Heading to IKEA Festival in Milan today? Find out what's happening on the opening day of the festival in the first of a series of daily briefing videos that Dezeen is publishing throughout Milan design week. More about Dezeen at IKEA Festival: yoga, robot painting and a talk with Studio Toogood feature on day one
Danish studio CEBRA has redesigned a science centre in Copenhagen, adding a shimmering copper-clad staircase that represents the structure of a DNA strand. More about Copenhagen's Experimentarium features a helical staircase and cladding based on fluid dynamics
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at David Adjaye's London firm, which completed the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC last year. More ›
More about Job of the day: interior designer at Adjaye Associates
At Milan design week, Italian manufacturer Gigacer has launched a collection of tiles in greys and primary colours drawn directly from Le Corbusier's colour guides. More about Gigacer launches tile range based on Le Corbusier's colour theory
Copenhagen studio NORD Architects has completed a hospice for palliative patients in the heart of the Danish capital, with golden facades featuring curving cutouts that surround quiet courtyards. More about NORD Architects' Copenhagen hospice aims to provide "a unique place for the final journey"
American studio Birdseye Design took cues from traditional woodsheds while creating this guesthouse for a forested site in northern Vermont. More about Birdseye Design clads Vermont dwelling in salvaged wooden boards
A+Awards: angular steps and terraces line the banks of a shallow waterway to form a promenade at the heart of Velenje, Slovenia – a project that earned Ljubljana firm Enota a 2016 Architizer A+Award. More about Enota sculpts pedestrian area for Slovenian garden city
Austin architecture firm Design Hound has concealed a spa-like interior behind the understated facade of this local residence. More about Design Hound hides second storey of Austin home behind faceted roof
BBC TV show Daily Politics has broadcast a video about our Brexit passport design competition, ahead of the shortlist announcement tomorrow. More about BBC Daily Politics features Dezeen's Brexit passport design competition
These photographs capture the jagged roofline of the museum that Snøhetta has designed at the Lascaux Caves in France, to frame a huge replica of some of the world's most famous prehistoric cave paintings. More about New photographs reveal Snøhetta's Lascaux IV Caves Museum in southern France
Studio Swine has released a movie revealing its Milan design week installation for COS – a tree-like structure that emits pale bubbles, which dissolve into white mist as they burst. More about Studio Swine and COS create sculptural tree that blossoms with mist-filled bubbles
Bang & Olufsen has used Milan design week, which kicked off today, to launch a sound system made of hexagonal speakers and acoustic panels that can be arranged in different combinations. More about Bang & Olufsen's modular BeoSound Shape speakers are arranged like wall tiles
Former first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, will give a keynote speech at this year's AIA National Convention in Orlando – following a protest over the lack of female speakers for the event. More about Michelle Obama announced as keynote speaker for AIA 2017 conference
A team of architects and engineers led by Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti has designed and built a prototype modular house suited to a variety of locations, climates and terrains. More about OFIS Arhitekti designs modular house suited for different terrains and climates
Dezeen promotion: for Milan design week, Spanish designer Xavier Mañosa has created an installation that sees an entire kitchen and its utensils all made from Cosentino's clay-like material Dekton. More about Xavier Mañosa sculpts entire kitchen from Cosentino's clay-like Dekton
Thousands of shimmering ceramic discs cover the stilted volumes of Renzo Piano's Centro Botín art gallery, which stands on the docks in the Spanish city of Santander. More about Renzo Piano completes stilted art gallery on Santander waterfront
Visitors to Atelier Biagetti's Milan design week installation are encouraged to gamble on the stock exchange for blocks of gold in the hope of winning a prize. More about Atelier Biagetti plays God with Milan exhibition fixated on money and power
Milan design week kicks off today, but visitors have already been exploring the city while designers set up stands and installations. We've highlighted the best images posted to our #milanogram2017 hashtag on Instagram so far. More about Dezeen's #milanogram2017 day one highlights include arrivals and preparations
Dezeen promotion: a modernist-inspired carousel by Lee Broom, IKEA's own festival, an exhibition by Maarten Baas and the latest Material Futures projects from Central Saint Martins will be part of Ventura Lambrate and new sister district Ventura Centrale during this year's Milan design week. More about Ventura Lambrate and Centrale programme announced for Milan design week 2017
Brussels-based designer Alain Gilles will debut his new coloured-steel table collection at Milan design week, which gets underway today. More about Alain Gilles designs "strong graphic presence" for Contour furniture collection