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
London-based director Fernando Lazzari combined 3D animation with 360 degree images of natural environments to develop a "unique universe" in the music video for Reid Willis' The Slow Knife (+ movie). More about Fernando Lazzari's music video for Reid Willis combines natural and "supernatural" imagery
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