Nike has launched an app setting that provides "hyper-accurate" sizing recommendations for each of its shoes by scanning your feet with a smartphone camera. More about Nike app uses AR and AI to scan feet for perfect fit
Paris-based architect Vincent Callebaut wants to give Notre-Dame Cathedral a new roof that generates energy and contains an aquaponic farm. More about Vincent Callebaut proposes a roof that generates energy and food for Notre-Dame Cathedral
Brett Holts, vice president of Nike Running Footwear, and runner Paula Radcliffe explain the new Nike ZoomX Vaporfly NEXT% shoe worn by London Marathon winner Eliud Kipchoge in this movie produced by Dezeen. More about Nike explains the engineering behind its latest record-breaking marathon running shoe
Mandalaki Studio teamed up with Italian car company Estrima to design the "first" electric concept car made from 80 per cent recycled plastics. More about Mandalaki's Birò O2 concept car is made from 80 per cent recycled plastics
American fashion designer Zac Posen has created a dress constructed from 3D-printed petals, which was worn by British model Jourdan Dunn at this year's Met Gala in New York. More about Zac Posen 3D prints rose-petal dress for Met Gala
The UK government has promised to pay to replace combustible cladding on private high-rise housing, almost two years after the Grenfell Tower fire. More about UK government will pay £200 million to replace Grenfell-style cladding
Chinese car companies are putting their history of copying behind them and now have the confidence to create their own designs, says Peter Horbury, head of design for automotive brand Geely. More about There is "no stopping" China's car design industry says Peter Horbury
Aged brick walls and ceiling beams hint at the past lives of this building in Barcelona, which Cadaval & Solà-Morales has turned into a contemporary home. More about Cadaval & Solà-Morales converts 19th-century theatre into spacious Barcelona home
Here are five of the best opportunities for visualisers available on Dezeen Jobs right now, including roles at Studio Gang and David Chipperfield Architects. More about Top five jobs for architectural visualisers including opportunities at Studio Gang and David Chipperfield
Industrial designer Marc Newson has created soft-shell versions of Louis Vuitton's suitcases, making them lighter and more spacious on the inside. More about Louis Vuitton and Marc Newson launch soft luggage collection
Chinese architecture firm LUO Studio has made a beetle-shaped micro library for children, from the abandoned frame of a bike-sharing scheme bicycle.
More about LUO Studio builds Shared Lady Beetle micro library from abandoned bicycle
Skeletal stools and a blobby, monolithic table and chair features in this series of furniture by French designer Elissa Lacoste. More about Elissa Lacoste creates "grotesque" furniture that resembles flesh
Dezeen's editorial director Amy Frearson spoke to members of the family behind the Italian furniture brand Minotti about their approach to combining heritage with a vision for the future in this talk filmed by Dezeen. More about Watch our talk exploring the past and future of Minotti
We no longer need desks, say designers Ed Barber and Jay Osgerby, because the office of the future is more of a meeting place than a work environment. More about Office of the future "will only be a place where people come together" say Barber and Osgerby
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has designed a temporary replacement for the House of Commons, to be used by UK Parliament while the Houses of Parliament is restored. More about Plans unveiled for temporary UK Parliament designed by AHMM
Alara Alkan details how she became a researcher at product design studio Birsel + Seck for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. More about Careers guide: Alara Alkan describes her route into design research at Birsel + Seck
New York firm SHoP Architects has designed an irregularly stacked office building for the US Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. More about SHoP unveils US Embassy offices for lush site in Bangkok
The University of Stuttgart has continued its experiments into biomimicry and robotic construction with two pavilions at the Bundesgartenschau horticultural show in Germany. More about University of Stuttgart creates biomimetic pavilions based on sea urchins and beetle wings
The European Union has awarded its annual architecture prize to Transformation of 530 Dwellings, a renovation of 1960s housing in France by Frédéric Druot Architecture, Lacaton & Vassal Architectes and Christophe Hutin Architecture. More about Social housing revamp in Bordeaux wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2019
The Guggenheim Foundation has revealed that its Frank Gehry-designed art museum in the United Arab Emirates is "on track" to complete in four years time. More about Construction set to begin on Frank Gehry's long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi