Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: engineering student Martijn Lammers, part of the team behind the world's "first solar-powered family car," claims most vehicles could be powered by the sun in future. More about Solar-powered cars could become standard "within 30 years"
News: the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in Manhattan reopens to the public today after a three-year renovation project including new fittings by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro (+ slideshow). More about New York's Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum reopens
Nineteen London-based designers including Dominic Wilcox and Paul Priestman have created miniature fantasy rooms for an exhibition of Dolls' Houses at the city's Museum of Childhood. More about London designers create tiny dream rooms for Museum of Childhood exhibition
One-minute movie: Dutch sculptor Theo Jansen has created huge moving sculptures to prevent the erosion of sand dunes, which he claims are evolving without his help. More about Theo Jansen creates giant wind-powered Strandbeest sculptures
Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have created an indoor "forest" of flax and wood at the Bildmuseet in Umeå – their first project in Sweden (+ slideshow). More about Campana brothers bring "nature indoors" with bristly installation
Interview: Dutch sculptor Theo Jansen has spent the last 24 years developing a series of wind-powered machines called Strandbeests that he describes as "a new species on Earth". Dezeen caught up with him on Miami Beach last week, where he explained how his creations are now evolving without his help (+ movie). More about "I try to make new forms of life," says Strandbeests creator Theo Jansen
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has developed a bespoke projection lens that "unravels light" to turn an arc-shaped section of Amsterdam's Centraal Station into a rainbow (+ movie). More about Daan Roosegaarde lights up Amsterdam station with rainbow projection
Design Miami 2014: wire-mesh furniture was shown against a gridded backdrop by assistants dressed in matching garments during this year's Design Miami fair (+ slideshow). More about Patrick Parrish Gallery presents gridded furniture and matching clothing at Design Miami 2014
Design Miami 2014: Seattle studio Olson Kundig Architects used stacks of timber beams to form the collector's lounge at this year's Design Miami fair (+ interview + slideshow). More about Olson Kundig Architects based Design Miami lounge on historic lumber yards
News: sports brand Nike is suing three of its former footwear designers for $10 million, alleging that they took trade secrets to arch-rival Adidas. More about Nike sues former designers over Adidas defection
Austria-based Livin Studio has created a process to cultivate edible fungi that digests plastic as it grows (+ movie). More about Fungi Mutarium turns waste plastic into edible treats
News: New York's MoMA has acquired a "4D-printed" dress that automatically changes shape, and the technology used to create it, a month after the museum added five DIY electronics products to its permanent collection. More about MoMA acquires "4D-printed" dress
"Less is more" and "form follows beauty" are some of the famous architect quotes reimagined as roadside advertisements in this set of illustrations by Italian graphic designer Federico Babina. More about Federico Babina creates "a Las Vegas of architecture" with famous quotes
Design Miami 2014: design gallery Espasso is displaying Modern and contemporary furniture by Brazilian architects including Oscar Niemeyer and Sergio Rodrigues at The Shore Club hotel in Miami Beach (+ slideshow). More about Espasso showcases Brazilian furniture design at Miami's The Shore Club
Two designers from different sides of the globe have used a fictional design company to launch a new version of Comic Sans, with added spurs to lend it a "vintage, Mid-Western American aesthetic". More about Comic Spurs typeface is Comic Sans with added irony
Dezeen Book of Interviews: in the next extract from our latest book, British designer Thomas Heatherwick discusses some of his studio's most high-profile projects including the UK Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 and updating London's iconic red buses. More about Thomas Heatherwick: "We don’t work in two dimensions"
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Rianne Koens stacked sets of different-sized wooden boxes on top of angled legs to form these furniture pieces. More about Rianne Koens’ stackable drawers function as cabinets, tables and stools
The first collection from British designer Lee West's new brand features cylindrical brass items for the home. More about Lee West launches collection of Modernist-inspired brass objects
Music: creative agencies Rabbit Hole and Blackbox mixed oily magnetic fluids with water to create an abstract representation of primordial life in this music video for UK producer Max Cooper. More about Max Cooper's Origins music video explores the emergence of life
A harlequin pattern of mirrors enveloped a patch of Hungarian woodland in this installation created by Budapest-based Studio Nomad for a summer music festival (+ slideshow). More about Studio Nomad's mirror installation reflects fragments of forest at a Hungarian music festival