Art director Scott Kelly has designed a collection of 103 flags to represent the planets featured in sci-fi film series Star Wars. More about Star Wars planets receive fictional flag designs by Scott Kelly
Business news: Italian design studio Pininfarina, which specialises in creating sports cars for brands like Ferrari, has been acquired by Indian conglomerate Mahindra. More about Design firm Pininfarina bought by India's Mahindra Group
Danish toy brand Lego has released a set of kits that allows architecture lovers to build skylines of cities around the world. More about Lego introduces Skyline building kits for recreating cityscapes
New Zealand has selected a winner in a contest to find a new national flag, which will go up against its existing design in a public vote. More about New Zealand selects Silver Fern as design for national flag vote
Design education in England should learn from the American model and seek greater private funding, according to graphic designer and Royal College of Art professor Neville Brody. More about Design industry should step in to plug education funding gap says Neville Brody
Aerospace engineering company Windspeed Technologies has designed a bubble-shaped viewing platform for the top of commercial aircraft as an alternative to current in-flight entertainment (+ movie). More about Transparent SkyDeck offers aeroplane passengers panoramic views from the sky
Design Miami 2015: San Francisco designer Yves Béhar created a temporary beach hut installation to showcase his collection of surfboards in Miami Design District. More about Yves Béhar designs slanted Surf Shack for Design Miami
Most Loved: in the first movie of our exclusive new video series, Marcel Wanders looks back at his chair made from knotted rope, which helped propel the Dutch designer to international stardom when it was launched in 1996. More about Marcel Wanders' seminal 1996 Knotted Chair was "a little miracle"
Today we're launching Most Loved, our latest collaboration with MINI, which celebrates design objects that have found a special place in people's hearts. More about Dezeen and MINI launch Most Loved video series
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has created a modelling kit made up of triangular-shaped wooden pieces, which has been described as the Japanese alternative to Lego (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma's Tsumiki building blocks can be arranged to create original sculptures
Italian designer Francesco Musci has created a set of latex fingertip covers designed to protect wearers' hands from greasy food and other substances. More about Francesco Musci's Tidy Tips are brightly coloured finger condoms
Music: German animation studio Schnellebuntebilder used an XBox Kinect sensor to record glitchy footage of electronic trio Sissi Rada for their Sunday music video. More about Sissi Rada's glitchy Sunday music video was filmed entirely with Xbox Kinect
Sports brand Adidas has created a concept trainer with an upper made using waste plastic filtered out of the oceans and a 3D-printed midsole created from recycled fishing nets. More about Adidas combines ocean plastic and 3D printing for eco-friendly trainers
Design Miami 2015: traditional automotive brands "don't need to be scared" of upstarts including Tesla and Apple – and the cars of the future may not be electric, according to Audi's head of experiential marketing. More about Car brands unafraid of Tesla's electric challenge, says Audi marketing head
Movie: in our next movie for Dubai Design Week, Global Grad Show curator Brendan McGetrick explains why it was important to present an exhibition of student projects at Dubai's inaugural design festival. More about Global Grad Show brought "groundbreaking" student work from around the world to Dubai
Influential US magazine Sight Unseen has launched an LA exhibition of work by local designers in response to the city's resurgence as a centre for design (+ slideshow). More about Sight Unseen's LA exhibition showcases work from "focal point of the American design scene"
Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno has created a pair of air-filled globes that he eventually plans to sail across the sky. More about Tomás Saraceno installs Aerocene metallic orbs in Paris' Grand Palais
Advances in genetic technology mean that creating synthetic animals has become just another branch of industrial design, according to Daisy Ginsberg. More about Synthetic biology is turning into industrial design, says Daisy Ginsberg
A new copyright law in the UK will "wipe out" design book publishing and cripple design education, according to author and publisher Charlotte Fiell. More about Copyright legislation will destroy design publishing says Charlotte Fiell
Three design students have created a purposefully awkward chair that encourages sitters into a slump to highlight the long-term effects of slouching. More about Disposture chair forces sitters into an uncomfortable slump