Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a method for 3D printing artificial hair, allowing them to print everything from paintbrushes to fake fur (+ movie). More about MIT researchers create 3D-printed fur, opening up "a new design space"
Milan 2016: German designer Thomas Schnur has designed a gridded storage system than can be used to display plants, hang up clothes, or as a framework for shelves (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Schnur's wire Grid functions as a storage system
New York 2016: the latest designer to set up their own brand is Joe Doucet, who has launched a range of 3D-printed products by names including Claesson Koivisto Rune, Sebastian Bergne and Philippe Malouin. More about Joe Doucet launches Othr brand for 3D-printed home accessories
Each of the pieces in this basalt tableware range by British designer Max Lamb has been cast from a hand-carved mould. More about Max Lamb creates range of tableware from black basalt
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers are invited to submit concepts to transform an abandoned paper factory in Bologna, Italy, into a high school and a business incubator for start-ups (+ slideshow). More about Call for entries to YAC's Green Academy competition 2016
London's Architectural Association has released a film showing its first major foray into robotic construction, and has revealed it will this year launch a new course focussed on digital fabrication (+ movie). More about London's AA School taps into robotic construction trend by launching specialist course
Plant Architect has used weathering steel to create a series of wing-like structures for bird watchers in a Toronto park, which are punctured with both patterns and information about local species (+ slideshow). More about Bird-watching pavilions by Plant Architect are made from perforated plates of weathering steel
Milan 2016: designer Martino Gamper explains how he repurposed the Flyknit material Nike uses in its shoes to create drum skins in our next movie from the sports brand's The Nature of Motion exhibition in Milan. More about Martino Gamper creates drum kits for Nike with Flyknit skins
A team of architects have launched an initiative to build a network of "makerspace" structures at Agbogbloshie, Ghana – the world's largest dumping site for electronic waste (photos by Julien Lanoo + slideshow). More about Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform creates mobile workshops for world's largest e-waste dump
Milan 2016: Gebrüder Thonet Vienna's trademark steam-bent wood features in this modular wall hanging designed by Danish design duo GamFratesi and based on the movements of dancers. More about GamFratesi designs bent-wood Waltz coat hanger for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna
Set back from the beach behind a row of houses, this Mexican villa by architect BAAQ has terraces and a swimming pool raised up so residents can relax outdoors with a view of the ocean (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More about BAAQ completes seaside house in Mexico with an elevated pool and a thatched roof
Australian studio PHAB Architects has converted a former condensed-milk packing shed into an art gallery and workshop, without losing the building's industrial character and materiality (+ slideshow). More about PHAB Architects transforms 1920s packing shed into a contemporary art gallery
Nimtim Architects created a steeply terraced garden to accommodate this extension to a 1960s house in southeast London, which features parquet flooring and blue-stained woodwork (+ slideshow). More about Herringbone parquet and stained ply cabinetry feature in London extension by Nimtim Architects
Milan 2016: Norwegian studio Kneip has designed an adjustable lamp that can be moved up and down or swivelled from side to side to change light levels. More about Kneip's Gauge lamp pivots and rotates to adjust the light source
Design office Thisispaper Studio used clean white surfaces and simple birch plywood furniture to transform a Soviet-era dental clinic in Warsaw into a space for its first shop (+ slideshow). More about Thisispaper Studio creates minimal interior for first standalone design store
Barrel-vaulted ceilings and exposed brick walls evoke the heritage of this apartment in Barcelona, which local firm Nook Architects remodelled to make better use of the awkward existing plan (+ slideshow). More about Nook Architects adds new openings and freestanding furniture to Barcelona apartment
Australian studio BoardGrove Architects has designed a pair of steel tables made from opposing forms that appear to have been cut from the same piece (+ slideshow). More about BoardGrove Architects designs two coffee tables with opposite shapes
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Daroca Arquitectos has completed a training and employment centre in the Spanish town of Baza, featuring a stone-clad base that contrasts with the crisp white upper storeys (+ slideshow). More about Daroca Arquitectos pairs white walls with natural stone for Baza employment centre
Paritzki & Liani Architects has completed an office for an engineering company in Tel Aviv, featuring a billowing "sky-ceiling" created using the brand's signature product (+ slideshow). More about Paritzki & Liani Architects creates cloud-like ceiling for Tel Aviv office