Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: British curator and writer Zoë Ryan has been appointed as curator of the second Istanbul Design Biennial, to be held from 18 October to 14 December 2014. More about Zoë Ryan appointed as curator of Istanbul Design Biennial 2014
News: British industrial design firm Dyson has launched a tiny vacuum cleaner for British homes, which are the smallest in western Europe and often lack space to store a full-size cleaner. More about Dyson launches vacuum cleaner the size of an A4 sheet of paper
News: Parisian design agency RSi-studio have sent over the image that won them the award for Best Commissioned Architectural Image at the 2013 CGarchitect 3D Awards last month. More about RSi-studio win award for 3D architectural image
News: French architect Jean Nouvel has been officially declared winner of the competition to design the prestigious National Art Museum of China in Beijing, ending months of speculation. More about Jean Nouvel wins National Art Museum of China competition
News: police in Germany plan to 3D print a gun to test whether the weapon can pass through security checks undetected. More about German police test 3D-printed gun
News: a designer who developed a technique for harnessing bees to create physical objects has accused a major brand of exploiting his work. More about Honeycomb vase designer says whisky campaign "unabashedly exploits" his work
News: a masters student at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles has developed a method of using a robotic arm to 3D print objects in a tank of gel, allowing freeform printing without the need for support structures and potentially adding an "undo" function to remove errors (+ movie). More about SCI-Arc student develops freeform 3D printing with "undo" function
News: Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid and Grimshaw are among the shortlisted architects in a competition to overhaul Melbourne's iconic nineteenth-century railway station at Flinders Street. More about Zaha Hadid and Herzog & de Meuron shortlisted for Melbourne station overhaul
News: the seminal London home designed by British architect Richard Rogers for his parents - and which influenced his later design for the Pompidou Centre - has been put on the market for the first time since it was built in 1968 (+ slideshow). More about Rogers House by Richard Rogers goes on sale for the first time
The three-legged, leaf-shaped side table that sparked a revolution in self-assembly furniture over 60 years ago is returning to IKEA stores next month. More about IKEA relaunches first flat-pack table
News: a book of photographs showing domestic life in Tehran was temporarily blacklisted by online payments company PayPal for having the word "Iranian" in the title (+ slideshow). More about Iranian Living Room - the book PayPal tried to ban
UK designer Thomas Heatherwick has released images of a technology education building under construction at Nanyang Technology University in Singapore. More about Learning Hub at Nanyang Technology University by Thomas Heatherwick
News: London architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) have been appointed to design a new terminal at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport at Lyon in France. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to design terminal at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
News: architecture firm OMA has been selected to design a major mixed-use public building featuring angled blocks stacked like dominoes for downtown Santa Monica, California (+ slideshow). More about OMA selected for downtown Santa Monica project
News: Dutch office UNStudio has won a competition to design a world trade centre in the growing city of Wenzhou, China, with proposals for a family of segmented skyscrapers. More about UNStudio to design Yongjia World Trade Centre
News: the founder of a new magazine celebrating the work of interns in the creative industry has spoken of the dangers of creating a culture on unpaid labour (+ interview + slideshow). More about Young people "can't afford to work for free" says Intern magazine founder
News: a camera that allows users to focus photographs after they've been taken has launched in the UK. More about UK launch of camera you focus after shooting
News: D&AD chairman Dick Powell has moved to defuse the controversy over a speech advising young people to "work for nothing" in order to get a job in the creative industries. In a letter to Dezeen, Powell states that "there are no circumstances where working unpaid in any capacity is acceptable on any level" and adds: "I apologise to your readers who may wrongly have a different impression". More about Unpaid work is not "acceptable on any level" says Dick Powell
News: six buildings have been shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize, including the overhaul of Sheffield's notorious Park Hill housing estate (above), an elliptical chapel and a museum that mimics volcanic formations. More about 2013 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist announced
News: Dutch firm OMA has seen off competition from Danish studio BIG to land the high-profile commission to renovate Miami Beach Convention Center, home to the annual Art Basel/Miami and Design Miami trade fairs. More about OMA lands Miami Beach Convention Center commission
