Curators Edouard Cabay and Margherita Del Grosso led a workshop during the New Generations architecture festival in Genoa to produce this wooden installation resembling the shapes of ship sails (+ slideshow). More about Bent installation for Genoa's New Generations festival resembles billowing sails
A Silicon Valley inventor has created a vehicle that looks like a skateboard balanced on a single wheel, and allows users to "surf on land" (+ movie). More about Robert Bigler's Hoverboard is a one-wheeled gyroscopic skateboard
Architect David Chipperfield has continued his foray into furniture design with a wooden coffee table and sideboard for German brand e15. More about David Chipperfield extends furniture range for e15 with minimal table and sideboard
French designer Inga Sempé has created a collection of rectangular mirrors framed by brightly coloured ribbon for Danish brand Hay. More about Inga Sempé wraps ribbon around Ruban mirrors for Hay
Oslo design studio Anderssen & Voll has created a collection of five-sided poufs with gently rounded corners for Danish brand Muuto. More about Anderssen & Voll designs set of pentagonal poufs for Muuto
Music: American director Kris Merc has created an animated tale of a hooded outlaw on a mission for English rock band James' To My Surprise music video. More about Pink-haired fugitive detonates a "love bomb" in Kris Merc's music video for James
A pair of Swedish designers have created a set of multi-faceted wooden building blocks that are coloured with fruit and vegetable dyes (+ slideshow). More about Snego building blocks are made using salvaged wood and natural dyes
Architects Bob Allies and Graham Morrison are among the figures from the architecture and design world awarded in the UK's 2016 New Year Honours. More about Allies and Morrison among architects awarded in 2016 New Year Honours
In the final instalment from our review of the year, we've collected together our most-read stories of 2015 – including self-lacing trainers, the "end of fashion", driverless cars and a drip-free umbrella (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen's 10 biggest architecture and design stories of 2015
This bikini is made from a sponge-like material that repels water but absorbs oils, designed to help filter impurities from water and turn swimming to an "eco-friendly activity". More about Sponge bikini is designed to absorb pollution from the sea
Dezeen's design editor Dan Howarth picks 10 of the best upcoming architecture and design exhibitions for 2016, including shows that explore architecture's regenerative power and fashion's place in an age of technology. More about 10 architecture and design exhibitions we're looking forward to in 2016
Dutch bike manufacturer VanMoof has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a poncho that protects the wearer and their bicycle from the rain. More about VanMoof's Boncho rain mac covers both bike and rider to encourage wet-weather city cycling
From 3D-printed food to the Bouroullec brothers' first TV, Dezeen's award-winning video content explored a wide range of design stories in 2015. We've compiled the 10 most popular movies in this YouTube playlist. More about Dezeen's top 10 architecture and design videos of 2015
New York-based HCWD Studio has released a white-concrete version of its cordless brick-shaped lamp, which is activated by movement rather than a switch (+ movie). More about HCWD launches white-concrete version of portable LED Brick lamp
ODO, a San Francisco-based apparel company, has developed a line of self-cleaning T-shirts and denim jeans that "never stink or stain" (+ movie). More about ODO unveils cotton jeans and T-shirts that clean themselves
Opinion: as 2015 draws to a close, Will Wiles offers five New Year's resolutions for architecture and design, ranging from less Zaha-bashing to abandoning the idea of favela chic. More about "New Year's resolutions for architecture and design in 2016"
Dezeen editor Anna Winston identifies 10 of the key architecture and design trends of 2015, including ocean plastic, floating buildings and "broken-plan" living. More about The top 10 architecture and design trends of 2015
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with online retailer Evermade to give readers the chance to win a 2016 wall planner that features global events for every day of the year. More about Competiton: five minimal 2016 wall planners by Evermade to be won
German industrial designer Fabian Ludwig has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a cylindrical light that is inserted into the handlebars of bicycles (+ slideshow). More about Magnetic STiKK bike light slots into the handlebars of a bicycle
Swedish designer Jonas Wagell used his background in graphics to create a clock with chunky hands. More about Jonas Wagell's minimal Bold clock is based on typographic shapes