Nike's four-panel Merlin match ball is designed to give more control to footballers playing in this season's Premier League, La Liga and Serie A. More about Nike unveils official Merlin football for new Premier League season
Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA has opened its first Indian store in Hyderabad, complete with a fleet of electric rickshaws for deliveries. More about IKEA makes deliveries with electric rickshaws from first Indian store
Es Devlin will add a fifth lion to Trafalgar Square for this year's London Design Festival, featuring a fluorescent coat and a mouth that continuously spouts out poetry. More about Es Devlin to install poetry-spouting lion in London's Trafalgar Square
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design graduate Hadar Neeman has created personalised ballet shoes using 3D-printing technology to reduce dancer's pain. More about P-rouette is a 3D-printed ballet shoe designed to reduce pain felt by the dancer
Margaret Howell has spent decades as a staple on the London Fashion Week circuit but, in this exclusive interview, she says she is still trying to find her place in the design industry. More about "I don't feel I am a fashion designer" says Margaret Howell
Brazilian design duo Humberto and Fernando Campana have created a collection of furniture consisting of an armchair and three cabinets made almost entirely from cork. More about The Campana brothers launch cork furniture collection
A scratchable slide, rope for clawing and a see-through perch all make up this jungle gym for cats, which features in a collection of feline furniture curated by US company Tuft + Paw. More about Tuft + Paw launches "the ultimate playground for cats"
London's Design Museum has returned around a third of the pieces of work in its blighted Hope to Nope exhibition to the artists and designers involved, on their request. More about Design Museum removes a third of work from Hope to Nope exhibition, on artists' request
In the first of two exclusive video interviews with Christo, the artist explains how the giant London Mastaba installation on the Serpentine lake is the culmination of over 60 years of working with stacked barrels. More about "I was so poor and I had no studio" says Christo. "I started working with little tin cans of paint"
Architecture studio MAD has created five installations inside the Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel, a mountain viewpoint in Japan's Niigata Prefecture, including a lake framed by mirrors and a foot bath in a wooden dome. More about MAD transforms Japanese mountain tunnel by adding mirrors, a spa and a lake
DJI, the world's largest drone manufacturer, says it has limited ability to control how its technology is used, following a reported assassination attempt on the Venezuelan president using the company's drones. More about "We have limited ability to control what people do with our products" says drone company DJI
An exhibition has opened in Glasgow showcasing the best of contemporary Scottish design. Curator Stacey Hunter talks Dezeen through her highlights, which include a raincoat printed with hand-drawn weather symbols and silk scarves depicting the lovers of Ettore Sottsass. More about Scottish design is not all "tartan and tourist tat" says curator of Made in Glasgow exhibition
In the first of our Spirit of the City talks held at creative space A/D/O, designers discussed the creative scene in New York, and their experiences of living and working in the city. More about Watch the first of Dezeen's Spirit of the City talks in Brooklyn
The bucolic terrain of Canada's Fogo Island and China's landscaped gardens provided the cues for the textural flourishes that Toronto studio Hi Thanks Bye has included in this simple steel furniture collection. More about Chinese gardens and Canadian islands influence minimal furniture by Hi Thanks Bye
IKEA has enlisted the help of Dutch design duo Scholten & Baijings to create fresh takes on its Klippan sofa and Poäng armchair by adopting the widespread trend of hacking. More about IKEA asks Scholten & Baijings to hack two of its most popular furniture designs
Microsoft has rethought the packaging design for its Xbox Adaptive Controller, in a bid to make it easier to open for gamers with limited mobility. More about Microsoft redesigns Xbox packaging to better suit gamers with disabilities
ÉCAL graduate Yesul Jang has designed a bed with storage capacity for millennials with limited space in urban dwellings. More about Yesul Jang designs storage bed for compact living
The Croono makeup brush by Central Saint Martins graduate Taeheon Kim is an attempt to break down gender barriers by redefining masculinity through objects. More about Taeheon Kim's modular makeup brush is designed for men
Remote-controlled ceramic models of military vehicles by Bezalel Academy graduate Oz Biri aim to open discourse on the "absurdity" of war. More about Oz Biri's ceramic military vehicles symbolise "fragility of life"
Illustrations of electronic musician Aphex Twin's logo have been spotted in locations across the world, to announce his new EP Collapse. More about Mysterious Aphex Twin logos appear in destinations across the world