American musician Prince has died suddenly aged 57. By changing his name to a graphic symbol for a period, the artist elevated himself to icon status that would last a lifetime, according to the logo's designer. More about "Prince was the Nike swoosh before Nike was" says musician's symbol designer
Music: horses canter along highways and through city streets in French director Quentin Baillieux's music video for Can You Do It by Charles X (+ movie). More about Quentin Baillieux animates urban horse race for Charles X music video
Architect Annabelle Selldorf has completed a New York store for Steinway & Sons, featuring wooden design elements that reference the company's handcrafted pianos (+ slideshow). More about Annabelle Selldorf designs New York showroom for piano maker Steinway & Sons
This foil-covered sound system by Swedish German duo Reed Kram and Clemens Weisshaar uses audio vibration to distort listeners' reflections (+ movie – this contains flashing images). More about Kram/Weisshaar designs reflection-warping Picó Blitz speakers for sound system exhibition
Thousands of metal marbles tumble through this wooden contraption by Swedish musician Martin Molin, which is operated with gears to produce different sounds and create tunes (+ movie). More about Wintergatan Marble Machine plays music with metal balls
Music: director and choreographer Trish Sie tells Dezeen about how she worked with US band OK Go to create the gravity-defying stunts in the music video for the track Upside Down & Inside Out (+ interview). More about OK Go performs in zero-gravity for Upside Down & Inside Out music video
Architect Gabriel Calatrava, son of Santiago Calatrava, has designed a rope installation for a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's chamber music for the 92Y cultural center in New York (+ slideshow). More about Gabriel Calatrava designs stretchy rope installation for classical music performance
This Tokyo piano shop is designed by local architecture studio Salt to reflect the craftsmanship of the instruments on sale inside (+ slideshow). More about Salt completes Tokyo music showroom for Steinway & Sons based on piano components
Exclusive interview: the cover of David Bowie's Blackstar album, released just days before his death, was designed to reflect the musician's mortality according to his long-time graphic design collaborator Jonathan Barnbrook. More about David Bowie was "facing his own mortality" with Blackstar album says cover designer
Tokyo design studio Spread has used industrial materials to create minimal CD packaging for a Japanese rock band (+ slideshow). More about Spread "gives new meaning to the CD" with metal and bubble-wrap packaging
Wearable technology company Doppler Labs has developed a set of wireless earbuds that connect with a smartphone app to augment the user's real-world audio experience. More about Doppler Labs' in-ear listening system features a remote control for your ears
London Design Festival 2015: British designer Ross Lovegrove has created a range of aluminium-encased wireless Bluetooth speakers for KEF, based on an earlier design for the UK audio brand. More about Ross Lovegrove downsizes giant speaker to create wireless Muo device
Graduate shows 2015: this device by Royal College of Art graduate Gemma Roper allows the user to stream music according to the pace and rhythm they want to listen to (+ movie). More about Gemma Roper's internet radio lets users select music by tempo
Graduate shows 2015: these headphones by Royal College of Art graduate Gemma Roper clip to a cycling helmet and play music through the wearer's cheekbones so they are still able to listen out for vehicles (+ movie). More about Bone-conduction headphones allow cyclists to hear traffic noise while listening to music
Danish studio Kilo has designed a set of headphones that allow users to create different arrangements of headbands, earpads, cables and speakers (+ movie). More about Kilo Design creates modular headphones for Aiaiai
Royal College of Art student Axel Bluhme has developed an interactive drum machine that uses an analogue interface of spinning discs and magnets to combine digital sounds (+ movie). More about Axel Bluhme's drum machine triggers sounds using rotating discs of magnets
Architecture studio Akoaki has created an angular aluminium pod called The Mothership, which contains a DJ booth for staging pop-up events and funk concerts in Detroit's North End neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More about The Mothership by Akoaki is a mobile DJ booth for playing funk on the streets of Detroit
One-minute movie: Imogen Heap demonstrates how her Mi.Mu gloves allow users to interact remotely with a computer using only hand gestures, heralding new possibilities for the creation of electronic music. More about Imogen Heap develops gloves that make music through hand gestures
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: the Mi.Mu gesture-control gloves developed by musician Imogen Heap could lead to more accessible ways of making music, say early adopters of the wearable technology (+ movie). More about Imogen Heap's music gloves could help disabled people "fulfil what's in their head"
Hungarian pianist Gergely Bogányi has redesigned the grand piano to improve the quality of the sound produced, resulting in an unusual sculptural form (+ movie). More about Musician Gergely Bogányi offers a curvaceous take on the traditional grand piano