London Zoo swaps plastic water bottles for cans designed by Christopher Raeburn
Canowater has revealed the latest addition to its range of environmentally friendly water cans – a special-edition container created by fashion designer Christopher Raeburn for London Zoo. More
Portugal's World Cup 2018 strip celebrates the team's victory in Europe
Portugal's success in the Euro 2016 football tournament is marked with "celebratory splashes of gold" on the kit designed by Nike for this year's World Cup squad. More
Graphene-based dye colours hair without causing damage
US scientists have developed a hair dye that contains miracle material graphene, which allows hair to be coloured without causing breakage or frizz. More
Norwegian Presence exhibition will explore "the making of modern Norway" at Milan design week
Norwegian designers will present a range of new products, sculptural craftwork and iconic designs during this year's Milan design week. More
IKEA's latest collaboration with Piet Hein Eek celebrates imperfections
IKEA and Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek have created a range of furniture and homeware that showcases imperfections, rather than hiding them. More
Vitra Design Museum showcases five decades of clubbing culture in Night Fever exhibition
The interiors and graphics of some of the world's most famous nightclubs are profiled in a major new exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum. More
Tjep designs sustainable wood burner for the modern home
Tjep paired light tones with pale wood to create this alternative to traditional "bulky" indoor stoves, for Dutch brand Vuurs. More
Apple files patent for crumb-proof keyboard
Apple is aiming to make messy computers a thing of the past with its latest patent that details ways it plans to stop dust and crumbs falling down the sides of keys. More
Fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy dies aged 91
French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, known for dressing icons including Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy, has passed away at the age of 91. More
Iconic logos replaced with female figures for International Women's Day
Male characters featured in the Monopoly, Pringles and Dreamworks logos have been swapped for women by organisation Creative Equals, as a way of tackling "unconscious bias" in the media. More
Dame launches reusable tampon applicator as a "period product for the 21st-century"
This reusable, self-cleaning tampon applicator has been designed by start-up company Dame to offer women a more sustainable alternative to throwaway counterparts. More
Snarkitecture's Slip chair features wonky legs and a slanted seat
Snarkitecture has designed a chair for Portuguese brand UVA that features a wooden frame that is seemingly slipping onto its side. More
WoongKi Ryu's Abstraction chair takes cues from works of Kandinsky
Korean designer WoongKi Ryu has based elements of this chair on the motifs and colours seen in paintings by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. More
Nokia resurrects bright yellow "banana phone"
Nokia has relaunched its 8810 phone from the 1990s, complete with its original curved, bright yellow cover often likened to a banana. More
Neville Brody to step down as dean of RCA's School of Communication
Neville Brody is to leave his role of dean of the School of Communication at London's Royal College of Art, having held the position for seven years. More
Moncler teams up with eight designers to reinterpret its down jacket
Simone Rocha and Craig Green were among designers tasked with redesigning Moncler's signature down jacket for its new Genius project, launched at this year's Milan Fashion Week. More
Giles Miller and Forbes Massie visualise slate-shingled hideaway
Designer Giles Miller worked alongside visualiser Forbes Massie to create this concept for a public artwork clad in moveable slate shingles. More
United Visual Artists creates prismatic light installation for Burberry catwalk show
Models walked through an archway of rainbow-hued lasers at Burberry's London Fashion Week show, which featured light installations by London studio United Visual Artists. More
Tom Dixon to skip this year's Milan design week
Tom Dixon is to step away from the Milan design week circuit for the first time in 15 years, and will instead launch products during a 90-day world tour. More
Germany to trial free public transport in bid to cut pollution
Germany is to make public transport cost-free in five cities, as the government attempts to meet pollution targets set by the EU. More