Design
Alex Moulton 1920-2012
News: Alex Moulton, the British engineer and designer best known for inventing the small-wheeled Moulton bicycle and the rubber suspension system for the Mini car, has died aged 92. More about Alex Moulton 1920-2012
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Architecture
San Francisco city chiefs vote to allow 20-square-metre "micro apartments"
News: San Francisco city chiefs have voted to allow the development of "micro apartments" as small as 20 square metres in an attempt to alleviate the housing shortage in the US city. More about San Francisco city chiefs vote to allow 20-square-metre "micro apartments"
Architecture
Shortlisted architects announced for M+ museum in Hong Kong
News: six international teams, including Herzog & de Meuron, SANAA and Renzo Piano, have been shortlisted to design a new visual culture museum in Hong Kong's new West Kowloon Cultural District, while two Hong Kong-born architects have been chosen to design a centre for Chinese opera (above) in the same area. More about Shortlisted architects announced for M+ museum in Hong Kong
Technology
3D printing of electronic products could "revolutionise the world around us"
News: engineers at a UK university have printed working electronic devices for the first time using a standard 3D printer fitted with a new type of plastic that conducts electricity. More about 3D printing of electronic products could "revolutionise the world around us"
Technology
“Legal issues” threaten rise of 3D printing
News: the 3D printing revolution could be hampered by copyright claims and legal challenges as the emerging technology matures, an expert has warned. More about “Legal issues” threaten rise of 3D printing
Design
"I couldn't name many interesting US designers" – Vito Acconci
Design Miami: now is "not the best time for design" in the United States, according to designer, artist and architect Vito Acconci, who this week became the first American to receive Design Miami's Designer of the Year award (+ interview). More about "I couldn't name many interesting US designers" – Vito Acconci
Design
Olympic culture director "worried" about curriculum changes
News: the director of the UK’s Olympic cultural programme has called on designers to help fight government proposals to remove creative subjects from the curriculum. More about Olympic culture director "worried" about curriculum changes
Architecture
RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards 2012 winners announced
News: a concept for rooftop housing built from foam blocks and steel cables (above) is one of the winners of the RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards, announced last night. More about RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards 2012 winners announced
Architecture
Norman Foster pays tribute to "hero" Oscar Niemeyer
News: architect Norman Foster has paid tribute to Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who passed away yesterday aged 104. More about Norman Foster pays tribute to "hero" Oscar Niemeyer
Design
Jonathan Ive joins campaign to save UK's creative education
News: Apple's senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive has given his support to the growing campaign against the UK government's plans to remove design and other creative subjects from the school curriculum. More about Jonathan Ive joins campaign to save UK's creative education
Architecture
Oscar Niemeyer 1907-2012
News: Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has died in Rio de Janeiro aged 104. More about Oscar Niemeyer 1907-2012
Design
UK designers fight plans to "smash" creative education
News: over 150 UK designers, brands and organisations have joined a campaign to get the government to rethink plans to remove design and other creative subjects from the school curriculum. More about UK designers fight plans to "smash" creative education
Architecture
"Scum villages" planned for Amsterdam
News: Amsterdam's problem families are to be moved to isolated caravans or shipping containers in the outskirts of the city under new plans announced by mayor Eberhard van der Laan. More about "Scum villages" planned for Amsterdam
Architecture
"For us, Asia is in the centre" - Aric Chen
News: Aric Chen, curator of design and architecture for the new M+ museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, says the museum will take an unprecedented stance in "placing Asia at the centre" of design history, rather than on the periphery as western curators have done (+ audio + transcript). More about "For us, Asia is in the centre" - Aric Chen
Architecture
House in middle of Chinese motorway demolished
News: a five-storey house that had stood for over a year at the centre of a Chinese motorway has finally been demolished. More about House in middle of Chinese motorway demolished
News
Registration opens to exhibit at Ventura Lambrate 2013
News: Dutch company Organisation in Design has issued a call for entries to designers and brands to show at Ventura Lambrate 2013 during Salone de Mobile in Milan next April. More about Registration opens to exhibit at Ventura Lambrate 2013
Architecture
Winning masterplan will turn central Shenzhen into "Garden City of Tomorrow"
News: international firm SWA Group has been selected to redesign Futian District in Shenzhen, China - an area that's larger than Manhattan (+ slideshow). More about Winning masterplan will turn central Shenzhen into "Garden City of Tomorrow"
Furniture
V&A museum opens new furniture gallery
News: this Saturday the V&A museum opens its new permanent gallery for furniture, displaying objects from the middle ages to the present day by designers including Thomas Chippendale, Charles and Ray Eames and Ron Arad. More about V&A museum opens new furniture gallery
Architecture
"Built environment more beautiful than nature" – UK planning minister
News: buildings can be "more beautiful than nature" according to the UK's planning minister, who is calling for an area of countryside twice the size of Greater London to be built on in order to solve the housing crisis. More about "Built environment more beautiful than nature" – UK planning minister
Design
"Social responsibility has been forgotten" - author of book on Ulm School of Design
News: social responsibility has fallen down the agenda of today's designers and design schools, according to the author of a new history of Ulm School of Design, the German institution that reshaped design education in the 1950s and 1960s. More about "Social responsibility has been forgotten" - author of book on Ulm School of Design