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Designers Kranen/Gille of Heusden in the Netherlands will present a collection of split-open lamps at Design Miami/Basel next week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The radical design of Tesla's electric Cybertruck, which was unveiled last week, has caused a storm on social media, with some people calling it "courageous" and others "ridiculous". Read more View the full article

The driver of an electric Tesla car has been killed in a road accident after its Autopilot mode failed to recognise an oncoming lorry. (more…) View the full article

Elon Musk's car brand Tesla has unveiled its latest and "safest" all-electric Model Y crossover SUV, which is expected to go on the market in Autumn 2020. Read more

Business news: Elon Musk is moving closer to his vision for a "one-stop solar and storage experience", with the announcement that his company Tesla is set to buy solar panel manufacturer SolarCity. (more…) View the full article

Tinted and textured glass delineate areas inside this office and factory completed by V.oid Architecture for the Lima-based company that manufactures car windscreens for Tesla (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: Tesla's newly launched Model SD electric car could be "summoned" by owners to pick them up autonomously using the car company's new Autopilot function, potentially eliminating the need for taxi services. (more...) View the full article

Electric car brand Tesla has unveiled what it describes as the safest sports utility vehicle (SUV) ever made, which includes a "bio-weapon defence mode". (more…) View the full article

News: electric car manufacturer Tesla says its Roadster 3.0 upgrade will include a new battery that can increase the range of its sports vehicle to over 400 miles on a single charge. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2013: Foster + Partners has designed a coffee table made by stretching a perforated disk of steel upwards to form a metal-mesh base. (more...) View the full article

Music: inspired by her travels to Japan, Melbourne-based director Tessa Chong has depicted a "moving tapestry of city life" for Super Magic Hats' track Transpose (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Tessa Silva has turned a clay-like material made from waste milk into bulbous vases, candelabras and door handles called Chalk & Cheese. Read more View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Tessa Silva-Dawson has used cow's milk to create a natural alternative to plastic (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

VDF products fair: UK flooring manufacturer Forbo has designed its Tessera Earthscape carpet tiles to emulate the natural textures of soil and rock. Read more View the full article

News: New Zealand firm Martin Aircraft Company has been given permission by the country's Civil Aviation Authority to conduct manned test flights on what it claims is the world's first practical jetpack. (more...) View the full article

For this house on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japanese architect Tetsuo Yamaji aimed to create a unique building using mass-produced components (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Textasiða, a typography exhibition by graphic designers Snæfríð Borsteins and Hildigunnur Gunnarsdottir, was on show last month at Crymogea as part of DesignMarch 2012 in Rekjavic, Iceland. (more…) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2015: Tilburg's TextielMuseum has worked with Dutch designer Hella Jongerius to launch a collection of plaid throws developed by Simone Post and Studio Truly Truly (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have laid a stripy field of fabric inside the Raphael Court of the V&A museum as part of the London Design Festival. You can see an animation of the project over on Dezeen Screen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture studio Ghezzi Novak has completed this house on Peru's coast with weathered concrete blocks it describes as like "fibres weaved into a fabric". Read more View the full article

Netherlands design studio Overtreders W have designed an exhibition featuring shipping containers made of textiles at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This collection of furniture by Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk looks like it’s made of textiles but is in fact fashioned from solid metal. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Colourful, geometric textiles that Gunta Stölzl and Anni Albers created during their time at the Bauhaus school have been turned into fabric by New York company Designtex. Read more View the full article

Cornell University engineers have made a robot that gets goosebumps or becomes spiky to communicate its internal state. Read more View the full article

Restaurant chain TGI Fridays has ditched its dark wood and red-striped interiors in favour of a muted Scandinavian-style aesthetic at a branch in Corpus Christi, Texas, following similar revamps by McDonalds and Burger King (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article