Zaha Hadid, Ben van Berkel and more design 3D-printed shoes for United Nude
Milan 2015: five well-known architects and designers have created pairs of sculptural shoes for footwear brand United Nude made entirely on a 3D printer (+ slideshow). More
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Kids Design Week to take place in Milan during Salone del Mobile
Dezeen promotion: the first design week aimed exclusively at children will be held during Milan's Salone del Mobile from 14 to 19 April. More
Dezeen's guide to Milan's must-see events and installations
Milan 2015: with Milan's Salone del Mobile opening tomorrow, the Dezeen team present their pick of the events at the world's biggest and most important design fair. More
MINI's Citysurfer scooter concept anticipates a car-less future for urban areas
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this exclusive video interview, MINI's head of design Anders Warming explains why the car brand has developed a foldable electric scooter concept. More
Competition: use the #milanogram2015 hashtag and you could win an Ora Unica watch
Competition: we're giving away a NAVA watch by designer Denis Guidone, courtesy of Dezeen Watch Store, for the best image of Milan's design week posted to Instagram using our #milanogram2015 hashtag. More
Moooi launches carpet company that can print photo-realistic designs
Extra Moooi: Dutch design brand Moooi is launching a new company called Moooi Carpets with an inaugural collection of photo-realistic designs by Studio Job, Ross Lovegrove, Neri&Hu and more in Milan today (+ slideshow). More
Karimoku New Standard's wooden chairs stack like supermarket trolleys
Milan 2015: Japanese wood furniture manufacturer Karimoku New Standard will present space-saving dining furniture by German designer Christian Haas in Milan next week. More
New Pinterest board: Milan 2015
Milan 2015: we're heading to Milan to report on the city's annual festival of design exhibitions, installations and parties next week. Keep up with Dezeen's coverage of Milan 2015 on our new Pinterest board, which we'll be updating daily.
Thomas Feichtner sculpts chair from carbon-fibre sheets
Milan 2015: Vienna-based designer Thomas Feichtner has created a chair by laying sheets of woven carbon fibre over a mould and coating them with epoxy resin. More
Moooi unveils 2015 furniture and homeware collection
Extra Moooi: a paper lamp by Studio Job and a unicorn rocking horse by Marcel Wanders are among the new products that will be revealed by Dutch brand Moooi in Milan next week (+ slideshow). More
Moustache creates video to avoid exhibiting in "disappointing" Milan
Milan 2015: French design brand Moustache has created a video displaying its latest collection rather than shipping all of the products to Milan design week (+ movie). More
Misoka toothbrush cleans your teeth with nanotech ions instead of toothpaste
Milan 2015: Japanese designer Kosho Ueshima has designed a nanotech toothbrush that cleans your teeth without toothpaste. More
Jaime Hayón designs monkey-shaped table
Milan 2015: a concrete cartoon monkey holding a tray forms this table by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón for manufacturer BD Barcelona Design. More
Cork Helmet covers the head to muffle noise pollution
Milan 2015: Brussels designer Pierre-Emmanuel Vandeputte has created a cork helmet that lowers over the wearer's head when they need a respite from ambient noise. More
Jongerius and Schouwenberg launch manifesto against "depressing" design industry
Milan 2015: designer Hella Jongerius and theorist Louise Schouwenberg are to launch a manifesto calling for an end to "pointless products, commercial hypes and empty rhetoric" in design. More
Benjamin Hubert slots Inlay sofa's legs inside opened corner seams
Milan 2015: Belgian brand Indera will launch this modular sofa system by London designer Benjamin Hubert in Milan next week. More
Markus Johansson creates fibreglass Loop Chair from a 3D-printed model
Milan 2015: Swedish designer Markus Johansson used a full-size 3D-printed model to create the mould for this chair that looks like it was squeezed from a tube (+ slideshow). More
Bouroullec brothers forge wrought-iron frames for Officina furniture
Milan 2015: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have used the ancient technique of iron forging to create frames for a range of chairs and tables (+ movie). More
Made in Ratio uses CNC cutting to create an A-shaped chair
Milan 2015: computer-controlled cutting was used to shape the curves of this solid wood chair by Made in Ratio founder Brodie Neill. More
Nendo shifts shelves and surfaces for Slide glass furniture
Milan 2015: dark surfaces appear to be slipping off these glass furniture pieces by Japanese studio Nendo (+ slideshow). More