"Intuitive" apartments with moving surfaces and foldaway furniture will feature in the first residential development from the team behind Yo! Sushi and Yotel, which is currently awaiting planning permission. More
London Design Festival: the family home of the future will feature mechanised floors and furniture that emerge from walls, floors and ceilings at the touch of a button, according to Yo! Sushi and Yotel founder Simon Woodroffe (+ slideshow). More
Hotel brand Yotel have opened a flagship branch in New York's Times Square, where visitors check in at computerised kiosks while their luggage is stored or retrieved by a giant robotic arm. More
The first of a new chain of economy hotels based on a cross between Japanese capsule hotels and first-class airline cabins has opened at Gatwick Airport in England. More