American 3D-printer manufacturer 3D Systems has launched a $399 handheld 3D scanner for capturing objects anywhere and instantly creating a printable file. More about Sense low-cost handheld 3D scanner by 3D Systems
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Eindhoven, Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dave Hakkens shows us how his Precious Plastic recycling machines work and explains why he made the blueprints freely available online. More about "Start a recycling centre" with Dave Hakkens' Precious Plastic factory
Here's another fashion collection by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Martijn van Strien, which he designed for a fabled medieval land. More about Threads for Cockaigne woven fashion collection by Martijn van Strien
Dezeen promotion: the finalists for the New Design Britain Awards 2014 have been announced and their projects will be exhibited at trade show Interiors UK in January. More about New Design Britain Awards 2014 finalists announced
Opinion: in his latest column, Kieran Long argues that the causes tech billionaires donate their money to "tell us what they are scared of" and what the design challenges of the future are therefore likely to be, and asks whether designers and architects are prepared to go along with these visions. More about "The philanthropic causes of tech billionaires tell us what tomorrow's design challenges will be"
News: Lady Gaga wore the world's "first flying dress" at the launch party for her latest album last night. More about Lady Gaga pilots "first flying dress"
This temporary event space by Australian design collective Sibling features a Faraday cage that blocks mobile reception and Wi-Fi signals, creating the "ultimate disconnection space" (+ slideshow). More about Sibling's wifi-blocking ON/OFF installation creates a disconnected "cold spot"
The industrial materials used to construct this church in Seville, Spain, make it look more like an edge-of-town manufacturing plant than a place for worship (+ slideshow). More about La Ascensión del Señor by AGi architects looks more like a factory than a church
News: British architects are enjoying their busiest period since the financial crisis began in 2008, while the Italian market looks set to decline by 14% this year, according to new industry research from Arch-Vision. More about British architecture "showing a clear recovery"
Swiss architecture firm Bureau A created a seven-storey mobile performance space and street kitchen, mounted it on a tricycle and rode it round the streets of Hanoi in Vietnam (+ movie). More about Ta đi Ôtô mini-skyscraper on a tricycle by Bureau A
This secondary school in Germany by Behnisch Architekten features a spectacular combined quadruple-height atrium and assembly hall (+ slideshow). More about Secondary School Ergolding with quadruple-height assembly hall by Behnisch Architekten
News: Swiss studio Virtual Design Unit has created a computer model of an unbuilt Zurich theatre designed by Jørn Utzon in 1964, to show that the building "could be built now" (+ slideshow + interview). More about Jørn Utzon's unbuilt Schauspielhaus digitally resurrected by Virtual Design Unit
Our new Pinterest board features a proposal for a wavy pedestrian bridge in China, British designer Thomas Heatherwick's proposed Garden Bridge across London's River Thames and a bridge in Denmark that has a musical instrument made out of hanging metal pipes from the underside. More about New Pinterest board: bridges
Movie: in this exclusive video interview from Inside Festival, Joakim Lyth of Wingårdhs explains how the Swedish architecture firm used brightly-coloured curved glass to draw customers inside its Emporia shopping centre. More about Swedish shopping centre's swooping entrances "drag people inside" says architect
Dezeen Music Project: designers Masashi Kawamura and Kota Iguchi made all the animations in this music video for Japanese band SOUR's single Music Is Life using rotating compact discs. More about Animated music video for Japanese band SOUR created using spinning CDs
The spiky modules used to build this curving pavilion in Stuttgart, Germany, are made from a bioplastic containing over 90 percent renewable materials (photography by Roland Halbe). More about ArboSkin pavilion made from bioplastic by ITKE
Belgian design studio Unfold has created a set of 3D-printed ceramic tools for diluting and diffusing the scents of French perfumer Barnabé Fillion (+ slideshow). More about 3D-printed perfume tools by Unfold and Barnabé Fillion
Architect Zaha Hadid's gallery space in London is to host a show of work by fashion designer Elke Walter, who creates many of the statement pieces worn by the architect. More about Zaha Hadid to exhibit work by her favourite fashion designer
Door handles created by late Modernist architect Lina Bo Bardi for her home in São Paulo have gone into production 62 years after she designed them. More about Door handles from Lina Bo Bardi's 1951 house go into production
This underwear by British company Shreddies is designed to stop farts from smelling (+ slideshow). More about Shreddies underwear that stops farts smelling