A group of University of Tokyo students overseen by architect Kengo Kuma have developed a 3D-printing pen that can be used to create complex architectural structures out of plastic sticks. More
Design Indaba 2016: the 1996 ad campaign that encouraged British housewives to throw away their fussy furnishings helped transform attitudes to design, according to ad executive Naresh Ramchandani (+ movie). More
Architecture studio Morrow + Lorraine has been given the go ahead to build a set of clifftop holiday homes on the Isle of Portland, England (+ slideshow). More
Milan 2016: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed this year's Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS, which will feature cones of light created by spotlights. More
Dezeen promotion: Ventura Lambrate has revealed the participants who will exhibit under one of its themes, Thinking Traditions and Academies, for its event during Milan design week from 12 to 17 April 2016 (+ slideshow). More
Design Indaba 2016: the car industry is so obsessed with new technology that it is forgetting about people, according to Dutch designers Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk. More
Austrian architects Winkler + Ruck Architekten and Ferdinand Certov have been selected to create a "floating" roof extension for Vienna's Wien Museum. More
Spanish studio SelgasCano has completed a concept bookstore in east London, with handmade wooden bookshelves based on the fictional Library of Babel and a strict no-phone policy (+ slideshow). More
Inside Festival 2015: Casey Vallance of Cox Rayner Architects explains how the firm used natural materials to create a calming environment inside a dentist training facility in Brisbane, Australia, in this exclusive movie. More
See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with the Hassell, Dezeen, NBBJ and Scandinavian furniture brand Hem, which opened its first physical store in Berlin last year (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Heatherwick Studio, Foster + Partners, the Van Alen Institute and more... More
Amsterdam-based duo Formafantasma is hosting a solo exhibition that explores the "expressive qualities of light" at the Peep-Hole Contemporary Art Centre in Milan (+ slideshow). More
This weathering steel bridge by Branch Studio Architects spans a quadrangle at a secondary school in Melbourne's western suburbs, forming an art gallery and viewpoint for students en route to class (+ slideshow). More
To allow parents more time in bed, Russian architecture studio Ruetemple has added a play area above the master bedroom at this summer house to keep the children occupied (+ slideshow). More
Stockholm 2016: London design studio Industrial Facility has used the shapes of lights found in warehouses across the UK capital as references for a lamp produced by Swedish brand Wästberg (+ slideshow). More
Architecture studio Freadman White has remodelled a 1930s Melbourne house that was extended in the 1970s, and created a new room featuring an angular roof (+ slideshow). More
