Beijing tech startup Zero Zero Robotics has launched a self-flying drone camera that uses facial recognition to record video while hovering in the air. More about Zero Zero Robotics' Hover Camera acts like an invisible tripod
Milwaukee-based Johnsen Schmaling Architects has completed a family retreat in rural Wisconsin featuring blackened pine cladding, concrete floors and wide-span glass doors (+ slideshow). More about Johnsen Schmaling clads cabin in a Wisconsin forest with blackened pine
Rise Design Studio has added a glazed extension to the rear of a house in London, creating a light-filled kitchen and dining room that opens up to the garden (+ slideshow). More about Rise Design Studio adds glazed extension to north London house
The City of Los Angeles has chosen a design by OMA and landscape architects Mia Lehrer + Associates to transform a site in the Downtown area into a public park (+ slideshow). More about OMA's team wins FAB Park competition for Downtown LA
New York's Museum of Modern Art has announced a major exhibition of work by famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to coincide with what would have been his 150th birthday. More about MoMA to stage major Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition in 2017
Opinion: David King, who died in May at the age of 73, secured a place in British design history with album covers for The Who and Jimi Hendrix, the design of the Sunday Times Magazine, and his logo for the Anti-Nazi League. But his legacy is far richer for anyone interested in the political power of the media, says Owen Hatherley. More about "Hardly any British designers have had a style as instantly recognisable as David King"
Belgian design studio Muller van Severen has crafted curving loungers from wire netting as part of a furniture commission for one of the Solo Houses – a series of architect-designed dream homes in Spain (+ slideshow). More about Muller van Severen designs rocking wire daybeds for Spanish summer house
Adidas trainers made using waste plastic from the world's oceans, the redesign of Ikea's iconic blue Frakta bag by Danish brand Hay (pictured) and Bjarke Ingels' Serpentine Gallery Pavilion feature in this week's Dezeen Mail.
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Robots could soon be infiltrating urban sewage systems to identify potential outbreaks of disease before they happen, according to architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti (+ interview). More about Sewage-sampling robots could help eliminate diseases in cities, says MIT architect Carlo Ratti
Canadian architect Brian MacKay-Lyons has built a cabin for an architecture intern at his Nova Scotia farmstead, featuring a rough skin of weathering steel, and a rustic but compact interior (+ slideshow). More about Brian Mackay-Lyons adds pre-rusted steel cabin to his Nova Scotia estate
An exhibition covering the prolific output of Japanese studio Nendo and its founder Oki Sato has opened at Israel's Design Museum Holon (+ slideshow). More about Nendo's first major retrospective opens at Design Museum Holon
Business news: a lawsuit has uncovered details that suggest the 2014 merger between US furniture brand Herman Miller and retailer Design Within Reach may not have technically happened. More about Herman Miller's merger with Design Within Reach called into question
With the trend for co-living continuing to pick up speed, German architect Alexis Dornier has transformed a group of old apartment blocks in Bali into a communal housing development (+ slideshow). More about Alexis Dornier completes co-living complex in Bali with communal areas on its roof
Materials company Ananas Anam has developed Piñatex, an animal-friendly alternative to leather made from pineapple waste. More about Leather alternative Piñatex is made from pineapple leaves
US firm NBBJ has created the largest office in North America for tech company Samsung, incorporating features intended to show how a "legacy brand can play on par with the most-nimble tech startups" (+ slideshow). More about Samsung's Silicon Valley office by NBBJ features nap pods and music listening rooms
Water flows in seemingly impossible ways across this liquid-resistant fountain by London designer Arthur Carabott (+ movie). More about Arthur Carabott's Superhydrophobic Fountain causes water to move in unusual ways
Designers and brands need to wean themselves off the plastic "drug", according to Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch, who is releasing his organisation's shoes made from recycled ocean plastic with Adidas today (+ interview). More about "Plastic is a design failure" says Parley for the Oceans founder
Sports brand Adidas and environmental initiative Parley for the Oceans have released the first batch of running shoes with uppers made using recycled plastic recovered from the sea (+ movie). More about Adidas launches trainers made from ocean plastic with Parley for the Oceans
The company behind the world's first widely available modular smartphone has released a set of concepts imagining completely new gadgets created with Google's Project Ara (+ slideshow). More about Seymourpowell creates gadgets from Google's Project Ara modular phone
British architect Michael Manser, a pioneering Modernist and founder of the Manser Medal, has died aged 87. More about Modernist architect Michael Manser dies aged 87