Architects and designers have created quirky obstacles based on features of Los Angeles for a temporary mini-golf range at the city's Materials & Applications gallery (+ slideshow). More about Architects design fantastical crazy-golf courses for Turf exhibition in Los Angeles
In our second movie featuring an iconic Richard Sapper product, Alberto Alessi tells the story behind the late designer's 9091 harmonic whistling kettle (+ movie). More about Remembering Richard Sapper: 9091 kettle for Alessi
In memory of Richard Sapper, who died last week, we're revisiting our movies in which Alessi president Alberto Alessi speaks about the German industrial designer's iconic products for the brand. In the first, he explains the story behind Sapper's 9090 espresso maker (+ movie). More about Remembering Richard Sapper: 9090 espresso maker for Alessi
CES 2016: women can receive fitness metrics and workout tips from sportswear startup OMsignal's smart bra, which was launched at the CES technology fair in Las Vegas this week (+ slideshow). More about OMsignal's smart sports bra gives wearers instant workout feedback
Design industry figures including Yves Behar, Clemens Weisshaar and Andrea Morgante have posted Instagram photos of their favourite products by Richard Sapper, who died on New Year's Eve. More about Design industry pays tribute to Richard Sapper on Instagram
Following an accident with a hairdryer, design student Sookhyun Kim has burnt a pattern of 426 circles onto this wooden chair using a heat gun (+ movie). More about Sookhyun Kim burns circles onto Peacock Chair with a heat gun
Disney Research Zurich and Swiss technology institute ETH have developed a four-wheeled robot with integrated propellers that allow it to scale vertical surfaces. More about Disney's VertiGo robot uses propellers to climb up walls
German industrial designer Richard Sapper, who created iconic products for brands including Alessi, Knoll and IBM, has died aged 83. More about Industrial designer Richard Sapper dies aged 83
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