Digital household companions and tableware that caters for multi-sensory dining experiences are among the products exhibited in this Virtual Design Festival school show by Edinburgh College of Art product design students. More
Japanese researcher Homei Miyashita has developed a lickable device that uses five gel nodules made of dissolved electrolytes to replicate different food tastes without the user having to ingest anything. More
Dezeen Showroom: Compact wall ovens, electric cookers and refrigerators feature in KOVA's new range of kitchen appliances suited to small living spaces. More
Royal College of Art students Sandeep Hoonjan and Xianzhi Zhang have designed a pair of devices that allow people to physically experience conversations while apart during the coronavirus lockdown. More
Milliken has launched its latest flooring collections at VDF products fair, including Social Factor carpet tiles that encourage physical distancing in the workplace. More
Dezeen Showroom: Social Factor is a graphic carpet collection designed by Milliken to support physical distancing in the workplace in light of the coronavirus pandemic. More
Dezeen Showroom: The Change Agent flooring collection by manufacturer Milliken offers a range of earthy colours "to bring the outside in". More
A machine that blows sanitising bubbles, single-dose seaweed capsules and a disinfecting doorbell are among winners of Bompas & Parr's Fountain Of Hygiene competition, which called for ways of rethinking hand-washing for the coronavirus era. More
Dezeen Showroom: Swiss brand Geberit has launched three new material finishes for its Sigma50 and Sigma21 flush plates to suit a range of bathroom interiors. More
Dezeen Showroom: SuperTube is a space-saving drainage system designed by Swiss brand Geberit to maximise floor area and ceiling heights in high-rise buildings. More
Dezeen Showroom: Swiss brand Geberit has designed an automatic odour extraction unit for bathrooms called DuoFresh, which is designed to be concealed behind a toilet's flush plate. More
French designer Christophe Gernigon has proposed a concept for suspended plexiglass hoods intended to help allow diners to return to restaurants after the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. More
A wastewater system called SuperTube designed specifically for high-rise buildings is one of three new products that Geberit is showcasing at the VDF products fair. More
As cities grow and bee populations continue to dwindle, designers are increasingly looking for ways to bring nature to urban areas. In celebration of World Bee Day, we've rounded up seven urban shelters for the vital insects. More
IKEA's research lab Space10 has developed a series of open-source bee homes that anyone can design themselves for free before having it made using a CNC machine. More
Students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) have designed products to reflect their idea of a perfect place, shown here in this graduate show as part of VDF x Sight Unseen. More
Berlin-based designers Martin Binder and Claudio Rimmele have designed a concept for an "infection-free" playground where children could play together safely during the coronavirus pandemic. More
Multidisciplinary design consultancy Matter has designed three conceptual cervical cancer examinations that women could carry out themselves at home to break the taboo of smear tests. More
Dezeen promotion: decaying flowers, abstract blocks of colour and imaginary characters feature in Nanimarquina's latest rug collections. More
Clusters of sculptural glass pendants adorn the Armature chandelier, one of three lighting products Bocci has launched at the VDF products fair today. More