Product design
Drop umbrella by Ayca Dundar is made of just six parts
Nendo adds boat shoes and a crystal chess set to its diverse portfolio
Reusable Fragile packaging forms a protective skin around delicate objects
Honeywell joins connected-home market with Lyric smart thermostat
Sabi previews bathroom accessories range by Barber and Osgerby’s MAP
BCXSY creates linear clock for Designers’ Days
Bettina Madita Böhm creates Apiarium hive for urban beekeepers
Whistle wearable technology for dogs lets owners monitor pet activity
Daniel Weil designs deconstructed clocks for Design Museum exhibition
Discipline’s 2014 collection includes an apple-shaped desk tidy
Lix 3D-printing pen allows users to create solid drawings in the air
Squishy silicone keys control pitch and volume on ROLI’s musical Seaboard
Yen Chen Chang’s knitted sensors control everyday electronic products
Okum redesigns the common extension cable
Hlutagerðin recreates ancient Icelandic armour for tea cosy and tablet case
Yves Behar moves towards the connected garden with Edyn
Cut&Paste and HP launch contest for pre-crowdfunded product campaigns
Within ten years “everything will have data in it”, says Nest CEO
Beer Foamer by Norm Architects promises better pints
Boom Boom speaker by Mathieu Lehanneur has 20 faces
Debut collection from Clique combines electronics with handcrafted marble and wood
Disney Research unveils technique to 3D print any object as a speaker
Illum camera creates interactive photographs that users can re-focus after shooting
