Magdalena Huber's Pikpäk lets festival-goers drink straight from their backpack
This carton-style backpack by Kingston University graduate Magdalena Huber is designed to help people at music festivals avoid long bar queues. More
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IKEA releases film in ode to its beloved blue bag
Following on from the blue bag's recent viral moment, IKEA has released a short film celebrating the Frakta tote and its multitude of uses. More
MIT researchers develop tattoo inks that could act as health trackers
Researchers from MIT's Media Lab have developed a tattoo ink that changes colour according to varying glucose and pH levels inside the body. More
World's first graphene paint launches in the UK
Miracle material graphene – considered the strongest substance known to science – has been used to make eco-friendly paint by manufacturer Graphenstone. More
Leadoff Studio creates functional packaging for traditional teeth-cleaning twig
This test-tube-like packaging was designed by New York-based Leadoff Studio to modernise the experience of cleaning your teeth with a stick. 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
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
Affordable robot drawing arm brings computer sketches to life on paper
Using a pen or paintbrush, this small WiFi-connected robot arm is able to recreate on paper, whatever you draw on a touchscreen device. More
13 designers reimagine the shaving brush for Good Thing collection
Brooklyn studio Good Thing and grooming brand Harry's have unveiled a collection of unusual shaving brushes, which include designs made from bobbly cast aluminium, towered stacks of magnets and a wobbly metal ball. 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
Zaha Hadid Architects' kitchen for New York condo building launched by Boffi
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a customisable kitchen island for Italian brand Boffi, which is fitted in apartments of the firm's 520 West 28th project nearing completion in New York's Chelsea. More
Anti-energy drink Slow comes enclosed in meditative hourglass packaging
Polish studio Opus B has created a conceptual drink packaging designed to give consumers a chance to slow down. 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
Competition: win a Smart Cabin Trolley designed by Horizn Studios
Dezeen has teamed up with Horizn Studios to offer our readers the chance to win one of six Model M Cabin Trollies – a suitcase with a built-in phone charger – in a colour of their choice. 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
Carlo Ratti designs graffiti-painting drones to safely make multistorey artworks
Italian architect Carlo Ratti's Paint By Drone system uses remotely controlled flying robots to cover buildings in giant paintings. More
Easy-to-assemble building kits aim to inspire new generation of architects
Architectural model kit manufacturer Arckit has launched a series of accessible three-dimensional modelling sets for aspiring and professional architects and urban planners. More
Nendo turns cups and plant pots into mini versions of Kartell's Componibili storage unit
Japanese studio Nendo has transformed cups, wine bottles and books into small versions of Kartell's iconic Componibili, a cylindrical storage unit created by Italian designer Anna Castelli Ferrieri in the 1960s. More
Minimalist Light Phone is designed to be used as little as possible
Designers Joe Hollier and Kaiwei Tang have designed a mobile phone that intentionally lacks features, in hopes of encouraging users to disconnect from the internet. More
Modpools repurposes used shipping containers as swimming pools and hot tubs
Canadian company Modpools has converted standard, metal cargo containers into pools and jacuzzis that can be installed above or below ground. More