Designers need to overcome deep-rooted stereotypes and take on the challenges presented by ageing populations, says Jeremy Myerson, curator of the New Old exhibition that just opened at London's Design Museum. More about "The stigma of growing old needs to be creatively challenged"
Danish brand Menu has extended its collection of minimal furniture, lighting and accessories based on the modernist principles of Scandinavian designers and architects. More about Menu expands furniture collection inspired by Denmark's modernist design legacy
Dezeen promotion: Brooklyn's A/D/O design venue is hosting a three-day festival of talks, films and experiences later this month, and Dezeen readers can get 15 per cent off the price of tickets. More about A/D/O in Brooklyn to host three-day event about utopian and dystopian design
A chart-busting 128 skyscrapers over 200 metres tall were completed last year, 84 of which were in China, according to the latest industry research. More about China's building boom makes 2016 a record-breaking year for skyscrapers
A+Awards: Architizer A+Award-winning studio Crossboundaries has created a canyon through the middle of this production facility for a Chinese lingerie brand, which employees can enjoy on their breaks. More about Beijing lingerie factory by Crossboundaries encourages workers to spend time outside
Zaha Hadid's will reveals details of her multi-million-pound estate, of which former business partner Patrik Schumacher is the only non-family beneficiary. More about Zaha Hadid's will reveals £70 million fortune
British designer Jasper Morrison has created a home for a fictional inhabitant inside the VitraHaus in Germany. More about Jasper Morrison furnishes VitraHaus for a fictitious abstract artist
A darkened brick tower and a glass volume form this extension by Gundry & Ducker, added to the rear of a north London residence to create a kitchen and living room with garden views. More about Gundry & Ducker adds sooty brick and glass extension to London house
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architectural designer at DUS Architects in Amsterdam, which recently built a 3D-printed micro home (pictured) and is working on a 3D-printed canal house. More ›
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San Francisco startup Fellow has designed a connected kettle that lets users precisely and remotely control its temperature for optimum coffee brewing. More about Fellow designs app-controlled kettle for precise coffee brewing
The original wooden doors and vaulted ceilings of this Valencian townhouse have been retained in renovation works carried out to improve its connection with a landscaped courtyard. More about DG Arquitecto Valencia reconfigures traditional Spanish townhouse
Scott Whitby Studio has used over 1,000 foam pyramids to transform a shipping container into a pop-up cinema where port workers can be taught vital health and safety information. More about Scott Whitby Studio transforms shipping container into "caution cinema"
British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper has gone behind the scenes at a Danish factory to reveal the setting where canned pork is produced. More about Alastair Philip Wiper photographs the Tulip Pork Luncheon Meat factory
This daybed by Korean designer Hyung Suk Cho blends elements from traditional Korean furniture with the needs of modern houses. More about Hyung Suk Cho bases minimal daybed on traditional Korean design and paintings
White caged balconies project from the sides of this social housing block by French collective Poggi + More, making it look like a series of irregularly stacked boxes. More about White irregularly stacked boxes form social housing in France by Poggi + More
Pitsou Kedem Architects has completed a family home in the Savyon district of Israel, featuring living areas flanked by glazed walls facing onto private courtyards. More about Walls of glass, stone and wood line courtyards at Pitsou Kedem's House F
Chinese design brand Defront has created a tea service that it hopes will make traditional drinking ceremonies popular with the country's younger generation. More about Defront's Hei tea set is designed to revive China's tea ceremony tradition
From self-driving grocery-delivering drones to Segway's hoverboard-butler hybrid, robots and their evolving uses within architecture, design and beyond are the focus of our latest Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Californian firm AJ-A has extended an adobe brick residence from the 1940s, contrasting the rustic material with pared-down finishes and minimalist geometry. More about AJ-A gives Palo Alto home extension an all-white exterior
Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects has overhauled a pair of Airbnb apartments in Tokyo, giving one a suspended table and wood-lined walls, and the other dark plasterwork and plush grey carpet. More about Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects designs pair of contrasting Tokyo apartments for Airbnb guests