of Apple's discontinued MagSafe power connectors. More about Magnetic plug builds on Apple's discontinued MagSafe design
Levi's has accused French fashion brand Kenzo of copying the famous red tabs of its jeans. More about Levi's sues Kenzo for trade mark infringement over use of red pocket tab
Land Rover's Range Rover Velar has been named "the most beautiful car on the planet" at the 2018 World Car Awards. More about Range Rover Velar named World Car Design of the Year
The powerful imagery of afrofuturism suggests what could be possible if the ambitions of black architects and designers are realised, says Ekow Eshun. More about "There is a desire among black people to make the world over"
Researchers at MIT Media Lab have developed a wearable gadget that transcribes and responds to conversations users have with themselves in their heads. More about MIT's AlterEgo device "silently converses" with the voices in your head
More than 50 leading academics working in the field of robotics have called for a boycott of a South Korean university, over concerns about its partnership with a defence company to develop autonomous arms. More about AI experts condemn development of "killer robots" in South Korea