News: technology and food have replaced products and furniture as the new frontiers for designers, according to Thomas Widdershoven, creative director of Design Academy Eindhoven (+ interview). More about Design Academy Eindhoven "needs to get a grip on technology"
News: The Rom Skatepark in east London has become the first European facility of its kind to be awarded protected status (+ slideshow). More about London's The Rom becomes first listed skatepark in Europe
News: craft skills contribute £3.4 billion to the economy, according to research that for the first time measures the economic impact of thousands of small craft businesses in the UK. More about £3.4 billion crafts sector is "far bigger than we thought" says Crafts Council
News: Chicago-based Studio Gang is following in the footsteps of OMA, Herzog & de Meuron and Zaha Hadid by becoming the latest architect to design a residential building for Miami (+ slideshow). More about Studio Gang joins rising tide of architects building in Miami
News: Marc Newson, the industrial designer who joined Apple in September, is working with Italian gun brand Beretta to launch a new version of the 486 Parallelo hunting shotgun next month (original version pictured). More about Marc Newson designs a shotgun for Beretta
News: Frank Gehry has responded to criticism of his own architectural style by giving an audience of journalists the middle finger and saying that most architecture today has "no sense of design". More about "98% of what gets built today is shit" says Frank Gehry
News: Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its plans to redevelop the Basel campus of Swiss pharmaceuticals company Roche, adding a 205-metre-high tower and a research centre (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils Basel campus redesign for Roche healthcare
News: British studio OS31 has won a competition to design a pop-up restaurant on the surface of a frozen river in Winnipeg, Canada. More about Pop-up restaurant by OS31 will be built over a frozen river
News: Claudio Luti has resigned as president of Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile after less than two years in the role, following a shakeup of the furniture fair's ownership structure. More about Salone del Mobile president Claudio Luti resigns after boardroom shakeup
News: Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster have been selected to design high-rise hotels in China for Jumeirah Group. More about Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster chosen to design Chinese hotels
News: the first glow-in-the-dark road of Daan Roosegaarde's Smart Highway project has opened in Oss, the Netherlands (+ movie). More about Daan Roosegaarde's pilot Smart Highway is a Dutch road illuminated with solar power
News: Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for an end to the "weird architecture" that has come as a result of China's construction boom. More about "No more weird architecture" says Chinese president
News: the Puls smartwatch by music producer Will.i.am is due to go on sale in the USA and UK later this year, featuring special edition designs created by architect Zaha Hadid. More about Will.i.am launches Puls smart "cuff" with special editions by Zaha Hadid
News: London's Design Museum has announced it will offer visitors free entry to its permanent collection from 2016 under a new UK VAT refund scheme, set up to encourage museums and galleries to scrap entrance charges. More about London's Design Museum to offer free entry from 2016
News: Amsterdam agency Lemz has taken away the top honour at this year's Dutch Design Awards for Sweetie: a virtual 10-year-old girl created to catch perpetrators of webcam child sex tourism (+ movie). More about Lemz wins Dutch Design Award 2014 with avatar for fighting child sex tourism online
News: today's Google Doodle celebrates what would have been the 382nd birthday of British architect Christopher Wren with an animation showing the rise of St Paul's Cathedral. More about Google animates St Paul's Cathedral to celebrate Christopher Wren's birthday
News: Haworth Tompkins' new home for the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, featuring a curved auditorium built from 25,000 reclaimed bricks, is the 2014 winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize for the biggest contribution to British architecture this year. More about Liverpool Everyman Theatre by Haworth Tompkins wins Stirling Prize 2014
News: Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA has teamed up with American landscape architecture studio Olin to create the winning design for the 11th Street Bridge Park – a raised garden spanning Washington DC's Anacostia River (+ slideshow). More about OMA and Olin win competition to design garden bridge for Washington DC
News: Henning Larsen Architects has won a bid to design a train station for the new city of Vinge, located in a rural area outside Copenhagen (+ slideshow). More about Henning Larsen Architects to design train station for new Danish town
News: MVRDV and fellow Rotterdam studio MorePlatz have been selected to create a pair of dockside office blocks in Mainz, Germany, with designs for buildings featuring zigzagging profiles. More about MVRDV's zigzagging buildings come top in Mainz basin contest