Milan 2015: a machine that converts dog poo into battery power, fashion accessories laced with catnip and a 3D printer that uses ink made from salamander bacteria are among products designed by students from the HEAD Geneva School of Art and Design. More about Geneva students make ink from salamanders and electricity from dog poo for Milan show
This house on a hillside in Leiria, Portugal, has two wings – a three-storey block that follows the slope of the site, and a bedroom block that cantilevers out at an angle (+ slideshow). More about Vidigal House by Contaminar has a V-shaped plan enclosing a triangular garden
Milan 2015: the selfie phenomenon, food design and scent-based products are the trends emerging on our #milanogram2015 Instagram hashtag. Click through for today's highlights from the city-wide design fair. More about Dezeen's #milanogram2015 highlights: day three
Milan Expo 2015: the first photographs of Wolfgang Buttress' UK pavilion for the World Expo 2015 in Milan have emerged, revealing that its structure is now complete (+ slideshow). More about First images of the UK's beehive-inspired Milan Expo pavilion released
Four shipping containers suspended from the ceiling contain displays of merchandise inside this clothing store in La Plata, Argentina, by BBC Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More about Shipping containers are suspended above shoppers inside Le Utthe boutique
Milan 2015: Ron Arad has added a sofa carved from a single volume and another design based on a discarded mattress to his range for Italian furniture company Moroso. More about Ron Arad adds two sofa designs to Moroso collection
Milan 2015: London designer Lee Broom has joined together three shops on Milan's Via Alfredo Cappellini to create a faux department store for displaying his latest products (+ slideshow). More about Lee Broom's fake department store installation opens in Milan
Architecture firm Studio Gang has unveiled its latest design for a 348-metre-high Chicago skyscraper made up of three towers with zigzagging profiles. More about Studio Gang's riverside skyscraper could be Chicago's third tallest tower
Norwegian firm Snøhetta and Japanese studio SANAA have been awarded joint first place in a competition to design one of the five new museums planned for Budapest's City Park (+ slideshow). More about Snøhetta and SANAA share first place in Budapest museum contest
Milan 2015: French designer Matali Crasset has debuted a sofa made from a system of individual modules that can be carried like suitcases (+ slideshow). More about Matali Crasset's Self-made Seat is a sofa made from modules that can be carried like suitcases
Milan 2015: prolific Japanese studio Nendo is exhibiting over 100 products designed over the past year for 19 brands as part of a solo exhibition in Milan, including previously unseen pieces for Glas Italia (+ slideshow). More about Nendo's one-year retrospective exhibition opens in Milan
The stacked horizontal volumes that make up this house in Jammu, India, are clad in vertical timber battens to regulate the amount of sunlight that enters (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More about Sameep Padora's Lattice House is an Indian holiday home wrapped by wooden screens
Milan 2015: design studio Outofstock has created a series of dip-dyed scent diffusers from an extruded ceramic material usually used for filtering exhaust fumes in cars, motorcycles and trucks. More about Outofstock turns ceramic exhaust filters into scent diffusers
Tasked with designing a "small but prestigious residence" in an Alpine village, Italian studio Pedevilla Architects planned an asymmetric house with a chalky-white exterior (+ slideshow). More about House at Mill Creek by Pedevilla Architects features a homogenous off-white exterior
Milan 2015: it's the opening day of Milan's Salone del Mobile and over 1,000 images from around the city have been posted to our #milanogram2015 hashtag. Click through to see a selection of the most-shared and most-talked about photographs. More about Dezeen's #milanogram2015 highlights: day two
Opinion: the world of kink and fetish is built around ideas of power, control and gender – not that different to our relationships with everyday objects, says Sam Jacob. More about "Kink and fetish has much to teach mainstream design culture"
Milan 2015: over 100,000 metres of translucent white fabric is cut into strips to create this tunnel-like installation by New York studio Snarkitecture for fashion brand COS (+ movie). More about Snarkitecture creates warren of textile ribbons for COS
Comments update: what's the point in using 3D printing technology to create "impractical and uncomfortable shoes?" Read on for more on this and other most commented Dezeen stories this week. More about "Just because you can 3D-print something, doesn't mean you should"
This family home in Surrey, England, is fronted by an asymmetric wall of blue bricks, described by designer Groves Natcheva Architects as a "lighthouse in a sea of green" (+ slideshow). More about Esher House by Groves Natcheva Architects pairs blue brickwork with red wood
Dezeen promotion: Italian furniture brand Pedrali is presenting its latest collection of functional furnishings at the Salone del Mobile in Milan this week (+ movie). More about Pedrali launches latest products in Milan