Tweets sent to this machine are transmitted from one form of media to another and cannibalised at every stage until they emerge as distorted, printed headlines (+ movie). More about Colors News Machine by Fabrica
We've created a new Pinterest board from Milan 2013 featuring all the products, installations and exhibitions we've covered from the design world's biggest get-together. See our coverage of the event on Pinterest »
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A bill to extend copyright protection on industrial design from 25 years to the length of the author's life plus 70 years has today become law in the UK. More about UK design copyright bill comes into force
Milan 2013: Zaha Hadid folded a round sheet of plastic to create this chair for Italian brand Sawaya & Moroni (+ slideshow). More about Kuki chair by Zaha Hadid for Sawaya & Moroni
Milan 2013: designer Dennis Parren has developed a light bulb that casts coloured shadows. More about CMYK bulb by Dennis Parren
French architect Jean-Marie Massaud has collaborated with auto maker Toyota to create an "anti-crisis" concept car with a retractable windscreen, plastic bodywork and a bamboo bonnet (+ slideshow). More about ME.WE concept car by Jean-Marie Massaud for Toyota
News: researchers at the University of St Andrews in Scotland have rearranged the letters on a split-screen keyboard to almost double users' typing speed on a tablet. More about New keyboard layout promises to increase tablet typing speed
News: UK government ministers are to scrap the draft design and technology syllabus for secondary schools amid claims by industry figures including inventor James Dyson (pictured) that the curriculum had been "diluted" with skills such as cooking and gardening. More about "Dumbed down" design and technology curriculum scrapped by UK ministers
UK studio Universal Everything motion-captured a dancer to make this animation, which is projected onto the world's highest-resolution screen (+ movie). More about Made by Humans by Universal Everything
News: American furniture brand Herman Miller has agreed to acquire New York-based textile manufacturer Maharam in a deal worth about £101 million. More about Herman Miller acquires Maharam for £101 million
Milan 2013: French design brand La Chance launched its second collection in Milan earlier this month, featuring a bright red winged bench by Luca Nichetto and a fragmented coffee table by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance (+ slideshow). More about New collection by La Chance
Milan 2013: Robert Bronwasser of Amsterdam design studio Smool presented a television set wrapped in fabric at Ventura Lambrate in Milan earlier this month (+ slideshow). More about Homedia TV by Robert Bronwasser
New York design studio FormNation has proposed a redesign for two US income tax forms to make them clearer and easier to use (+ slideshow). More about Tax Forms by FormNation
Six architecture studios present window installations created for stores along London's Regent Street in this movie filmed by Dezeen. More about RIBA Regent Street Windows Project 2013
Fashion designer and 3D printing pioneer Iris van Herpen tells us how printing and scanning technologies could transform the fashion industry in an exclusive interview for our print-on-demand publication Print Shift. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12 (+ transcript). More about "Everybody could have their body scanned and order clothes that fit perfectly"
Milan 2013: leafy forests and palatial interiors become visible under different coloured lights in the latest series of wallpapers and screens by Milan design studio Carnovsky (+ slideshow). More about RGB Fabulous Landscapes by Carnovsky
Milan 2013: wingback armchairs by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón for Danish brand Republic of Fritz Hansen were unveiled in Milan earlier this month (+ slideshow). More about Ro armchair by Jaime Hayón for Republic of Fritz Hansen
This outdoor urinal by French design studio Faltazi slots into a straw bale to recycle pee from festivalgoers into compost. More about L'Uritonnoir by Faltazi
Hackney artist Alex Chinneck has created a wall that melts in the sun as part of his research for a project to build a melting house. More about A Pound of Flesh for 50p (study) by Alex Chinneck
New York fashion designer Aina Beck experimented with foil printing to create the dappled metallic patterns in her latest capsule collection. More about Autumn Winter 2013 capsule collection by Aina Beck