Dezeen promotion: this year's Global Futures Forum will feature workshops, debates and presentations lead by creative industry professionals, including London Design Festival director Ben Evans and Wired UK editor David Rowan. More about LDF director and Wired UK editor to speak at Global Futures Forum 2016
Designer Richard Clarkson has created a small, remote-controlled cloud for the home that plays music and flashes while hovering a few centimetres from the ground. More about Richard Clarkson disguises Bluetooth speaker as levitating indoor cloud
British designer Tom Dixon has launched his first collection of office furniture, which includes a minimalist lamp and a workstation based on archetypical Victorian school desks. More about Tom Dixon launches first range of office furniture
Google has upgraded its thrifty cardboard VR headset with a fabric version named Daydream View, which is designed to work with the company's first own-brand smartphone. More about Google's fabric VR headset is based on the "clothes we love to wear"
It may look like a minimal speaker, but this new product from Google promises to harness the search giant's data troves to provide all-knowing assistance in the home. More about Google launches omniscient voice-controlled Home device
The contrasting halves of these perfume bottles can be repurposed separately, or in combinations as vases and incense holders. More about Esrawe Studio and Cadena stack two hemispheres to form reusable perfume bottle for Xinú
A "data centre" provided the backdrop for Chanel's spring summer 2017 show, which included models dressed as robots and bags with flashing LED displays. More about Robots walk the runway at Chanel's Spring Summer 2017 show
Google has made a push for Apple's significant share of the smartphone market with the launch of its self-branded Pixel and Pixel XL. More about Google launches own-brand smartphone to rival Apple's iPhone
French designer Philippe Starck has belatedly joined Facebook and Instagram, despite previously describing digital media as "sick".
More about Social media sceptic Philippe Starck joins Facebook and Instagram
Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has created a smart top that vibrates in response to bad posture. More about Pauline van Dongen designs clothes that correct your posture
Sports brand Nike is raffling limited editions of the self-lacing shoes that feature in sci-fi film Back to the Future II. More about Nike raffles Mag self-lacing shoes from Back to the Future II
London design studio Fredrikson Stallard has brought its glimmering Prologue installation to Vienna's baroque Belvedere Palace. More about Sun-like disc of 8,000 Swarovski crystals installed at baroque Viennese palace
The UK's housing crisis became the hot topic this week, as readers reacted to Phineas Harper's first Opinion column for Dezeen. More about "Architects still don't understand how people live"
Brexit: London and other UK cities need to take "radical action" and introduce their own work permits so design firms can thrive after Brexit, according to former government policy adviser Rohan Silva. More about City work visas could help UK design firms recruit "brightest and best from around the world"
Most Loved: in our next exclusive movie, Janne Kyttanen explains how the the delicate flower-shaped lamp he designed in 2002 demonstrated how 3D printing could be used to create desirable objects for the home. More about The Lily light "paved the way for things to come in 3D printing" says Janne Kyttanen
Dutch designer Casper Notenboom has created a collection of bags that references the way that people in China transport large stacks of goods on their bikes. More about Increase Decrease backpack is based on China's overstuffed cargo bikes
A pendulum swinging back and forth for a week crafted the colourful recession in this table, designed by Austrian studio Mischer'Traxler as part of a residency at Schloss Hollenegg. More about Mischer'Traxler builds pendulum in a castle to slowly sculpt a single tabletop
Dezeen promotion: the programme for this year's Istanbul Design Biennial has been announced, featuring over 70 projects that explore the relationship between design and the human species over the last 200,000 years. More about Programme unveiled for Istanbul Design Biennial 2016 under the theme "Are We Human?"
Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for London's David Gill Gallery is made of walnut and leather, a reference to vintage furniture from the 50s and 60s. More about Zaha Hadid's final furniture collection for David Gill is based on mid-century design
French car manufacturer Renault has unveiled its latest concept electric car, which features a roof that "opens like the lid of a jewellery box". More about Renault replaces doors with a sliding roof for Trezor concept car