NeoCon 2015: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has added colourful geometric patterns to sheets of architectural glass for Chicago company Skyline Design (+ slideshow). More about Patricia Urquiola adds grid-based patterns to architectural glass
NeoCon 2015: London studio PearsonLloyd's latest collection of office furniture includes a double seat where you can sit "as close as you can get to a co-worker without HR having to get involved" (+ slideshow). More about PearsonLloyd's office furniture for Teknion encourages workers to get more intimate
Designer Gadi Amit's San Francisco studio New Deal Design has created a device that enables users to stream music from the internet and play it through existing speakers in the house (+ slideshow). More about Gadi Amit's Beep device syncs to any speaker in the home
Over 100 products designed by Dieter Rams are the subject of an exhibition at a Paris gallery, which explores the German designer's philosophy of "less but better" (+ slideshow). More about Paris exhibition aims to illustrate Dieter Rams' principles of good design
Czech designer Anna Maresova's Whoop.de.doo sex toys for women are designed to avoid being "blatantly vulgar or weird". More about Czech designer aims to tackle sex-toy stereotypes with range of eggs and a vibrator
New York 2015: design student Maxime Loiseau has created a set of prototype headphones that transmit sound through printed electronics. More about Maxime Loiseau's streamlined headphones feature printed electronics
A pair of Spanish designers have developed a method to turn almost any flat surface into a piece of furniture using a removable leg module (+ slideshow). More about Snap clip-on supports create furniture from found objects
Australia-based designer Alexander Lotersztain has created a floating platform system that can be customised with clip-on lighting, furniture, and docking facilities – and can even be used as a helipad (+ slideshow). More about Waterscape by Alexander Lotersztain is a modular platform for living on water
Architect Damien Murtagh has created a three-dimensional modelling system made of ABS plastic for architects and designers that is now on sale as a children's toy, prompting comparisons with iconic Danish building blocks Lego. More about Architect's modelling system hailed as "posh Lego"
German designer Julian Lechner combined used coffee grounds with natural glues to create a new material, and has designed a set of cups to demonstrate its potential (+ slideshow). More about Julian Lechner turns old coffee grounds into reusable cups
British designer Sebastian Bergne has created a "micro laboratory" that enables users to form different beverage flavours by adding aromas, spices and other ingredients to heated milk (+ slideshow). More about Sebastian Bergne's Hot Milk Lab encourages flavour experiments
Milan 2015: Dutch design studio Droog has launched a collection of small hardware items to focus on the functional elements of furniture design that are often overlooked. More about Droog presents 210 hardware items at micro exhibition
Brooklyn designer Paul Loebach has used simple forms and materials for a teapot and matching glasses to provide an alternative to the "grandma look" of some ceramic designs (+ slideshow). More about Paul Loebach creates tea set with laboratory glass
Milan 2015: specially adapted cooking implements, hand-woven baskets and ceramic bowls slot into this wooden and metal box, created by Chinese designer Weiwei Wang to work as a portable tofu-making kit (+ slideshow). More about Weiwei Wang's portable kit provides utensils for making fresh tofu
Street furniture prototypes designed to make cities more adaptable for disabled people are on show as part of the Designs of the Year exhibition at London's Design Museum (+ movie). More about Responsive Street Furniture adapts public spaces to suit pedestrians' needs
Milan 2015: Dutch design student Tessa Geuze has created a miniature confectionary kit for users to produce handmade lollipops with seasonal ingredients (+ slideshow) More about Lollipop-making kit by Tessa Geuze is designed to create homemade seasonal treats
Milan 2015: Dutch designer Mark Sturkenboom has created a "memory box" containing a dildo with a compartment for storing the ashes of a deceased partner. More about 21 Grams is a sex toy that contains the ashes of a dead partner
Danish studio Kilo has designed a set of headphones that allow users to create different arrangements of headbands, earpads, cables and speakers (+ movie). More about Kilo Design creates modular headphones for Aiaiai
This umbrella has a frame that turns its canopy inside out, keeping water droplets inside as well as allowing it to open and close in confined spaces (+ movie). More about "Drip-free" umbrella encloses wet canopy on the inside
Milan 2015: these stools constructed from kitchen sponge are drenched in vivid yellow PVC by Tokyo-based product designer Satsuki Ohata to create drooping forms reminiscent of melting cheese (+ slideshow). More about Fondue Stool by Satsuki Ohata is modelled on molten cheese