Nio launches driverless electric car concept – and plans to make it reality by 2020
Chinese brand Nio has announced it will bring a fully autonomous electric car to the market in the next three years, but has offered a preview of its plans with a concept vehicle on show at the SXSW event in Texas. More
Smart condom lets users know how good they are in bed
Penis girth, thrust counts and sexual health are all measured by the i.Con smart condom ring, as wearable technology moves into the bedroom. More
Moooi co-founder Casper Vissers buys into Minimalux
The Dutch design entrepreneur Casper Vissers has made his first significant business move since stepping down from Moooi almost two years ago, becoming an equal shareholder in British brand Minimalux. More
Sliding packaging design shows where to put your Thinx tampon
This packaging design for Thinx organic tampons brings a significant part of menstruation out of hiding – the vagina. More
Volkswagen introduces pod-like Sedric concept car for fully driverless future
German car manufacturer Volkswagen has imagined a friendly new shape for cars of the future based on emerging electric and driverless technologies. More
Nike designs "fastest shoe ever" to break two-hour marathon barrier
Nike has unveiled the aerodynamic shoe it hopes will get its athletes to achieve a sub-two-hour marathon – a long-held dream of many runners. More
Olafur Eliasson reveals his latest pocket-sized solar lamp, the Little Sun Diamond
Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has previewed a third design in his series of solar-powered mini lamps made for people without access to reliable energy. More
Tecno acquires majority stake in fellow Italian brand Zanotta
The consolidation of the Italian furniture industry continues with the announcement that Tecno has become a majority shareholder in Zanotta. More
Bartlett students propose self-supporting pavilion made from felt
A group of MAarch students from the Bartlett School of Architecture have devised a method of turning felt into load-bearing structures that they hope to build into an fabric pavilion. More
Universal Everything explores potential to turn 13 everyday objects into screens
Fish, clothing, architecture and bicycles come with embedded screens in the future imagined by British digital design studio Universal Everything. More
DBA Design Effectiveness Awards honour year's best branding and packaging
A brand design for a sealant company that lifted sales revenue by 744 per cent has been named the winner of the Grand Prix in this year's DBA Design Effectiveness Awards. More
Yves Béhar creates unthreatening design for Cobalt security robot
Yves Béhar's studio Fuseproject worked with robotics company Cobalt to create this robot security guard, designed to be in "stark contrast to the Hollywood dystopian Robocop". More
Shaker style is back again as designers celebrate "the first minimalists"
The Shakers are on the verge of extinction following the recent death of one of the sect's three surviving members. So why is their austere style having yet another revival? More
Dyson to open second UK campus as "a global hub for our research and development"
British engineer and inventor James Dyson has announced he is increasing his brand's UK presence tenfold with the opening of a second campus. More
Sony launches Xperia Touch projector that turns any surface into a touchscreen
Floors, tables and walls can be transformed into iPad-like touchscreens using Sony's new projector, which launched at this week's Mobile World Congress. More
Where's Wally-style ad campaign highlights lack of women in the Egyptian workforce
It takes concentration to spot the sole woman in the crowds of workers on these posters, created by illustrators IC4Design and marketing agency DDB for UN Women in Egypt. More
Five passports that fly the flag for good design
With Dezeen's Brexit passport design competition underway, we're taking a look at existing travel documents that any citizen would be proud to slap down at customs. More
Es Devlin's folding star destroyer looms over The Weeknd's world tour
An origami paper plane and futuristic star destroyer come together in Es Devlin's set design for The Weeknd's Starboy: Legend of The Fall tour, which kicked off in Stockholm on Friday. More
University of Bergen students design furniture for prison inmates
An embracing chair designed to soothe anxiety and a lamp that anyone can be taught to manufacture are among items of furniture designed for prisons by students from Norway's University of Bergen. More
Hello Robot exhibition explores our mixed feelings about intelligent machines
"Do you trust robots?", "Could a robot do your job?" and "Do you believe in the death and rebirth of things?" are among the deep questions being posed to visitors at the Vitra Design Museum's latest exhibition. More