Product design
Colourful translucent solar panels by Marjan van Aubel will top Dutch pavilion at Dubai Expo
Yuhsien designs glass “flower hoods” informed by bubbles and mochi cake
Band-Aid launches bandages to “embrace the beauty of diverse skin”
Sara Sallam’s Orwell jewellery thwarts invasive tracking technology
Outdoor urinal designers offer solutions to pandemic public toilet problem
Freyja Sewell’s Key Workers masks take design cues from science fiction and Buddhism
Norimaki Synthesizer device uses electrically charged gel to simulate different flavours
RCA students design licking phones that turn speech into physical sensations
Christophe Gernigon proposes suspended Plex’eat hoods for post-virus dining in restaurants
Geberit’s latest sanitaryware products include high-rise drainage technology
SAIC graduates share 18 visions of utopia as part of Sight Unseen’s online exhibition
Rimbin is an “infection-free” playground concept designed to look like water lilies
Decorative tiles and freestanding bathtub feature in INAX showcase at VDF products fair
FMG releases collection of tiles that can be applied to any interior surface
Ex-Samsung engineers develop “world’s smallest LiDAR device” that makes touchscreens touchless
Lukas Wegwerth used lockdown to reassess the material choices in his Three+One project
Cardboard hospital beds that double as coffins developed as “worthy solution” to coronavirus crisis
V&A curator picks five objects that have taken on new meanings during the pandemic
Milliken’s latest flooring collections include carpet tiles to aid social distancing
Sanitising bubbles and seaweed capsules among winners of Bompas & Parr hygiene contest
Seven shelters for city-dwelling bees
Space10 shares platform for people to create “dream home” for bees
Matter’s Sukha concept enables women to carry out smear tests at home
