Designers including India Mahdavi, Nathalie du Pasquier and Ini Archibong have worked with Italian master artisans to create a range of unique objects, including totem-like vases and contemporary Venetian masks. More about Designers team up with Italian master artisans to create "craft design" objects
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed a range of minimal chairs for Danish brand Hay, which they liken to being as simple and inexpensive as a "white T-shirt or blue jeans". More about Bouroullec brothers design low-cost Élémentaire chair for Hay
New York studio The Extrapolation Factory has won this year's Lexus Design Award, with a project that encourages communities to speculate on the future of cities and daily life. More about Future-focused community initiative wins Lexus Design Award 2018
Dezeen is giving away three copies of a book filled with interiors, installations, products and more by New York design studio Snarkitecture in this competition. More about Competition: win a book featuring over 70 projects by Snarkitecture
The headquarters of Facebook, Apple and Google feature in this series of relief sculptures by artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell. More about Artists create relief sculptures of Google and Apple headquarters
Snarkitecture and Caesarstone have teamed up to create an installation exploring the changing forms of water, which was set inside an abandoned 19th-century building during this year's Milan design week. More about Snarkitecture explores the changing states of water for Caesarstone installation
A road that recharges the batteries of electric vehicles as they drive has opened on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. More about New road in Sweden charges electric cars as they drive along it
A framework of bright yellow poles and matching cushioned seating set the scene for the Mindcraft exhibition of Danish craft at this year's Milan design week. More about Mindcraft exhibition explores experimental design and craft from Denmark
A mirror covered in eyeballs, creatures from outer space and a spiky sex toy all feature in this set of miniature monsters from glassware brand Lasvit. More about Glass monsters invade Milanese theatre for Lasvit's Monster Cabaret exhibition
Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has collaborated with a group of craftspeople to create a wire chair with a technique more commonly used to manufacture wire fences. More about Thomas Feichtner bases Octagon chair on wire fencing and shopping trolleys
Children aged six and over can now own cryptocurrency using an app called Pigzbe, which functions as a digital piggy bank. More about Pigzbe app aims to teach children about cryptocurrency
As Milan design week draws to a close, take a look back through Dezeen's extensive coverage of the world's biggest design fair via our new Pinterest board, which showcases all the best projects and exhibitions from across the event. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Athlete Eliud Kipchoge will be wearing the a pair of Nike trainers with 3D-printed uppers when he competes in the London Marathon this weekend. More about Nike unveils "world's first" running shoes with 3D-printed uppers
Vitra is presenting hundreds of items from its archives at an exhibition during Milan design week. Curator Robert Stadler has revealed his favourite pieces, including Verner Panton's Living Tower, and a cork chair by Jasper Morrison. More about Eight highlights from Vitra's Typecasting exhibition selected by curator Robert Stadler
Milan's Palazzo Clerici has provided a dramatic setting for an exhibition by Hay, Sonos and WeWork, which juxtaposes contemporary furniture and products against the historic building's ornate details. More about Hay, Sonos and WeWork display living and work environments at Milanese palazzo
Designers including Front, Raw Edges, Claesson Koivisto Rune and Benjamin Hubert have unveiled new furniture pieces made using an unusual textile board. More about Recycled textile board used to make furniture by Front, Claesson Koivisto Rune and more
Design collective Dutch Invertuals has teamed up with research studio Franklin Till to explore how man-made materials can be "mutated" and repurposed. More about Dutch Invertuals explores material making in the Anthropocene era
Milan is becoming a major cultural destination that could attract creative businesses away from London, according to leading figures in the city for its design week. More about Milan "will benefit from Brexit" as the city grows in confidence and status, say designers and critics
Niklas Jacob has worked with 17 other designers to produce a series of satirical flat-packed products in the style of IKEA furniture, for Milan design week. More about IDEA is an ironic "design supermarket" based on IKEA products
Students from Singapore and Kyoto have created a series of design objects based on photographs of each other's home city. More about Students from Singapore and Kyoto design objects inspired by each other's cities