Architects Anna and Eugeni Bach are making the Barcelona Pavilion more minimal than ever before – by covering all of its walls with white panels. More about Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion loses its marble walls
Lamborghini has collaborated with a group of researchers from MIT to create a conceptual electric sports car, which has a carbon fibre shell that is able to repair any cracks or damages by itself. More about Lamborghini teams up with MIT researchers to create "self-healing" sports car
Adidas has created football kits inspired by memorable designs of the past for teams competing in the FIFA World Cup 2018, including Germany, Spain and Argentina. More about Adidas unveils eight World Cup 2018 kits that pay homage to classic football shirts
A group of Canadian engineering students have been named the winners of this year's James Dyson Award, for their device that detects skin cancer without the need for a biopsy. More about Device that detects skin cancer wins James Dyson Award 2017
Architecture studio Penda has created a modular, flexible and reusable building system for MINI Living, featuring a range of living spaces that can be plugged together to form customised micro homes. More about Penda proposes "radical future-living concept" with recyclable modular dwellings
This flat-pack floor lamp by Vancouver studio Knauf and Brown is weighed down using a bag of water, which comes empty to make the product easier and lighter to ship. More about Knauf and Brown weights standing lamp with fillable water bag
Dezeen promotion: designer studio Formafantasma worked with colours previously used by prolific architect Ettore Sottsass to create this range of tiles, which can be used to give ombre effects to surfaces. More about Formafantasma delves into Ettore Sottsass' archive to find colours for CEDIT tile collection
Norm Architects has made its first foray into the cycling industry, collaborating with Danish Network Association and MediaGroup Worldwide to release a range of electric and manual bicycles. More about Norm Architects launches its own cycling company with range of minimal bicycles
Dezeen promotion: Italian engineer Alberto Meda has improved the popular Frame office chairs he designed for furniture brand Alias, by adding new mechanisms that enhance their ergonomics. More about Alberto Meda reengineers Frame office chairs to make them more comfortable
New York jewellers Tiffany & Co has created a line of everyday items re-imagined in expensive materials, including a gold and silver tin can and a ball of yarn recreated in handspun silver for £6,840. More about Tiffany & Co releases £945 tin can as part of Everyday Objects collection
London-based designers Nathan Smith and Sam T Smith have created a book filled with postcards made by UK creatives in reaction to last year's Brexit vote. More about Me & EU book includes over 100 postcards for post-Brexit Britain
The latest collaboration between fashion brand COS and New York studio Snarkitecture sees a lilac-hued marble run suspended from the ceiling of the Gana Art Gallery in Seoul, South Korea. More about COS and Snarkitecture reveal snaking marble run for Seoul gallery
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Milou Bergs has designed a bicycle rack that only pops-up when needed, as an alternative to the "eyesore" storage systems populating towns and cities. More about Milou Bergs' bicycle rack disappears into the pavement when not in use
David Zwirner Gallery is showing concurrent exhibitions of work by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, including her iconic fully-mirrored rooms and spotty spaces, in New York's Chelsea. More about Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms and polka-dot installations come to New York City
A pouf packed with plants, a faceted flat-packed hideaway and a big ball of twine are among the shelters that Los Angeles-based architects and designers have created for the city's stray cats. More about LA architects design shelters for homeless cats
A group of international organisations representing designers and architects have signed the first Montreal Design Declaration, setting out the sector's ambitions for tackling world issues. More about Montreal declaration outlines design's responsibility for solving global problems
Giles Miller suspended 2,000 metallic disks within a wooden lattice to create this light-reflecting sculpture, which was built for this year's Northern Design Festival in Newcastle. More about Giles Miller creates light-reflecting sculpture from 2,000 "pennies"
A self-driving vehicle that is like a train, but which doesn't run on tracks, has made its first journey in Chinese city Zhuzhou. More about Trackless, driverless "rail bus" takes to the roads in China
China is set to become a major international player for design and technology in the next 10 years, according to Dutch designer Richard Hutten, who has just become art director for Chinese furniture giant Zuoyou. More about China is slowly but steadily emerging as a design powerhouse, says Richard Hutten
Flaking tree trunks informed Stoft's Whittle Away cabinets, which are covered with strips of pine that curl up over time to reveal colourful wooden panels. More about Stoft designs wooden cabinets that peel away over time