Alberto Alessi has paid tribute to Postmodernist architect and designer Michael Graves, who died yesterday, and revealed plans for a special edition of his best-selling 9093 kettle (pictured). More about Alessi to launch special edition of kettle by "design hero" Michael Graves
Egypt is to unveil plans for a vast new privately funded administrative capital for seven million residents that would extend Cairo eastwards to the coast of the Red Sea. More about Egypt plans new capital city covering 700 square kilometres
Architect and designer Michael Graves has died at his home in Princeton, New Jersey at the age of 80, his office has announced. More about Michael Graves dies aged 80
Business news: Chinese technology company Huawei has named French designer Mathieu Lehanneur as the head of its new design research centre in Paris. More about Mathieu Lehanneur appointed chief designer at Huawei
British architecture firm Foster + Partners has revealed plans to build an 80-storey skyscraper that is set to become Canada's tallest habitable building. More about Foster + Partners to create Canada's tallest habitable building in Toronto
Oklahoma firm Kinslow, Keith & Todd has presented its vision to build a skyscraper shaped like a tornado on top of a Tulsa parking garage. More about Proposal unveiled for tornado-shaped skyscraper with a revolving rooftop restaurant
British architect David Chipperfield has been selected to design a new wing for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. More about David Chipperfield chosen to extend the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Zaha Hadid has paid tribute to "inspirational and enlightening" late German architect Frei Otto, while Norman Foster said Otto's "extraordinary structures altered the nature of architectural form in the 20th century". More about Hadid and Foster lead tributes to "great architect, inventor and gentleman" Frei Otto
China's days as a major producer of fake designer goods are numbered, according to Design Shanghai's creative director Ross Urwin. More about "China's copying days are coming to an end" says Design Shanghai creative director
Renzo Piano has become the latest architect to contribute a design to the major redevelopment of Sydney's Barangaroo South waterfront (+ movie). More about Renzo Piano joins Rogers Stirk Harbour and Wilkinson Eyre for Sydney harbour overhaul
German architect Frei Otto, who died on Monday aged 89, has been named the 2015 Pritzker Prize laureate. More about Frei Otto posthumously named 2015 Pritzker Prize laureate
Eva Jiřičná, Richard Meier and John Pawson have been added to a growing list of architects creating designs for Oaks Prague, a major new housing and hotel scheme near the Czech capital (+ slideshow). More about Eva Jiřičná, Richard Meier and John Pawson recruited for village-like development near Prague
London's Royal College of Art has been hit by more senior staff changes, with Ab Rogers (above) stepping down as head of the Interior Design programme, Clare Johnston retiring as head of Textiles and Jeremy Myerson departing as head of research institute the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design. More about "Changing of the guard" as more senior staff step down at Royal College of Art
Tiny Shoreditch gallery Kemistry is rebranding itself as the UK's first public institution dedicated to graphic design, and is staging a retrospective exhibition as part of its funding bid. More about London gallery to re-launch as UK's first public institution of graphic design
Apple has revealed its latest laptop computer, which weighs only two pounds and comes in colours to match the tech giant's iPhone 6 (+ slideshow). More about Apple's thinnest and lightest MacBook comes in gold
Foster + Partners will design the stadium that will host the opening game and closing ceremony for the controversial 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar. More about Foster + Partners wins Lusail Stadium job for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup
An oval museum filled with robots and other technological inventions has been scheduled for construction in Dubai (+ movie). More about Dubai unveils vision for Museum of the Future to showcase innovation in design
News: Will.i.am has called for "new morals, new laws and new codes" for 3D printing, a technology he says is evolving so rapidly that we will soon be able to print humans (+ interview). More about Will.i.am calls for ethical stance on 3D-printing human bodies
Exclusive: in this exclusive interview, BIG founder Bjarke Ingels talks about the spectacular new HQ he is co-designing for Google, which wants to set a new industry standard for workplace design and help define "Google 2.0" (+ movie). More about Google's new HQ will be "more like a workshop than a corporate office" says Bjarke Ingels
News: the UK's House of Lords has called for stricter rules on drone management, but says that the production of unmanned aerial vehicles in the European Union could create 150,000 jobs. More about UK calls for EU database to track active drones