Stories by Rima Sabina Aouf
Google and Monotype collaborate on font that spans all written language
Google launches omniscient voice-controlled Home device
Mischer’Traxler builds pendulum in a castle to slowly sculpt a single tabletop
Thomas Feichtner designs set of minimal vessels dipped in gold
Alessandro Zambelli creates furniture inlaid with patterns of oxidised metal
Metamaterials make it possible to create mechanisms from a single piece of plastic
Designers blend craft and electronics to explore new possibilities for home appliances
The Shit Museum brings various poo-related designs to London
Viaduct’s James Mair picks his five favourite minimalist furniture pieces
Benjamin Hubert lights V&A’s medieval tapestry room with rippling steel installation
Museums need to collect “the whole storyline” of design says Studio Makkink & Bey
Trentino Collaborations launches with Max Lamb chair showcasing 14 stone-carving techniques
Google launches own-brand smartphone to rival Apple’s iPhone
Sun-like disc of 8,000 Swarovski crystals installed at baroque Viennese palace
Sky Pool engineers create huge slide from single piece of glass
Elon Musk announces plans to start colonising Mars in six years
Studio Job engraves fossils in flooring for first parquet collection
Designers still at risk under new UK copyright law, warns intellectual property lawyer
PriestmanGoode “re-evaluates sitting” with designs to tackle train overcrowding
Five trends to look out for at the London Design Festival 2016
B&B Italia expands into luxury kitchens with purchase of Arclinea
UK should trigger Brexit immediately says James Dyson
