Stories by Rima Sabina Aouf
Small swimming robot spots pipe leaks before they do serious damage
Poundland’s mountain-inspired chocolate bar sparks legal battle with Toblerone
“Chairless chair” is designed to provide support for active factory workers
Yves Behar defends Juicero juice machine after internet backlash
Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs appointed as international ambassador for Dutch Design Week
Hella Jongerius asks designers and consumers to embrace “unstable” colour in new exhibition
Eight recycled design projects driven by Beirut’s trash crisis
Lebanese designers embrace rubbish following Beirut trash crisis
Herman Miller and Yves Behar’s smart desks tell employees when they’ve been sitting too long
Swarovski crystal gets 3D-printed, upcycled and turned into gadgets by emerging designers
Airbnb launches Open Homes refugee housing platform
Nendo looks to ancient Japanese tombs for first landscape architecture project
Atelier NL calls for sand samples from all over the world to make region-specific glass
RCA graduate proposal would see ordinary people driving NASA’s space exploration rovers
Volvo becomes first major car company to switch to only electric and hybrid vehicles
Controllable Third Thumb lets wearers extend their natural abilities
Special comments update charts changing attitudes to the iPhone on its 10th anniversary
Norway scraps plans for controversial memorial near site of 2011 Utøya terrorist attack
Yves Behar looks to loungewear for design of sleep-aiding Dreem headband
Grenfell Tower fire triggers emergency safety review across UK’s 4,000 high-rises
First Labour MP in London’s Kensington is a design writer who plans to fight gentrification
UK election result should spell end for hard Brexit, says Creative Industries Federation
