Stockholm 2016: Sweden-based Note Design Studio has created a collection of shelves for furniture brand Fogia that feature half-moon shapes created by bent wooden supports. More about Note Design Studio launches Arch modular shelving system for Fogia
Stockholm 2016: Stockholm studio Färg & Blanche has used its signature "wood tailoring" technique to produce a collection of sofas and chairs for furniture brand Gärsnäs (+ slideshow). More about Färg & Blanche stitches fabric and wood together to form Julius seating collection
The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's fifth Design Triennial exhibition in New York examines the theme of beauty in contemporary design (+ slideshow). More about New York's Cooper Hewitt Triennial explores the theme of beauty in design
Spanish product designer Victor Castanera has created a set of cylindrical resin containers with patterns reminiscent of ocean waves and sandy beaches. More about Victor Castanera's Undae vases are striped to look like sand and sea
Stockholm 2016: acoustics are the hot topic at this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, with designers and brands launching products aimed at making interiors quieter. More about Noise reduction has become a "major preoccupation" in Scandinavian interiors
British designer Michael Young's LessThanFive carbon fibre chair for US-based furniture company Coalesse is launching after two years of development. More about Michael Young's carbon-fibre chair for Coalesse weighs less than five pounds
Business news: design brand Tom Dixon has been sold by its Swedish owners to a British investment company, it has emerged. More about Tom Dixon sold to British investment firm Neo Investment Partners
Google's self-driving car system has been officially recognised as a driver in the US, paving the way for the legalisation of autonomous vehicles. More about Google's artificial intelligence becomes first non-human to qualify as a driver
Influential names from the fashion industry, including Vanity Fair's Virginie Mouzat and British Fashion Council ambassador Sarah Mower, have criticised the interiors of Pininfarina's Eurostar redesign, referring to the Standard Premier carriage as "a disaster". More about New Eurostar carriage design slammed by fashion's elite
Stockholm 2016: Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto's collection of screens for Swedish furniture brand Offecct can be arranged as "a forest of organic shapes" to help dampen noise in open-plan interiors (+ slideshow). More about Jin Kuramoto designs petal-shaped Wind room dividers for "acoustically chaotic" spaces
Tokyo architect Fumihiko Sano used Japanese design brand Muji's popular steel shelving system to create this room-like installation for an exhibition exploring standard units of measurement (+ slideshow). More about Muji shelving units combine to create a living space in Fumihiko Sano's installation
London-based studio Bompas & Parr has created two kinds of "chameleon bloom" for Valentine's Day that change colour when exposed to certain temperatures (+ slideshow). More about Bompas & Parr's colour-changing flowers transform when exposed to heat
London designer Alexander Taylor has made a prototype for customisable Adidas trainers based on an industrial sewing technique used to manufacture heated car seats (+ movie). More about Alexander Taylor develops customisable Tailored Fibre trainers for Adidas
Jan Hendzel Studio has designed a range of wooden furnishings for a pop-up cafe at Camberwell College of Arts, forming part of the £62 million redevelopment of the southeast London campus (+ slideshow). More about Jan Hendzel creates wooden furniture for pop-up cafe at Camberwell College of Arts
Stockholm 2016: London design studio Doshi Levien has developed a visual campaign for Swedish flooring brand Bolon that places the company's new products within abstract sets alongside an array of architectural materials (+ slideshow). More about Doshi Levien creates abstract material compositions for Bolon creative campaign
Furniture retailer Rafa Kids has designed a children's table that resembles the letter K when seen from the side. More about Rafa Kids' K-shaped desk hides a second surface underneath a soft-close lid
Business news: open-source furniture brand Opendesk has launched a service aimed at disrupting the contract furniture industry, allowing businesses to order locally manufactured products that can be delivered and installed in just 14 days. More about Opendesk Express launches "desks on demand" service for London's workplaces
Extra Moooi: in our next exclusive movie for Moooi, designer and artist Joep Van Lieshout explains how his Rotterdam-based studio came up with the branching form of its new lamp for the Dutch brand. More about Atelier Van Lieshout's Statistocrat lamp for Moooi "is a kind of diagram"
From geometric jewellery to designer sex toys and a sculptural perfume bottle, Dezeen picks the best new products to give an architect or designer this Valentine's Day (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen's Valentine's Day gift ideas for architects and designers
London's Metropolitan Police force is considering using trained eagles to grab drones from the sky following a rise in unmanned aircraft crime (+ movie). More about Eagles could be used to take down "hostile drones" in London after Dutch trial