London Design Festival 2013: London's V&A Museum has added the world's first 3D-printed gun to its permanent collection and will exhibit it along with four other newly acquired design objects during the London Design Festival. More about V&A museum acquires first 3D-printed gun
News: technology giant Apple has lost its vision and has reached creative saturation according to Hartmut Esslinger, the industrial designer hired by Steve Jobs to help transform the brand in the 1980s. More about Apple has reached "saturation" says former designer
Lisbon Architecture Triennale: Jimenez Lai of Chicago architecture studio Bureau Spectacular has won the inaugural Lisbon Triennale Début Award, presented to an architect under 35 in recognition of an outstanding career so far. More about Jimenez Lai wins Lisbon Triennale Début Award
News: the world's largest free-standing museum dedicated to photography is set to be built in Morocco by British firm David Chipperfield Architects. More about Chipperfield to design photography museum for Marrakech
News: Japanese architecture studio SANAA has won a competition to design the Taichung Cultural Centre in Taiwan. More about SANAA wins Taichung Cultural Centre competition
News: more than 200,000 people from 140 countries have applied for a one-way ticket to join a human settlement on Mars (+ slideshow). More about Over 200,000 people apply to live on Mars
News: New York studio SHoP Architects has revealed its design for a 411-metre skinny skyscraper in Manhattan on a plot that is just 13 metres wide. More about SHoP Architects designs skinny skyscraper for New York
News: designers Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson have collaborated with U2 frontman Bono to design and curate items for his (RED) charity auction, including a pair of solid rose gold Apple EarPods (pictured). More about Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson curate Bono's charity auction
News: the forthcoming National Stadium of Japan by Zaha Hadid Architects is now set to become the main sporting venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games, following the news that Tokyo will be the host city. More about Tokyo 2020 Olympics to centre around Zaha Hadid's stadium
News: the story of how architect Le Corbusier defaced the interior of E.1027, the seminal house designed by fellow modernist Eileen Gray, by painting sexually graphic murals over its walls is to be the subject of a movie. More about Eileen Gray movie to tackle Le Corbusier murals controversy
News: an Islamic cemetery in Austria and a restored market hall in Iran are among the five winners of the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (+ slideshow). More about 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture winners announced
News: Jean Nouvel's One Central Park residential tower in Sydney will feature the world's tallest vertical garden by botanist Patrick Blanc. More about Patrick Blanc creates world's tallest vertical garden for Jean Nouvel's Sydney tower
News: Chinese architect Ma Yansong has revealed plans for a mixed-use complex in Beijing featuring skyscrapers, office blocks and public spaces modelled on mountains, hills and lakes. More about Ma Yansong unveils mountain-inspired skyscrapers for Beijing
News: Architecture for Humanity co-founders Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr have announced plans to leave the disaster-relief organisation they started 15 years ago. More about Architecture for Humanity founders step down
News: ICSID president-elect Brandon Gien has told Dezeen that lack of entries to be World Design Capital 2016 was "because it is expensive," after Taipei submitted the only bid. More about Being World Design Capital is "prohibitively expensive" says ICSID president-elect
News: billionaire technology tycoon Elon Musk has unveiled his vision for the future of design, with modelling software controlled by hand gestures linked to 3D printers. More about Tycoon demos gesture-controlled software for designing 3D-printed rocket parts
News: the creator of an anti-diarrhoea pack for the developing world that was named product design of the year for the way it fits inside Coca-Cola crates has admitted that "hardly any" kits have been shipped this way, and has dropped the strategy in favour of more conventional packaging and distribution. More about Coke-crate entrepreneur abandons award-winning design concept
News: architect Rafael Viñoly has admitted he knew the facade of his curvy Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London would focus an intense beam of sunlight onto a neighbouring street, but says that he "didn't realise it was going to be so hot". More about "We made a lot of mistakes with this building" says Walkie Scorchie architect Viñoly
News: Swiss design brand Vitra has acquired Artek, the Finnish furniture company co-founded by Modernist architect Alvar Aalto in 1935. More about Vitra acquires Artek
News: electronics brand Samsung has launched its Galaxy Gear smartwatch. More about Samsung launches Galaxy Gear smartwatch