American architects Pugh + Scarpa have sent images of their duplex home design for actor Brad Pitt's Make it Right charity. More »

French design collective Matière A have designed a kitchen storage system using a tree branch and some timber batons. More »

Royal College of Art graduate Fabien Cappello has created a collection of furniture from unwanted Christmas trees. More »

Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have created a range of polo shirts for fashion brand Lacoste. More »

Frank Gehry is one of 14 architects to have designed duplexes for Make it Right, the charity founded by actor Brad Pitt to develop new housing typologies for a hurricane-devastated district of New Orleans. More »

Dutch architects MVRDV have announced plans to extend the city of Almere by creating a series of artificial islands. More »

French designer Amaury Poudray has designed a glass, zeppelin-shaped aquarium supported by a steel frame. More »

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a series of contemporary objects for Japan Brand, using traditional Japanese craft techniques. More »

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Dutch architects LAM have completed a sustainable giraffe enclosure for Rotterdam Zoo, which opens next week. More »

Dezeenwire: U2's latest tour, 360°, kicked off at Camp Nou in Barcelona last night with singer Bono wearing a leather jacket containing 240 lasers and designed by Moritz Waldemeyer. More info and a video on Waldemeyer's blog.

See also our earlier stories on Waldemeyer's digital costume collaborations with OK Go and Hussein Chalayan.

Cape Town designers Animal Farm have produced an "organic lounger" made from woven branches that hangs in a tree and is reached by a rope ladder. More »

Italian architects Stefano Boeri Architetti have completed a complex of buildings including a conference centre, exhibition venue and marina in Sardinia. More »