CES 2016: footwear company Digitsole's Smartshoes connect to the wearer's smartphone or smartwatch to warm cold feet, track footsteps, and lace themselves up like the Nike trainers worn in sci-fi film Back to the Future II. More about Digitsole presents Back to the Future-style self-lacing trainers
CES 2016: new electric car company Faraday Future has entered the automotive industry with a high-tech supercar, which runs on a modular battery that can be easily resized for its upcoming vehicle designs (+ movie). More about Faraday Future unveils FFZero1 modular all-electric supercar concept
CES 2016: wearable technology company Fitbit has released a smartwatch with customisable straps and frames at the CES tech fair in Las Vegas, which officially opens today (+ movie). More about Fitbit launches fitness-focused Blaze smartwatch at CES 2016
CES 2016: Kodak has teamed up with San Francisco designer Yves Behar to relaunch its iconic Super 8 film camera, with an updated design that combines analogue and digital. More about Yves Behar redesigns Kodak Super 8 camera
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
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
Dutch studio Doepel Strijkers has unveiled designs for a sunken pavilion with earth walls and a rooftop greenhouse, which will be built in Almere ahead of the Floriade 2022 horticultural expo (+ slideshow). More about Designs revealed for sunken pavilion on MVRDV's Almere expo site
Welcome to 2016 everyone – and thanks for making 2015 our best year ever with seven awards and a record-breaking 44 million visits! More about Thank you for helping make 2015 Dezeen's best year ever
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
A home-help aide to IM Pei has been charged with assaulting the Pritzker Prize-winning architect at his New York home. More about Homecare worker charged with assaulting 98-year-old architect IM Pei
A fire has engulfed The Address Downtown Dubai hotel tower near the Burj Khalifa, ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations. More about Huge fire breaks out at Atkins-designed Dubai skyscraper
Full-scale copies of a 2,000-year-old Syrian architectural landmark believed to have been destroyed by ISIS will be on view in London and New York this April. More about Giant 3D-printed replica of Palmyra Arch will be installed in London and New York
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
David Chipperfield Architects has released images of its design for a half-submerged concert hall bracketed by textured concrete walls in southern Germany (+ slideshow). More about Chipperfield unveils design for partially buried concert hall in Germany
Winners of a competition to create better sidewalk sheds for New York construction sites have been unveiled, with the hope they will be implemented as the city undergoes a major building boom. More about Four designs aim to improve sidewalk sheds around New York construction sites
Lever Architecture has designed a 12-storey tower for Portland, Oregon, that will be one of the tallest wooden buildings in the US. More about Lever Architecture proposes timber-framed tower for Portland
SHoP Architects has designed a 10-storey residential tower in Manhattan that is set to become the city's tallest building constructed from structural timber. More about SHoP proposes New York's tallest timber-framed building
Marcel Wanders has dismissed the ongoing debate about whether non-architects should design buildings as "an endless conversation about nothing" (+ interview + slideshow). More about Designers as architects debate is "f*cking opposite" of open-minded creativity says Wanders
David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled plans to refurbish a 19th-century brewery in Berlin, adding a trio of new buildings to house a gallery, restaurants and a medical innovation centre (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield reveals £185 million masterplan for Berlin brewery
Architecture firm SOM has completed the first public school in New York City that generates as much energy on site as it consumes (+ slideshow). More about SOM designs first net-zero energy school in New York City on Staten Island