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Auto-maker Ford has dabbled in the world of home furnishing with the Lane-Keeping Bed, which promises to help couples get a better night's sleep. Read more

News: American car manufacturer Ford has unveiled its new GT concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, signalling the company's return to designing race-ready supercars (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Automobile maker Ford has borrowed anti-collision technology from its cars to build a supermarket trolley that children can't crash. Read more

American car manufacturer Ford is developing lighting technology that can automatically detect pedestrians on dark roads and widen headlight beams at low-visibility junctions (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Ford has a solution to ease one of the most common sources of fear and anxiety in dogs — the loud noise from fireworks. Read more

Expansive corner windows and skylights appear throughout this Georgian townhouse in Dublin, which Foreign Bear Studio has renovated and extended to create light-filled living spaces. Read more

Research design studio Forensic Architecture has expressed delight at the resignation of New York's Whitney Museum vice chairman Warren Kanders, following months of protests regarding his ties to tear gas used against migrants at the US-Mexico border. Read more

Forensic Architecture has created an interactive model of a notorious torture prison in Syria, using the eye- and ear-witness accounts of survivors (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Forensic Architecture founder Eyal Weizman has been denied entry to the United States ahead of the opening of his studio's Miami exhibition that explores the "arbitrary logic of the border". Read more View the full article

Forensic Architecture, the investigative team shortlisted for the Turner Prize for art, has expressed ambivalence about the accolade, which came in a week when it suffered several setbacks in its cases. Read more View the full article

Researchers at Forensic Architecture are investigating allegations that human rights organisations colluded with human traffickers to smuggle refugees across the Mediterranean, in the latest real-world intervention by the team. Read more View the full article

Forensic Architecture and Invisible Institute have created six-video investigation into the killing of an African-American barber Harith Augustus by the police for this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial. Read more

The independent spatial research group Forensic Architecture is seeking footage of the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower to create a 3D video that could build a better understanding of how the disaster unfolded. Read more View the full article

Research agency Forensic Architecture has recreated the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan, using virtual reality to show he "could not have been holding a firearm" when shot by police. Read more View the full article

London-based surfaces manufacturer Foresso uses timber offcuts and plaster waste to produce this terrazzo-like sheet material, which retains the character of woodgrain. Read more View the full article

A triangular courtyard slices through the centre of this woodland retreat in Nagano, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Columns branch outwards like a grove of trees around the aisle of this wedding chapel in Gunma, Japan, by Tokyo architect Hironaka Ogawa (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This bright white house in Toyokawa, Japan, was designed by architects Studio Velocity with a squashed diamond shape to maximise space without overlooking the neighbours (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A stone-clad house in woodland close to Antwerp by DDM Architectuur features an indoor pool and a double-height music room overlooking a pond. Read more View the full article

Cologne 2011: this branching ceiling light by Dutch designers Ontwerpduo was presented at imm cologne last week as part of [D3] Design Talents. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designers Nendo have created these spoons with a bird profile on the branched handle, designed to resemble a forest when grouped together. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Swedish studios Kjellander + Sjöberg and Folhem have installed a wooden pavilion between the Venice Biennale venues, in tribute to the 10 million trees used to build the city's foundations. (more…) View the full article

Icelandic fashion designer Sruli Recht had a slice of skin surgically removed from his own belly to make this ring. (more...) View the full article

This waterproof sex toy has been designed by San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of fuseproject for sex toy brand JimmyJane. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following two collaborations with designer Yves Béhar, San Francisco sex toy brand Jimmyjane has launched a travel-friendly vibrator, which comes with a lock to avoid accidental activation inside a suitcase. (more…) View the full article