A "forest" of sweet gum trees grows through openings in the concrete slabs of this house in Morelia, Mexico, by Roof Arquitectos, providing an alternative to a central courtyard (+ movie). More about Trees grow through the floors of Julio Hernández house by Roof Arquitectos
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"
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
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
Bjarke Ingels's firm has been announced as one of the architectural partners that will help build infrastructure for the Hyperloop high-speed transportation system, in the same week as the latest test of its propulsion technology (+ movie). More about Hyperloop could completely transform how cities are planned says Bjarke Ingels
Milan 2016: Italian designer Francesco Faccin's Bronzification collection features furniture made from panels of bronze with the texture and appearance of wooden planks (+ movie). More about Francesco Faccin creates furniture with bronze planks cast to look like wood
Future Makers: German athlete Denise Schindler is working with Autodesk to become the first cyclist to compete with a fully 3D-printed prosthetic leg at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (+ movie). More about Denise Schindler to become world's first Paralympic cyclist to use 3D-printed prosthesis
This movie shows the installation of MVRDV's Crystal Houses – a Chanel store featuring a traditional facade replicated with glass bricks that are "stronger than concrete". More about Movie documents MVRDV's pioneering technique for creating glass brick facades
Google's virtual reality painting app, Tilt Brush, could allow architects and designers to walk through their sketches in 3D as they draw them (+ movie). More about Google launches Tilt Brush app for virtual reality sketching
Milan 2016: Slovenian designer Dan Adlešič has updated his collection of toy-like electronics with a surface that trails light from a laser pen and a keyboard-activated lamp (+ movie). More about Dan Adlešič adds two lights to collection of playful electronics
Japanese footwear designer Roderick Pieters and fashion brand Proef have created pairs of easy-to-assemble shoes that are tied together instead of using glue (+ movie). More about Roderick Pieters' Loper shoes are assembled with rope rather than glue
Music: Bristol-based director Ruffmercy has combined archive footage of J Dilla with hand-drawn animation in the music video for the late American rapper's most recent posthumous track The Sickness (+ movie). More about Ruffmercy collages archive footage of J Dilla for The Sickness music video
Milan 2016: in our next movie from Nike's The Nature of Motion exhibition, architect Greg Lynn explains how his body temperature-regulating chair could help athletes significantly improve their performance. More about Greg Lynn's microclimate chair for Nike could give athletes "a distinct performance advantage"
Chilean architects Guillermo Hevia García and Nicolás Urzúa have created a concealed garden fenced in by distorting mirrors for the Santiago edition of MoMA's Young Architects Program (+ movie). More about Distorting mirrors frame a secret garden in Santiago's Parque Araucano
French-Brazilian studio Triptyque has revamped a 85-metre-high office block in Rio de Janeiro with zigzagging glazing and solar panels so it can generate its own electricity (+ movie). More about Triptyque overhauls 1970s office tower in Rio to make it more environmentally friendly
Milan 2016: in this Dezeen movie for Caesarstone, designer Tom Dixon explains how the four sculptural kitchens he created for The Restaurant installation in Milan were designed to satisfy "the mini celebrity chef" in people. More about The Restaurant by Caesarstone and Tom Dixon aimed to "open up what a kitchen could be"
The Shohei Shigematsu-led OMA New York office has used translucent scrim to create a "ghost cathedral" for this year's Costume Institute exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which focuses on the convergence of fashion and technology (+ movie). More about OMA designs The Met's Manus x Machina fashion and technology exhibition
Milan 2016: Australian designer Ross Gardam has created a desk lamp with a mirrored shade that can be rotated to adjust light and shadow (+ movie). More about Ross Gardam's Polar desk lamp has a rotating metallic shade
Milan 2016: New York lighting designer Lindsey Adelman explains how she used motors to create a vibrating chandelier for Nike in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the sports brand's The Nature of Motion exhibition. More about Lindsey Adelman creates quivering tree-like lighting installation for Nike
Engineer and inventor James Dyson has revealed a design for a hairdryer that is silent to human ears and controls its own temperature to protect hair from heat damage (+ movie). More about Dyson's first hairdryer emits a sound "beyond the audible range for humans"