New Zealand residents have voted to stick with their existing flag after a competition that attracted over 10,000 designs and a national referendum, estimated to have cost NZ$26m. More about New Zealand rejects crowd-sourced flag design
Opinion: in the aftermath of the Brussels attacks, Rob Alderson asks how illustrations like Plantu's hugging flags and Jean Jullien's Peace for Paris symbol have become part of our "post-terror grammar". More about "Illustrations have become a key component of the response to terrorist atrocities"
If mazes weren't confusing enough already, American artist John Miller has built one from mirrors to further bewilder lost visitors, at Miami's Institute of Contemporary Art (+ slideshow). More about John Miller's Lost maze disorientates visitors with mirrored panels
Dutch designer Floris Wubben has created a flame-throwing device that allows him to form uneven textures across a collection of ceramics (+ slideshow). More about Floris Wubben etches patterns into Erosion ceramics using heat
Artists, designers and illustrators have responded to the latest terror attacks in Brussels by posting drawings on Instagram and Twitter under tags including #JeSuisBruxelles, #JeSuisBelge and #PrayforBrussels. More about Illustrators lead peaceful response to Brussels attacks
German designer Konstantin Grcic has created a set of seats based on furniture in a 15th-century Italian artwork, which are on show at Galerie Kreo in Paris. More about Konstantin Grcic references Renaissance painting with Hieronymus seating for Paris exhibition
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with stationery brand Rubberband to give five readers the chance to win a set of six notebooks designed by Memphis artist Nathalie Du Pasquier. More about Competition: win a set of six Nathalie Du Pasquier-designed Rubberband notebooks
The Museum of Arts and Design in New York has opened an exhibition that shows how Belgian artists Studio Job "lost naivety and gained professionalism" (+ slideshow). More about Studio Job's MAD House retrospective opens in New York
Dutch designer Ineke Hans has created a collection of outdoor furniture, including a table and pair of benches that fit neatly together for storage (+ slideshow). More about Ineke Hans' Berit outdoor furniture slots together when not in use
Fungal flowers coated in metal and a sofa upholstered with fake grass are among the pieces in a solo show of work by Japanese botanical artist Makoto Azuma in New York (+ slideshow). More about Makoto Azuma's New York exhibition aims to make visitors "radically reconsider the power of flowers"
Opinion: Discovery Channel series Mythbusters ends this month after 13 years. Will Wiles explains why its high-octane science experiments made viewers think more about the material world than any other TV show. More about "Mythbusters was a miniature weekly Enlightenment for the modern material world"
Design critic Alice Rawsthorn has launched a scathing attack on the Apple Watch and the tech company's collaboration with fashion house Hermès, as Apple cuts the price of its controversial smart watch. More about Apple Watch is "a three-dimensional exercise in skeuomorphia" says Alice Rawsthorn
Business news: British designer Sebastian Wrong is launching a new lighting company with offices in London and Hong Kong. More about Sebastian Wrong launches "competitive" new lighting brand called Wrong London
British product designer Simon Kinneir has created a prototype jug that tilts as it fills up, as part of a series of kitchen products designed for users with sight loss (+ movie). More about Simon Kinneir creates tilting Leaven jug for visually impaired users
London's Royal College of Art has been named as the top art and design school in an annual international ranking, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has retained the title of top architecture school. More about RCA and MIT named as world's top design and architecture schools for second year running
Milan 2016: each of the splotchy metal Last Stool Splatter seats by British designer Max Lamb for furniture brand Hem is patterned by hand. More about Max Lamb splatters metal stools for Hem
Apple has designed a smaller version of its current iPhone, which is almost identical in shape and size to its older 5s model but with the same capabilities as the newer iPhone 6s (+ slideshow). More about Apple downsizes its smartphone with launch of iPhone SE
Interview: designers are increasingly making films instead of products to get their ideas across, according to Studio Swine, which has won multiple awards for its movies (+ movies). More about Designers turn to film, becoming agents of "mass communication instead of mass production"
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Tokyobike and Ally Capellino to give readers the chance to win a special-edition bicycle and one of three rucksacks (+ slideshow). More about Competition: one Tokyobike and three Ally Capellino x Tokyobike rucksacks to be won
New York 2016: British designer Lee Broom is opening his first dedicated US retail outlet in New York, billed as a "Postmodernist theatre" to showcase and sell his furniture and lighting (+ slideshow). More about Lee Broom to open pop-up New York store off Soho's Broome Street