Air New Zealand developing bunk bed-style sleeping pod for economy flyers
Air New Zealand has filed a patent application for the Skynest sleeping pod, which would allow economy passengers to stretch out and during long-haul flights. More
Architecture and design events in March 2020 from Dezeen Events Guide
Melbourne Design Week, Homexpo Israel, DesignMarch in Reykjavik and the Collectible design fair in Brussels are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this March. More
Diego Faivre gives extension cables a Memphis makeover
Eindhoven graduate Diego Faivre has coated electrical plugs in brightly coloured, patterned clay, in a bid to inject some fun into these "boring and forgotten" objects. More
Marta Armengol's glassware resembles amorphous bubbles
Spanish architect Marta Armengol has created a collection of lights and vases called the Four Folds for Brussels gallery Maniera, which are made of borosilicate glass that has been blown into imperfect shapes. More
Coby Huang's sex education toys are designed to explore what brings us pleasure
Wood and wool feature alongside silicone in the Rituals of Sexual Pleasure series of sex toys, designed by Coby Huang as explorative tools rather than solely for penetration and vibration. More
Harikrishnan's inflatable latex trousers create "anatomically impossible" proportions
For his graduate collection at the London College of Fashion, menswear designer Harikrishnan has matched cropped tailored jackets with billowing latex trousers to create exaggerated silhouettes. More
Sebastian Wrong's modular rugs can be connected into an "endless field"
Sebastian Wrong has created a collection of rugs called the Wrong Angle series, that are designed to be layered in interconnected grids to frame a floor or furniture item. More
Julia Olanders makes "toxic" vases from insulation foam and concrete
Stockholm-based designer Julia Olanders has used construction materials that are usually hidden in buildings to create a series of decorative vases for her Betweenness project. More
Bouroullec brothers design chair using one continuous piece of rope
French duo Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have made a chair for Finnish furniture brand Artek from a metal frame interlaced with a single length of marine rope that forms its back and armrests. More
Massproductions' modular fair stand uses grid structure to guarantee easy reuse
More than 90 prefabricated plaster tiles are arranged to form an exhibition stand designed by French architects Julien Renault and Paul Vaugoyeau for furniture brand Massproductions. More
This week, timber buildings were proposed in France, Canada and the US
This week on Dezeen, architects and governments alike bet on the future potential of wood as a construction material, with plans unveiled to build public buildings and skyscrapers from the material. More
Stockholm's historic national archive hosts first ever design exhibition
To coincide with Stockholm Design Week, the city's 19th century Gamla Riksarkivet played host to The Archive exhibition exploring the "shared aesthetics and values" of Japanese and Scandinavian design. More
Aia Jüdes merges tree outgrowths and fibre optics to make flamboyant lamps
Swedish artist Aia Jüdes has given gnarled tree offshoots a new lease on life by turning them into a series of lights decorated with rainbow LEDs, velvet scrunchies and shining puddles of brass. More
Fictive Erosion furniture uses sand casting to mimic natural rock formation process
Swedish designer Kajsa Melchior has created a collection of furniture and lighting with organic silhouettes, shaped like geologic formations using pressure, water and air. More
Lund University students cast household items in glass instead of plastic
Contact lens cases, vegetable vases and pill packets are some glass objects by students at Lund University in Sweden to explore how the reusable could help the transition to a circular economy. More
Studio David Thulstrup designs "co-dependent" Pair side tables for Møbel
Danish furniture brand Møbel has collaborated with Studio David Thulstrup to create a duo of odd-couple tables – one made entirely from ceramic and the other from contrasting, powder-coated steel. More
Form Us With Love launches Forgo soap brand in response to "extremely wasteful" cosmetics industry
Swedish design studio Form Us With Love has unveiled Forgo, a mix-it-yourself cosmetics brand that minimises carbon emissions and avoids plastic packaging. More
Note Design Studio's Natural Bond installation for Tarkett is designed to be recycled
Note Design Studio has created an exhibition stand for flooring manufacturer Tarkett at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair that will be taken apart and reused when the fair ends. More
Gregg Moore creates restaurant's tableware using waste bones from its kitchen
Ceramicist Gregg Moore has created crockery for the Blue Hill at Stone Barns restaurant outside New York, that is made from the bones of the very cows whose dairy and meat is served. More
MuseLAB's Hedonist collection is "non-conformist and non-contextual"
Mumbai design studio MuseLAB has prioritised sensual appeal over a singular design language for its debut 13-piece furniture collection. More