Lynk & Co cars let owners easily start their own sharing business
Chinese automaker Geely has launched a new car brand with sharable locks and an open platform designed to make its vehicles "the most connected in the world". More
Stepped shelving creates extra storage in Bookshelf House by Andrea Mosca
Stepped bookshelves help to divide and characterise this house just outside of Paris, renovated by Italian architect Andrea Mosca. More
Flat Polygons tool folds to make four different sizes of measuring spoon
A single piece of flat, flexible plastic serves as a whole set of measuring spoons in this invention by Polygons Design. More
Wood, marble and steel combine in Elements table by Made in Ratio
Three different shapes rendered in three distinct materials come together in the Elements table, launching at Biennale Interieur this week. More
Design brand FontanaArte sold to Italian Creation Group
Lighting brand FontanaArte has been sold to a private finance company, continuing the consolidation of the Italian furniture industry. More
Ding doorbell brings minimal approach to smart-home design
Barber and Osgerby's creative consultancy Map has collaborated with a London startup to create a minimal new smart doorbell called Ding. More
366 Concept brings back a forgotten Eastern Bloc mid-century classic
A Polish-designed chair that was once a common sight in the living rooms of the formerly Soviet Bloc country has been reissued by new brand 366 Concept. More
Pia Bauernberger makes custom coats to suit how individual designers work
Austrian designer Pia Bauernberger has designed a series of work coats with features tailored to the idiosyncrasies of specific designers and artists. More
Design brand SCP auctions off furniture made from its scraps
Designers raided the SCP warehouse for discarded furniture to make the pieces in the The Thing With MaltaSingh exhibition, set to be auctioned next week. More
Google and Monotype collaborate on font that spans all written language
International font company Monotype has worked with Google to create one typeface that can be used by everyone in the world, writing in any language. More
Google launches omniscient voice-controlled Home device
It may look like a minimal speaker, but this new product from Google promises to harness the search giant's data troves to provide all-knowing assistance in the home. More
Google launches own-brand smartphone to rival Apple's iPhone
Google has made a push for Apple's significant share of the smartphone market with the launch of its self-branded Pixel and Pixel XL. More
Sun-like disc of 8,000 Swarovski crystals installed at baroque Viennese palace
London design studio Fredrikson Stallard has brought its glimmering Prologue installation to Vienna's baroque Belvedere Palace. More
Mischer'Traxler builds pendulum in a castle to slowly sculpt a single tabletop
A pendulum swinging back and forth for a week crafted the colourful recession in this table, designed by Austrian studio Mischer'Traxler as part of a residency at Schloss Hollenegg. More
Thomas Feichtner designs set of minimal vessels dipped in gold
Vienna Design Week 2016: Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with silverware manufacturer Jarosinski & Vaugoin to create a set of minimal tableware featuring uneven washes of gold (+ slideshow). More
Sky Pool engineers create huge slide from single piece of glass
The engineering firm behind London's 10-storey-high Sky Pool, Eckersley O'Callaghan, has demonstrated its latest glass innovation: a nine-metre-long slide (+ slideshow). More
Elon Musk announces plans to start colonising Mars in six years
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to make humankind a "spacefaring civilisation" by starting manned missions to Mars as soon as 2022. More
Alessandro Zambelli creates furniture inlaid with patterns of oxidised metal
London Design Festival 2016: this furniture collection from designer Alessandro Zambelli features a puzzle of metal pieces that have been oxidised to different degrees (+ slideshow). More
Metamaterials make it possible to create mechanisms from a single piece of plastic
A door latch and a pair of pliers are among the mechanisms created without screws, bolts or other fixings by researchers working with a new technology called metamaterials (+ movie). More
Studio Job engraves fossils in flooring for first parquet collection
London Design Festival 2016: skeletons and three-dimensional patterns feature in Studio Job's new parquet, the first wood products to be released by Italian mosaic brand Bisazza (+ slideshow). More