Dezeen Showroom: Milan-based designer Raffaella Mangiarotti has created the Ghisolfa sofa and chair collection for Italian office furniture brand IOC Project Partners. More about Ghisolfa sofa and chair by Raffaella Mangiarotti for IOC Project Partners
Japanese engineer Takeuchi Masaki has developed a wearable voice box called Syrinx, which can be strapped on like a neck brace so that people who have lost their larynx to cancer are able to produce speech. More about Syrinx is an artificial larynx that mimics the wearer's former voice
Dezeen Showroom: Italian furniture company IOC Project Partners has developed Ultralight, a flexible partition wall solution for offices. More about Ultralight is a partition wall system by IOC Project Partners
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma used cross-laminated timber to build a temporary pocket park pavilion and exhibition space in Tokyo. More about Kengo Kuma builds cross-laminated timber pavilion and park in Tokyo
People in Mississippi have voted to replace the state's official flag, which incorporated the Confederate battle emblem, with a design that has a magnolia blossom in its centre. More about Mississippi votes to officially adopt In God We Trust flag
Cabin-design company Den has launched a flat-packed, kit-of-parts for a steeply pitched cabin, known as an A-frame, that can be assembled in just a few days. More about Den Cabin Kit is a DIY wooden guesthouse that can be built in a few days
British car brand MINI has unveiled its Vision Urbanaut concept vehicle, which adapts its interior space via a disc-shaped device that turns the dashboard into a daybed and the windscreen into a balcony. More about MINI's Vision Urbanaut vehicle shifts between three interior layouts using a digital "token"
Dezeen promotion: German carmaker Opel has unveiled Mokka-e, which is the first in a new generation of electric cars that aims to redefine the brand by drawing from the bold, sporty designs of its past. More about Opel launches Mokka-e electric car to "change the perception of the brand"
Vietnam architecture studio ROOM+ Design & Build has carried out a dramatic renovation of a small house and shop in Ho Chi Minh City by replacing its walls with glass bricks. More about ROOM+ Design & Build replaces walls of house in Ho Chi Minh City with glass bricks
Lisbon musician Moullinex has shared an exclusive short music video showing an endlessly changing landscape of brutalist buildings drawn up by a generative design algorithm with Dezeen. More about AI-generated brutalist buildings feature in hypnotic Moullinex music videos
Dezeen and developer Sellar have teamed up to commission illustrator Kelly Anna to create an artwork to wrap around the site of Paddington Square, an upcoming development in London designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. More about Dezeen commissions artist Kelly Anna to design artwork for Paddington Square
Demolition has begun on a wall in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, which forms part of Japanese architect Tadao Ando's only building in the UK. More about Demolition of Tadao Ando-designed wall in Manchester begins
Dezeen Showroom: Nook has created a family of gabled private working pods that respond to changes in office environments after the coronavirus pandemic. More about Nook Pod is a gabled workspace
Dezeen has teamed up with LG Display to launch the OLEDS Go! global design competition, which seeks innovative designs that showcase OLED technology in new and creative ways. More about LG Display and Dezeen launch €46,000 OLEDs Go! design competition
Danish designer Sara Martinsen has explored the vast potential of plant fibres in the world of architecture and design at her Phytophilia exhibition at A Petersen in Copenhagen. More about Sara Martinsen creates library of plant fibres to support sustainable manufacturing
Dezeen Showroom: Danish designer Thomas Bentzen's Linear System Series for Muuto includes tables, lighting, screens and trays and was designed to adapt to many different workplaces. More about Linear System Series by Thomas Bentzen for Muuto
Belgian studio BLAF Architecten used reclaimed bricks to build this house in Ghent with an irregular shape that curves around existing trees. More about BLAF Architecten builds house in Belgium out of reclaimed bricks
Translucent glass tubes meet with curvy roofs "imagined from cloud circles" in this art museum US firm Steven Holl designed for Museum of Fine Arts Houston. More about Glass tubes and curvy roofs play with light in Steven Holl's Houston arts museum
In this week's comments update, readers are choosing their favourites from our round-up of 30 kitchens designed by architects, debating the ethics of lab-grown meat made from human cells and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Browsing our kitchens round-up "too much fun" says commenter
An outdoor auditorium will top the student centre that Adjaye Associates is developing for Rice University's forested campus in Houston, Texas. More about Adjaye Associates to create student hub for Rice University in Texas