Consumers could change the colour of their cars, shoes, clothes or other belongings at will, using a new light-responsive ink from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More about MIT creates reprogrammable ink to make objects change colour
The latest office chair from German furniture brand Wilkhahn features technologies developed to encourage movement and maintain the user's centre of gravity as they shift position throughout the working day. More about AT 187 office chair promotes "dynamic sitting" to prevent backache at work
Marble furnishings, lagoon-coloured walls and arched doorways are among the features that Chzon-founder Dorothée Meilichzon has incorporated in the interiors of this Venice hotel, which is meant to mirror its surroundings. More about Hotel Il Palazzo Experimental designed to be "deeply rooted" in its Venetian setting
Recycled parachute material wrapped over welded steel frames make up this collection of rocking chairs and screens by Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer and the eponymous label of fashion designer Christopher Raeburn. More about Layer and Raeburn create furniture collection from recycled parachutes
Dezeen Jobs has selected five of the top architecture and design opportunities this week, including vacancies at architecture firms Purcell and Gresford Architects in Oxford. More about Positions at Purcell and Gresford Architects are included in this week's top architecture and design roles
Slatted screens of stained black wood surround the first-floor extension of an 1830s Georgian cottage in Essex, designed by Studio Bark but built largely by the clients themselves. More about Studio Bark's first flat-pack U-build system used for a home extension in Essex
A stainless steel volume topped by a skylight protrudes from this house in Santiago, which Chilean architect Rodolfo Cañas has completed for his family. More about Rodolfo Cañas extends "oversized skylight" from Mogro House in Chile
Dutch footwear brand United Nude, headed by architect Rem D Koolhaas, and model Shaun Ross have designed a heeled boot "with no particular individual in mind." More about Rem D Koolhaas and supermodel Shaun Ross launch unisex high-heel boot
A canopy supported by slim white columns covers a hotpot restaurant by MUDA Architects in Chengdu, China which hugs the edge of a lotus pond in a eucalyptus forest. More about Snaking canopy covers open-air hotpot restaurant in Chinese forest
Chicago architecture practice MANA and skateboarder Scott Oster have added a skate ramp encased within a reflective silver cube in the atrium of Le Bon Marché department store in Paris. More about MANA and Scott Oster insert mirrored skate ramp into Parisian store
Reflecting on last week's climate summit, we're showcasing alternatives to concrete in this week's new Pinterest boards. Branch out with our spruced-up boards featuring cross-laminated timber high rises, bamboo structures and enclosures with rammed-earth walls. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More about Ditch concrete and steel with our Pinterest boards unearthing alternative building materials
Dutch social enterprise Fairphone has released a new version of its "ethical" smartphone that is designed to be easily taken apart for repairs. More about Fairphone 3 promises to be "real sustainable alternative" to regular smartphones
A chandelier crafted from chicken coop mesh and a leather stool made from fish skin are among the pieces showcased in this exhibition of Dutch designers organised by Ventura Projects and Colony. More about Seven Dutch designers exhibit experimental works in New York
Los Angeles' Studio Sucio used a "mish-mash" of styles for the apartments it has created inside a 1960s Holiday Inn in Downtown Los Angeles. More about Modernist Holiday Inn becomes Los Angeles apartment complex
Austin Maynard Architects has completed a pair of buildings with steel shingles in a snakeskin-style pattern, to extend a family home in Canberra, Australia. More about Austin Maynard Architects adds two scaly extensions to post-war bungalow in Canberra
As the warm weather fades away and winter approaches, Dezeen has scooped up seven design-focused ice cream shops to satisfy your sweet tooth all year round.
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This week on Dezeen, we reported on the world's blackest black material engineered by MIT, and the record-breaking Central Park Tower topped out in New York. More about This week, the world's tallest residential skyscraper topped out and MIT created the blackest black
Activist and educator Neil Pinder, who was named Teacher of the Year for his work at a south London secondary school, will speak about design education at Dezeen Day. More about Celebrated teacher Neil Pinder will talk about how to make design education more inclusive at Dezeen Day
Brazilian brand Noori aims to transport users to a time when "cooking with fire was at the core of our rituals" with its multipurpose stove, which can be used as a barbecue, a pizza oven or a fire pit. More about Noori stove "breaks the limitations of a standard barbecue"
The 130 trees covered in pink, yellow and blue nylon webbing that form this installation in Columbus by US architecture firm SO-IL will be replanted at a nearby house designed by Eero Saarinen. More about SO-IL wraps 130 trees in colourful hammock for an installation in Indiana