Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with German publishing house Gestalten to give away five copies of its new book Scandinavia Dreaming. More about Competition: win a book documenting contemporary Scandinavian design and interiors
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to make humankind a "spacefaring civilisation" by starting manned missions to Mars as soon as 2022. More about Elon Musk announces plans to start colonising Mars in six years
Beijing Design Week 2016: German designer Thomas Schnur presents six pieces of furniture adapted from common objects like traffic cones and metal barriers for an exhibition in Beijing (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Schnur exhibits furniture pieces based on objects found in the street
London Design Festival 2016: design duo Barber and Osgerby have created a limited-edition table constructed from three curved pieces of oak (+ slideshow). More about Barber and Osgerby base minimal wooden table on Japanese joinery
London Design Festival 2016: this furniture collection from designer Alessandro Zambelli features a puzzle of metal pieces that have been oxidised to different degrees (+ slideshow). More about Alessandro Zambelli creates furniture inlaid with patterns of oxidised metal
Dezeen promotion: this year's Beijing Design Week features installations, design exhibitions and pop-ups focused on the redevelopment of China's urban environment. More about Beijing Design Week returns for 2016
Comments update: Zaha Hadid Architects' new headquarters for Antwerp's Port Authority is the controversial talking point this week, with readers both decrying and praising the building's visual impact on its surroundings. More about "Giant glass grasshoppermates with building"
Sharon Baurley, head of the Royal College of Art's Design Products programme, is leaving after just three years to take up a post at a "prestigious European institution". More about Sharon Baurley to step down as head of Design Products at Royal College of Art
A door latch and a pair of pliers are among the mechanisms created without screws, bolts or other fixings by researchers working with a new technology called metamaterials (+ movie). More about Metamaterials make it possible to create mechanisms from a single piece of plastic
German furniture maker Nils Holger Moormann has released a flat-pack bed designed for the needs of man's best friend (+ slideshow). More about Nils Holger Moorman launches dog-sized version of its flatpack bed
Video sharing app Snapchat has made its first foray into hardware with a pair of glasses that allow users to wirelessly send clips without touching their phone. More about Snapchat branches into hardware with camera-integrated Spectacles
Brexit Design Manifesto: the list of leading design industry figures backing Dezeen's Brexit Design Manifesto has more than doubled, with David Adjaye, Terry Farrell, Es Devlin and David Shrigley among those adding their support. More about Adjaye, Farrell, Devlin and Shrigley back Brexit Design Manifesto
Trans activist and entrepreneur Buck Angel has created a sex toy designed specifically for gender-transitioning men (+ slideshow). More about Buck Off is the world's first sex toy for transgender men
Dezeen promotion: Israeli designer and architect Ron Arad has teamed up with LG Display to create an artwork of OLED light panels for trade fair 100% Design during this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More about Ron Arad creates OLED light panel installation for LG Display at London Design Festival
London Design Festival 2016: Polish designer Olga Bielawska has used slices of marble to create the illusion of a table draped in striped silk (+ slideshow).
More about Olga Bielawska creates visual effects with marble for Veiled tables
London Design Festival 2016: London designer Ariane Prin has added to her Rust collection with a series of blue and green-tinged clocks and pots made using copper dust (+ slideshow). More about Ariane Prin's Rust collection changes over time as it oxidises
London Design Festival 2016: British designer Sebastian Bergne's glass Drop carafe has been created to resemble an oversized droplet of water (+ slideshow). More about Sebastian Bergne designs jug shaped like enormous water droplet
The PK6 and PK7 chair and sofa designed by Brazilian architect Paulo Kobylka are made from industrial metal screens (+ slideshow). More about Paulo Kobylka designs furniture using brightly painted industrial mesh
From Benjamin Hubert's V&A installation featuring rippling steel to an exhibition full of crystal-shaped resin sculpted by scent, we've pinned all the highlights from this year's London Design Festival to a new Pinterest board.
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Music: London animator Jack Brown used oil pastels to create an animation of a woman on a journey of self discovery for Doe Paoro's The Wind track (+ movie). More about Wind guides woman through "a dream-like environment" in Doe Paoro music video