Apple iOS 11 will automatically lock down your phone while you're driving
Apple is targeting distracted motorists with a new feature that will automatically block incoming iPhone notifications while you drive. More
Critical Mass exhibition celebrates Lebanon's female graphic designers
The four female graphic designers showcased in a group exhibition at Beirut Design Week are hoping their event will help bring change in an industry where "women aren't really taken seriously". More
Algorithm designs seven million different jars of Nutella
An algorithm has usurped the traditional role of a designer to generate millions of unique packaging designs for Nutella. More
BMW unveils Concept 8 Series coupe designed as a "driver's car"
BMW has revealed a concept car favouring style over technology, which will provide design cues for the German brand's next top-of-the-line vehicle. More
Call for entries to DBA's Design Effectiveness Awards
Dezeen promotion: designers are being invited to enter their projects in the 2018 DBA Design Effectiveness Awards, which recognise the UK's most effective design projects. More
MIT researchers create flat-pack food that takes shape in water
Researchers at MIT's Tangible Media Group have brought the ethos of flat-packing to food, creating pasta shapes that go from two-dimensional to three-dimensional when dunked in water. More
All-pink Silent Room creates quiet sanctuary beside a Beirut highway
Lebanese designer Nathalie Harb created this pavilion for Beirut Design Week to give residents of the city access to silence. More
Lebanese students anticipate future human needs for Beirut Design Week exhibition
A receptacle for gifting your best DNA, a tech-disabling glove for punishing cybercriminals and a device that harvests edible fungus from your own body are among the concepts presented by students of five Lebanese universities for the Speculative Needs exhibition. More
"Designed in California" is the new "made in Italy" according to Design Museum exhibition
Skateboards, Snapchat Spectacles, an early Gay Pride flag and a self-driving car sit side by side in a new Design Museum exhibition that explores how California has become the new centre of the design industry. More
KitKat denied UK trade mark for four-fingered chocolate bar
Nestlé has lost a four-year battle to get the design of its KitKat chocolate bar recognised as a trade mark in the UK. More
Robot-made Voxel chair designed using new software by Bartlett researchers
A continuous line of plastic makes up this intricate robot-built chair, designed using a new 3D-printing software by a team from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. More
Molteni&C wins legal battle to stop Cassina producing identical Gio Ponti chair
The Italian courts have sided with Molteni&C in a legal dispute against Cassina that saw both brands exhibit the same chair during Milan design week. More
New brand Tilemark launches with carved tile collection designed by Form Us With Love
Dezeen promotion: custom carved tiles are the specialty of new Swedish brand Tilemark, which has launched with a debut collection designed by Form Us With Love. More
Japan Creative shines a spotlight on the "different characters" of the country's regional crafts
Japan's unique regional manufacturers are put under the spotlight by Japan Creative, an organisation that has paired them with international designers including Jasper Morrison, Daniel Rybakken and Industrial Facility to create new work. More
Ministry of Design creates robot training facility lined with metal and tube lights
Architects Ministry of Design created this faceted robotics lab in Singapore to train and inspire engineers working with new automation technologies. More
Citymapper "redesigns the bus" with new London transport service based on demand
Transport app Citymapper has converted its extensive data analysis into a real-life bus that drives an under-serviced route in London. More
Banksy takes aim at Brexit with latest mural
A mural by street artist Banksy has appeared in the English town of Dover, showing a worker chipping a star away from the European Union flag. More
Seymourpowell demos VR software for collaboratively designing cars
London studio Seymourpowell's virtual-reality tool for automotive design allows people in various locations around the world to work together in real time. More
Lago models eight interiors after successful women and their "kindness"
Furniture brand Lago has worked with eight prominent Italian women to create a series of rooms in "an ode to women's kindness". More
Southern African wood and galvanised metal combine in furniture by Mabeo
Botswanan brand Mabeo has launched three new collections of furniture made using wood and waste metal from the local construction industry. More