Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: artist Lucy McRae shows us the experiments she's been doing with emergency blankets and vacuum cleaners in our second behind-the-scenes preview of next week's Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition. More
News: Zaha Hadid has won the commission for a new gallery dedicated to maths at the Science Museum in London, with a design that explores "the many influences of mathematics in our everyday lives". More
News: Apple is "bloody ruthless" and a "monster" according to legendary industrial designer Kenneth Grange, adding that the tech giant uses design to ensure its commercial intentions are "dressed up nicely". More
London Design Festival 2014: natural materials suspended in resin to create furniture by Italian design duo Alcarol will be displayed at the Mint Gallery during the London Design Festival next week (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen promotion: London trade show designjunction is set to collaborate with British design brands Anglepoise and Ercol to curate an exhibition and charity auction, during next week's London Design Festival. More
British firm Austin-Smith:Lord used textured brick for the internal and external surfaces of this monastery in Liverpool to give it an austere but coherent aesthetic (+ slideshow). More
These household products designed by Bauhaus University graduate Weng Xinyu mimic human emotions and misbehave when left alone (+ slideshow). More
This charred timber cabin by Chilean studio DRAA is raised over a hillside on stilts to afford better views of the nearby mountains (+ slideshow). More
News: Apple has finally launched its eagerly anticipated Apple Watch, with a purely digital square face, interchangeable straps and a sapphire screen (+ slideshow). More
News: Apple's annual conference has moved onto money, as the tech firm launches Apple Pay – a mobile payments system that will allow users to buy goods with their phone in shops and online. More
News: tech giant Apple has launched the iPhone 6 live at its annual conference in Cupertino, California. More
As anticipation of Apple's smartwatch launch reaches fever pitch, we've rounded up eight of the best, worst and funniest examples of what the iWatch probably won't look like. More
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the first of a series of preview movies running up to the Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition next week, designer Dominic Wilcox shows us the car he is making out of stained glass for the show. More
News: a company that specialises in prefabricated housing has unveiled a concept for a modular residence that would hang off the side of a cliff. More
Japanese architect Shintaro Fukuhara has completed a glass-fronted house with a steeply angled roof in Kobe, as a home for himself and his family (+ slideshow). More
News: BERG, the design company behind Little Printer and one of the stars of the London technology scene, is to close after failing to establish a sustainable business around its connected products. More
Shiny metal balconies and sun shades project outwards from the banded facades of this apartment building by architect Christophe Rousselle in the Parisian suburb of Colombes (+ slideshow). More
Competition: we've teamed up with publishing and events company Media 10 to give Dezeen readers the chance to win one of 25 pairs tickets to the 100% Design exhibition, taking place during next week's London Design Festival. More
Design duo Something & Son has created a sustainable farming initiative on a rooftop in Folkestone, England, but has concealed it behind a traditional fish and chip shop facade (+ slideshow + interview). More
London Design Festival 2014: pockets for TV remotes, newspapers and tablets hang over the arms of this wooden-framed chair by Norwegian design collective Angell, Wyller & Aarseth (+ slideshow). More