Business news: the UK's Design Council has published research that reveals how many billions of pounds the country's design industry generates each year. More about Design contributes £71.7 billion to UK economy says Design Council report
Dutch Design Week 2015: this "aesthetically pleasing" glass vibrator by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Bastiaan Buijs is powered by clockwork. More about Bastiaan Buijs creates wind-up sex toy using hand-blown glass
"Ridiculous choices" made by the music industry have made it difficult for furniture companies to argue against copies of products by designers like Charles and Ray Eames, according to the Modernists' grandson. More about Music industry to blame for attitudes towards design copies, says Eames Demetrios
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Stefania Vulpi has created a conceptual online system that allows a network of people to temporarily share their nationality (+ movie). More about Stefania Vulpi's Universal Unconditional platform lets people borrow citizenship
A test track for the Hyperloop high-speed transportation network – first conceived by entrepreneur Elon Musk – will begin work in California next month (+ slideshow). More about Hyperloop's test track will be "closest thing to teletransportation"
Chinese-owned auto manufacturer The London Taxi Company has unveiled the glass-roofed hybrid TX5 prototype that is set to be used as the UK capital's latest black cab. More about The London Taxi Company reveals "new generation" battery-powered black cab
Dutch Design Week 2015: Amsterdam designer Pieke Bergmans used traditional glass-blowing techniques to form these neon lamps with uneven tubes. (+ slideshow). More about Pieke Bergmans creates neon lights with irregularly shaped tubes
Nike has celebrated Back to the Future day by presenting actor Michael J Fox with a pair of the self-lacing shoes he wore in the 1985 movie Back to the Future II. More about Michael J Fox tries Nike's first pair of Back to the Future self-lacing shoes
Dutch Design Week 2015: experimental graduate fashion designs themed around sport and performance are on show at Eindhoven's Philips Stadium for this year's Modebelofte exhibition. More about Modebelofte 2015 presents "sport-related" graduate fashion at Eindhoven football stadium
Car manufacturers, including Mercedes-Benz and Toyota, suggest the classic sci-fi film Back to the Future provided the inspiration for the vehicles of tomorrow. More about Car manufacturers show how Back to the Future is influencing vehicle design
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven has undergone a "paradigm shift" with students now more interested in responding to real-world problems such as Europe's refugee crisis than making beautiful objects for collectors, according to creative director Thomas Widdershoven. More about Design Academy Eindhoven students "see crisis in the world and respond to it"
Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers have launched a public competition to source a replacement logo for Kenjiro Sano's controversial withdrawn design. More about Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers seek replacement logo through public competition
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Bastiaan de Nennie has 3D-scanned and re-assembled everyday objects as improbable digital creations. More about Bastiaan de Nennie designs hybrid virtual objects for Digital Virtuosity series
Sci-fi movie Back to the Future II created a "self-fulfilling prophecy" that helped shape today's interactions and objects, according to contemporary designers. More about Back to the Future "brought the future closer" say designers
Future Makers: in this movie filmed by Dezeen in London, Suryansh Chandra claims the affordable robotic arm his company Automata is developing could lead to robots becoming as ubiquitous as desktop 3D printers. More about Automata aims to "democratise robotics" with ,000 six-axis robot
Tech company Arx Pax has worked with pro skateboarder Tony Hawk to create a slimmed-down design for its second Hendo hoverboard, released today to mark the exact date travelled to in 1980s sci-fi film Back to the Future II. More about Arx Pax unveils updated Hendo hoverboard on Back to the Future day
The Cooper Hewitt museum in New York has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for its Design in the Classroom programme, which it hopes to launch across the US. More about Cooper Hewitt museum launches crowdfunding campaign to bring design to school classrooms
Opinion: as London's Barbican gallery launches a major retrospective on Modernist designers Charles and Ray Eames, Sam Jacob wonders whether it matters that the Eames name has taken on a life of its own. More about "Eames has become a vaguely suggestive word applied to alchemise junk shop remnants"
From triple-screen films to plywood chairs, the multi-disciplinary careers of American Modernist design duo Charles and Ray Eames are the focus of an exhibition at London's Barbican Centre. More about The World of Charles and Ray Eames exhibition opens at the Barbican
Movie: German designer Nils Holger Moormann told young designers they must learn to be resilient if they want to have successful careers at this year's Blickfang design workshop. More about As a designer you will sometimes "fail completely" says Nils Holger Moormann