New York studio Snarkitecture has completely covered an aircraft from private aviation company NetJets with a sky-blue gradient for Art Basel Miami Beach. More about Snarkitecture customises private jet with blue ombre finish
Leading American typographer Tobias Frere-Jones has released his first type design since splitting with his business partner Jonathan Hoefler. More about Tobias Frere-Jones launches Mallory typeface following split with long-term partner
Design Miami 2015: design duo Fernando and Humberto Campana have created a collection of furniture that references the decorated leather clothing worn by Brazil's 19th-century Cangaceiros bandits (+ slideshow). More about Campana brothers base Cangaço furniture on Brazilian bandits' clothing
New York-based Rockwell Group has suspended hundreds of illuminated cubes inside an atrium in Lower Manhattan, each containing an LED that changes colour based on input from visitors (+ movie). More about Rockwell Group creates canopy of 650 pulsating lanterns inside New York's Winter Garden
Design Miami 2015: architects Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher have designed a dining pavilion shaped like an open clam shell. More about Zaha Hadid unveils Volu dining pavilion at Design Miami
Design Miami 2015: South African designer Porky Hefer is showing a killer-whale-shaped chair from his Monstera Deliciosa collection of animal-themed "nests" at Design Miami. More about Porky Hefer's Fiona Blackfish is a killer-whale-shaped hanging chair
Design Miami 2015: 3D-printing pioneer Janne Kyttanen has used explosion welding to create a sculptural table that fuses metal and volcanic rock (+ slideshow). More about Janne Kyttanen unveils metal and volcanic-stone table made with explosion welding
Masters students from the Bartlett School of Architecture have used cement-covered foam pipes to create Gothic-style arches, columns and furniture (+ movie). More about Bartlett students weave Plexe-e furniture from foam tubes
Flexible screens are incorporated into ShiftWear's collection of trainers, allowing them to be customised with both still and moving images via an app. More about ShiftWear's trainers can be personalised with moving images at the touch of a button
Spanish designer Eugeni Quitllet has been awarded the Designer of the Year title for next year's Maison&Objet design fair in Paris, and will design a bespoke exhibition for the event. More about Eugeni Quitllet named Maison&Objet's 2016 designer of the year
Electric car manufacturer Tesla plans to produce fully self-driving cars to compete with Google, the brand's CEO Elon Musk has revealed. More about Tesla to design fully driverless cars
Design Miami 2015: islands of bronze rest on top of marble tables designed by Chilean studio GT2P for its first collaboration with New York's Friedman Benda gallery. More about GT2P pairs unusual materials in Marble vs Bronze coffee table
Israeli designer Tamara Efrat has combined traditional smocking embroidery with computational algorithms to create a range of patterned bags. More about Tamara Efrat creates smocked bags using Photoshop-like computer program
Google's latest approved patent is for a flexible heads-up display that could be the next version of Google Glass. More about Google granted patent for bendy Google Glass-style device
Google has patented a system that could see its driverless vehicles use object sensors, flashing exterior signage and robotic hands to help make them safer for pedestrians. More about Google's self-driving cars could use robotic hands and eyes to communicate with pedestrians
After initial tests with flying robots, online retail giant Amazon has launched a video showing the latest version of its self-piloted delivery drones at work (+ movie). More about Amazon unveils video of its Prime Air delivery drones in action
Design Miami 2015: Italian designer Antonio Aricò has created a set of small storage items for organising desks that can be arranged to look like a still-life painting. More about Antonio Aricò mixes and matches objects in Still Alive desk tidy set for Seletti
Design Miami 2015: US firm Aranda\Lasch has used stainless steel tubes to create a series of sculptural chairs that look like they were squeezed out of a tube (+ slideshow). More about Aranda\Lasch unveils loopy Railing chairs made of metal pipes
Stools made from woven birch bark and plant pots that double as bird feeders featured in an exhibition that brought together 15 Russian designers (+ slideshow). More about Naturalist exhibition in Russia features products that reconnect city dwellers with nature
Danish homeware brand Lyngby Porcelain has put a 1978 blown-glass lamp design by Dutch designer Gijs Bakker back into production. More about Lyngby Porcelain reissues Gijs Bakker's glass Tripod lamp