Students from Indonesia's Binus University have won a White Pencil at this year's D&AD New Blood Awards for their colour-coded soaps, designed to teach vulnerable users about consent. More about Consent Soap provides sex education for people with learning disabilities
Ukrainian designer Nastia Mirzoyan has completed an educational space and sex shop in Kyiv called Njoy that replaces the stereotypical eroticised aesthetic with a more inclusive and playful atmosphere. More about Nastia Mirzoyan designs "approachable" interior for Kyiv sex shop
New York-based designer Kouros Maghsoudi has unveiled a chair with sculptural arms meant to demonstrate the "in-your-face" nature of American design, at an exhibition co-hosted by Dezeen during NYCxDesign. More about Kouros Maghsoudi's Hug Chair is a "pedestal for sexiness"
Ukrainian designer Anastasiia Tempynska referenced the curves of the human body and the geometry of brutalist architecture when creating the interior for this erotic clothing store in Kyiv, Ukraine. More about Anastasiia Tempynska brings "austere brutalism" to Kyiv eroticwear showroom
Swedish designer Gustaf Westman and sex-positive dating app Feeld have created a playful multipurpose bed for at least three people. More about Gustaf Westman designs three-person bed for throuples to "explore what's new and possible"
Soft lighting, rounded forms and neutral colours create a welcoming atmosphere inside this sex shop in Kyiv by Ukrainian designers Sofiia Hupalovska and Nataliya Stukonog, with playful details including a phallic pouf. More about "Subtle and sophisticated" interior distinguishes Kyiv sex shop Inside
Designer Kacper Motyka has developed Chairie, an adaptable piece of furniture that was informed by the work of designer Verner Panton and features a three-cylinder design that aims to enhance sexual experiences. More about Kacper Motyka designs cylindrical sex-centred furniture for "elevating intimate experiences"
Pillowy lamps, daybeds that look like stacked mattresses and rugs featuring abstract renderings of private body parts feature in an exhibition of new launches from Faye Toogood at Milan design week. More about Faye Toogood explores "sexuality and the body" in Rude Arts Club exhibition
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Vruit, a set of sex toys designed for self-insemination. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "innovative" vibrator that doubles as artificial insemination device
Design graduate Juliane Kühr has presented a set of sex toys for self-insemination at Dutch Design Week, which were devised to be used during sex to help pleasure take its rightful place in the assisted conception process. More about Vruit vibrator doubles as artificial insemination device
Designer Summer Chen has combined artificial intelligence and sensor-embedded lingerie to create a "touch-to-text" system generating erotica, developed as part of her studies at the Royal College of Art. More about Haptic lingerie uses AI to craft erotica based on the user's touch
The next generation of designers will need to account for a crisis of sexuality and should aim for an asexual design language, French designer Philippe Starck tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "I have fought all my life against macho products" says Philippe Starck
Brooklyn-based Ringo Studio has reimagined the experience of shopping for sex toys, creating a store in New York modelled on a collegiate locker room. More about Ringo Studio positions sex toys in athletic-themed room at Contact Sports
Designers Salomé Bazin and Giulia Tomasello have tried to break down taboos with Tides, a sex toy created especially for women in midlife and older. More about Tides creates massager for women going through menopause
Irish designer Domhnall Nolan has created the Play Pieces range of modular sex furniture that takes cues from retro gym equipment and aims to be gender-inclusive. More about Domhnall Nolan designs modular sex furniture for "any kind of person"
Architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled its design for a Miami outpost of the New York City museum dedicated to "celebrating the cultural significance of human sexuality". More about Snøhetta to expand Museum of Sex to Miami in "most ambitious undertaking yet"
British company MysteryVibe has developed a sex toy that can be slipped over the penis to help the wearer achieve and maintain an erection while also stimulating their partner during intercourse. More about Tenuto 2 is a wearable vibrator designed to tackle erectile dysfunction
Following the release of a sex toy that turns testicles into a dildo, here are six unusual erotic toys from the Dezeen archive including a thimble that tickles and skyscraper-shaped dildos. More about Six unusual sex toys with innovative designs
British startup Nadgerz Inc has created a sex toy that allows the testicles to be used for penetrative sex. More about Balldo sex toy turns testicles into a dildo
Last week Dezeen reported on the invention of Wondaleaf, an adhesive prophylactic which its creator claims is the world's first unisex condom. Here, we round up eight other contraceptive designs with the potential to challenge ideas about sexual health. More about Eight contraceptive designs that revolutionise sexual health