Supermarket receipts could introduce graphics showing nutritional information to help solve the "obesity epidemic", proposes UK designer Hayden Peek. More about Hayden Peek aims to tackle obesity with supermarket receipt graphics
American electronics company Polaroid has launched a range of 3D printers, aiming to make "3D printing become part of everyone's everyday life". More about Polaroid becomes "first household name" to launch home 3D printer range
Stockholm 2016: the Knot cushion has gone into production with Swedish brand Design House Stockholm, and is one of only a few cushion to be sold in the MoMA store (+ slideshow). More about Design House Stockholm puts Ragnheiður Ösp Sigurðardóttir's Knot cushion into production
New York fashion house Threeasfour has unveiled a pair of 3D-printed dresses based on biological forms and textures. More about Fashion label Threeasfour unveils two 3D-printed dresses for Biomimicry collection
Stockholm 2016: Form Us With Love has added acoustic panels that look like wood to its Baux architectural products line, continuing the trend for noise-reducing products at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair (+ slideshow). More about Form Us With Love expands Baux acoustic panel range with Plank wood-effect designs
Stockholm 2016: Swedish design brand Swedese has launched a set of square seating modules that can be mixed with backrests, tables and planters (+ slideshow). More about Roger Persson creates furniture "smörgåsbord" with Konnekt system for Swedese
A shadowy room with gabion walls and a suspended canopy made of wooden slats are among the winners of a juried competition to design installations for this year's International Garden Festival, in Quebec, Canada. More about Installations for Quebec garden festival to include stone pavilion and suspended cone
Dezeen promotion: this year's Munich Creative Business Week will include a range of design-led events for industry professionals and the public across the city from 20 to 28 February 2016 (+ slideshow). More about Munich Creative Business Week 2016 events explore design's connections with the economy
Stockholm 2016: thin metal strands support the circular diffuser and strip of LEDs in these lamps by Stockholm studio Front (+ movie). More about Wire cage supports disc-shaped diffuser in Front's Plane lamp for Zero
Stockholm 2016: a group of students from Helsinki's Aalto University have designed and built a collection of chairs using a single material: black-stained solid ash wood. More about Aalto University students experiment with stained-black wood to create chairs
A team of scientists has published a study that details the health hazards of 3D printing in enclosed spaces, which it says causes the release of toxic and carcinogenic particles. More about Health study reveals harmful "toxic" effects of 3D printing
An exhibition opening this May at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will examine how computer modelling, 3D printing, laser cutting and other "machine-based" fabrication methods are impacting high-end fashion. More about The Met museum's Manus x Machina exhibition to explore technology's impact on fashion
Serbian studio Alter Ego Architects has designed a concept for a 3D-printed mobile phone with an interface that only features numbers and symbols, and has no apps to prevent users acting like "mindless zombies" while on their devices (+ slideshow). More about "Badass" e-ink O phone by Alter Ego Architects aims to eliminate the need for apps
Stockholm 2016: Lotta Agaton of Swedish interiors magazine Residence has curated a selection of products by Note Design Studio for an exhibition of styled scenes at Stockholm's ArkDes architecture museum. More about Residence Magazine highlights importance of styling with Note Design Studio exhibition
Crowdsourcing site DesignCrowd has revealed the winner of a contest to find an alternative logo for taxi app Uber, after the company unveiled a controversial rebrand earlier this month (+ slideshow). More about Designers create alternatives to controversial Uber rebrand
Stockholm 2016: design duo Barber & Osgerby have said they "never accept" standard royalties from the brands they work for and always push for a better deal. More about "People want designers to be starving artists" say Barber & Osgerby
Stockholm 2016: to mark its first decade as a design studio, Stockholm-based Form Us With Love installed a retrospective exhibition at Konstakademien in its home city (+ movie). More about Form Us With Love celebrates 10 years with I—X exhibition in Stockholm
Stockholm 2016: this steel and marble floor lamp by Berlin studio Yuue Design is adjusted by sliding a handle up and down its stem. More about Yuue Design's Balancer lamp pivots using a sliding mechanism
Bořek Šípek, the Czech architect and designer known for his flamboyant glassware and furniture, has died in Prague aged 66. More about Czech architect and designer Bořek Šípek dies aged 66
Whether you're spending Valentine's Day alone or with company, take a peep at a selection of designer sex toys from the Dezeen archives to put you in the mood. More about Dezeen's top 10 designer sex toys for Valentine's Day