Electrolux is unlocking design talents in children, from toddlers to tweens, with the new competition that rolls out on the brand’s Facebook page. The Design Playground contest invites parents from all countries excluding the USA, Italy and Russia to share their kids’ kitchenware concepts. The project doesn’t include cash prizes, still it helps bring the ideas of emerging talents to a professional level—the most impressive ideas will be turned into 3D sketches.

Heineken is re-inventing clubbing experience with the introduction of the Heineken Ignite beer bottle that detects and responds to people’s motion and sound vibrations. The prototype of the brand’s “first smart beer bottle” was revealed at 2013 Design Week in Milan on April 9 as part of Heineken’s Lounge of the Future concept. For the project, the digital team of the beer giant has collaborated with Tribal DDB Amsterdam and a selection of other partners and experts from various fields.

Diet Coke has released a new commercial as part of its collaboration with Taylor Swift, who became the brand’s ambassador earlier this year. The new 33-second commercial premiered nationally during yesterday’s “American Idol” in the USA. The spot by Droga5 New York arrives one week after Coke’s major rival, Pepsi, unveiled its spot “Mirror” for Pepsi Max starring its global brand ambassador Beyoncé.

Google is announcing an international philanthropic project, “Global Human Trafficking Hotline Network,” created to help eradicate the problem of modern slavery. The initiative, funded by Google, is a collaborative effort by Polaris Project, Liberty Asia, and LaStrada International. The new initiative combines expertise of the members, which are primarily working in three regions, United States, the Mekong Delta region and Europe. It is designed to make it simpler for the victims of human trafficking to get a timely support both in the USA and abroad.

Starbucks UK has announced it will soon launch a popular charitable initiative “suspended coffee” in its venues. It means that now customers who buy a beverage for themselves can automatically reserve one of the same value for homeless people. According to Independent, Starbucks is the first British chain to adopt this charitable movement, which originated in Naples, Italy.

The space trip theme, employed by Red Bull, Virgin and AXE in their promotional efforts, has now been taken up in the new campaign by KLM. The Dutch airline is encouraging the international audience to participate in the KLM SPACE competition for a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly into space aboard the SXC Lynx. This revolutionary aircraft is set to make the first commercial space trip as part of  the larger project, Space Expedition Corporation (SXC), in partnership with KLM.

MINI is arriving at the Salone del Mobile 2013 with the two-part installation KAPOOOW!, which puts the MINI Paceman into the spotlight. The art project is the central piece of a broader experience, MINI KAPOOOW! @MINI Paceman Garage platform, serving as a space where artists and designers are invited to exchange their creative visions in a series of meetings, sessions and workshops. Both the installation and the creative space will be open at the design furniture fair through Sunday, April 14.