Alice Morby
Seeding Finger is a hand-shaped tool for artificial insemination
Korean designer Koo Hyeonjeong has created a conceptual tool for women, which could allow them to impregnate themselves through the use of a hand-shaped pump. More
Nendo exploits acoustic properties of beech wood for transparent Bunaco speaker
Nendo has designed a wireless speaker for Japanese brand Bunaco, using a thin strip of coiled beech wood trapped inside a transparent casing. More
Design students create classroom furniture to help kids concentrate
Students from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts have created a collection of furniture for school classrooms, intended to help children stay focused during lessons. More
Burberry creates a rainbow tartan in support of LGBT charities
Burberry has updated its classic tartan using rainbow-hued stripes in support of LGBT charities, which will be unveiled during the upcoming London Fashion Week. More
Fatberg stars in low-budget horror movies directed by KK Outlet
Creative agency KK Outlet has created a series of low-budget horror movies telling the story of the Whitechapel fatberg – a 130-tonne lump of fat that has just been acquired by the Museum of London. More
Craft will become fundamental in design, says Jonathan Anderson
A reaction against the "non-reality" of digital technologies has led to a heightened interest in design craft, according to Jonathan Anderson, fashion designer and founder of Loewe's craft prize. More
Aalto University students unveil 12 chairs designed to help you reach nirvana
Interior architecture students from Aalto University in Helsinki have designed a range of colourful chairs, intended to help a sitter reach a mediative state of mind. More
Nike unveils World Cup 2018 kits for England and Nigeria
Nike has revealed the football kits for the Nigeria and England teams at this year's World Cup in Russia, which both combine designs from old strips with elements inspired by youth culture. More
Chair made from flax fibres and bioplastic named best product at Stockholm Furniture Fair
Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto has created a "100 per cent biological chair" using flax fibres – a completely biodegradable material that is most commonly used for banknotes, tea bags and linen. More
Students team up with six Swedish brands to create furniture prototypes
Students from Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm have created six furniture prototypes in response to briefs by Swedish brands Blå Station, Gärsnäs, Johanson Design, Källemo, Massproductions and Materia. More
Snøhetta's first lighting collection features black-dyed birch
Snøhetta has created a collection of hinged wooden lamps, which were originally designed for a treetop cabin at the Treehotel in Sweden. More
"Designers should not be portrayed as the heroes of our time" says Bernhard Lenger
Designers can't solve real-world problems on their own, according to designer Bernhard Lenger, whose latest project sees creatives team up with human-rights defenders to develop tools for change. More
David Adjaye's African American history museum crowned Design of the Year 2017
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has been named Design of the Year for 2017, after being described by judges as a "major turning point" in architecture. More
Paris artists dismiss Jeff Koons' terror attack memorial as "product placement"
Parisian artists and gallery owners have penned an open letter opposing the installation of a sculpture by Jeff Koons, describing the monument as "shocking and unwelcome". More
Drug ring smuggles cocaine into the UK inside office furniture
A drug-smuggling operation brought over £10 million worth of cocaine into the UK under the guise of a Leicester-based interior design company, a jury has heard. More
Wendell Castle "father of the art furniture movement" dies aged 85
American designer and artist Wendell Castle, famous for his elaborate woodwork pieces, has died aged 85 after a battle with leukaemia. More
Joe Doucet creates way-finding running gloves using Reebok Flexweave
Joe Doucet has used Reebok's new Flexweave material to to create an "imaginative fitness prototype" that helps prevent runners from getting lost. More
Rem Koolhaas, Konstantin Grcic and Bouroullec brothers all create designs for Prada
Architects Rem Koolhaas, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, and designers Konstantin Grcic, and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have all contributed to Prada's Autumn Winter 2018 menswear collection. More
Craig Green references boats and uniforms in latest menswear collection
Masculine ideals are explored throughout Craig Green's Autumn Winter 2018 collection, which features utilitarian garments, boldly printed waterproofs and accessories shaped like rafts. More
Shoppers encouraged to urinate on IKEA's latest advert
IKEA and Swedish design agency Åkestam Holst have created an advert that acts as a pregnancy test, revealing a special offer when it detects a positive result in a woman's urine. More