Swedish company Minut has created a smart-home security device for the camera-averse — an alarm that monitors movement, noise, temperature and humidity. More about Minut alarm promises all-in-one home security without cameras
Architecture studio X+ Living has built a polka-dot slide into a ball pit and giant pastel parasols within the Shenzhen Neobio Family Park in a shopping centre in China. More about Pastel colours and polka-dots cover a fantastical miniature city for children in Shenzhen
It's easy to shock with technology and innovation, says Michael Anastassiades, but the real challenge for designers is creating objects that stay relevant over time. More about "We need to create things that last" says Michael Anastassiades
Senegalese-American singer Akon says he has signed an agreement with the government of Senegal to build a city with a cryptocurrency-based economy named Akon City. More about Akon finalises deal to create his own cryptocurrency city in Senegal
Designer Daan Roosegaarde has memorialised the 104,000 victims of the Holocaust in the Netherlands with individual stones in an interactive sculpture titled Levenslicht. More about Daan Roosegaarde remembers Dutch Holocaust victims with Levenslicht memorial
Loyn & Co has unveiled its design for Parc Hadau, a net-zero-carbon housing scheme in Wales that will be built from cross-laminated timber and powered by renewable energy. More about Loyn & Co reveals proposal for carbon neutral neighbourhood in Wales
London's Royal Academy of Arts has named Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias the winner of its 2020 architecture prize for her urban sculptures in public spaces. More about Cristina Iglesias wins 2020 Royal Academy Architecture Prize
Heavy concrete walls anchor this family home in Queensland, Australia, to its beachside setting, while hiding it from a busy road nearby. More about B.E. Architecture builds Mermaid Beach Residence with a sense of "permanence"
Greek studio Kapsimalis Architects has turned a cluster of former homes, barns and cellars on the island of Santorini into a hotel with rooms in caves. More about Hotel on the Santorini coast has rooms in white-painted caves
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has created a graffiti-covered furniture collection for Paris studio Galerie Kreo, which takes cues from brutalism and the urban landscape. More about Virgil Abloh channels brutalism for concrete Efflorescence furniture series
Salt and pepper shakers and an ice-cube tray are among the objects that Canadian designers have made from machined aluminium for an exhibition at this year's Toronto design week, curated by designer Jamie Wolfond and local studio MSDS Studio. More about Ten diverse designs made from machine-cut aluminium
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New York studio Parts and Labor Design has taken cues from Washington DC's maritime past to create the interiors of a hotel in the city's Navy Yard neighbourhood. More about Thompson Washington DC hotel subtly draws on city's nautical past
British cutlery company Viners has released a collection of kitchen knives with rounded tips in a bid to reduce knife-related incidents. More about Viners makes knives with rounded tips in response to knife crime
Portuguese practice António Costa Lima Arquitectos has inserted a perforated, lattice-like brick volume into the stone shell of a former warehouse to create this new home along Lisbon's waterfront. More about António Costa Lima inserts brick home into an old Lisbon warehouse
Muji has launched a single-storey prefabricated home called Yō no Ie that has a large outdoor deck to encourage indoor-outdoor living. More about Muji launches prefabricated home to encourage indoor-outdoor living
Sexual health technology for women is finally gaining acceptance according to founder of sextech startup Lora DiCarlo, who returned to CES this year with two new robotic massagers after its Osé product was banned in 2019 for being "immoral". More about "We're at the precipice of social change" when it comes to female sex tech says Lora DiCarlo
Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has designed a holiday home raised on twelve steel stilts on a steep slope near the sea in Mölle, Sweden. More about Summer house on steel stilts sits amongst the treetops in Sweden
David Kohn Architects has worked with Nord Studio to convert a listed residential interior in Berlin into a grand office for property developer Euroboden. More about Contemporary design meets Belle Époque in Berlin office
Tomb Raider and Worms are among nine classic video games celebrated in the latest stamp collection by the British postal service Royal Mail. More about Royal Mail stamp collection pays homage to seminal British video games