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Royal College of Art graduate Po-Chih Lai has invented an add-on for a stove-top coffee pot that uses pressurised steam to froth up the milk (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This milking stool by Danish designer Rasmus B. Fex has interlocking legs like a puzzle. (more…) View the full article

A constellation of illuminated ceramic yoghurt pots hangs in the stairwell of a former bicycle factory in an installation by designers Aidia Studio for Beijing Design Week. (more…) View the full article

Shared living spaces are booming in major cities as young people seek a more sociable lifestyle, according to the entrepreneurs behind the "co-living" accommodation trend (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

VDF products fair: US manufacturer Milliken has updated its Crafted Series carpet collection by introducing a third tile design and twelve new colour choices. Read more View the full article

Milliken has launched its latest flooring collections at VDF products fair, including Social Factor carpet tiles that encourage physical distancing in the workplace. Read more View the full article

A steel shell curls over the arched frame of this sports hall near Sydney by Australian architects Allen Jack+Cottier. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

OMA have completed a new building for the school of architecture at Cornell University in New York. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Graphic design legend Milton Glaser is among the designers who have created posters encouraging Americans to head to polling stations and vote in this year's presidential election. (more…) View the full article

News: Milton Glaser, the graphic designer behind the ubiquitous I heart NY logo, has launched a campaign to raise awareness of climate change. (more...) View the full article

Perforated metal screens, glass walls and an open-plan layout help to maximise light throughout this Melbourne office, which has been overhauled by Mim Design. Read more View the full article

This prefabricated house in Portugal costs about the same price to manufacture as a family car (photographs by José Campos). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Over three years after completing their first prefabricated dwelling, architects Mário Sousa and Marta Brandão have now installed modular homes all across Portugal. Their latest is a summerhouse in scenic Alentejo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Portuguese photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his photographs of this museum for modern art in South Korea by architects Álvaro Siza, Carlos Castanheira and Jun Sung Kim. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival: white metal chairs are stacked in a tower and clustered on staircases around the V&A museum as part of an installation by Japanese design studio Nendo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2010: interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio of London have sent us a video of their Mimosa installation, featuring light panels that open and close like flowers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Min-Kyu Choi was awarded the Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award 2010 for his Folding Plug at a ceremony at the Design Museum in London last night. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This holiday home in Kanagawa, Japan, by Japanese studios Nakae Architects and Ohno Japan comprises two separate blocks fanning outwards towards Tokyo Bay. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a house in Osaka, Japan, by Yoshihara McKee Architects of New York and Tokyo. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These decanters by London designers Kacper Hamilton and Ezgi Turksoy have stoppers made from found glass scraps. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Researchers at the Clinatec laboratory in Grenoble have created an exoskeleton, which paralysed users can control with their mind in order to help them move both their arms and legs. Read more

A framework of bright yellow poles and matching cushioned seating set the scene for the Mindcraft exhibition of Danish craft at this year's Milan design week. Read more View the full article

This zebra-patterned chair will be on show at Mindcraft10, an exhibition of new work by 14 Danish designers in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

After her own negative experiences with mental health services, graduate designer Sara Lopez Ibanez developed a self-assessment kit that lets users figure out the kind of help they need, and where they can get it from. Read more View the full article

Local authorities have been "amazed to see that young women from slums could design as architects or urban planners", according to the co-ordinator of a United Nations initiative using the video game Minecraft to get communities designing their own public spaces. Read more View the full article