French studio Block Architects have completed a building Nantes, France, clad in multi-coloured stripes derived from the aesthetics of vegetable farms. More »

London designer Tim Fishlock has created a chandelier made of 1243 spent incandescent light bulbs. More »

Japanese architects Archivision Hirotani Studio have completed a beauty parlour clad with copper in Omotesando in Tokyo, Japan. More »

In our second competition with editor Anneloes van Gaalen this week, we are giving away five copies of Never Leave the House Naked and 50 other Ridiculous Fashion Rules, published by BIS. More »

Here are some more photos of the Hong Kong part of the Hong Kong & Shenzhen bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, featuring installations by designers including American studio Rocker Lange Architects, Vienna designers mischer’traxler and French designer Mathieu Lehanneur. More »

Jarosch Architektur of Darmstadt have completed a logistics centre clad in black lacquered tiles in Frankfurt, Germany. More »

Beijing studio Sunlay Design have designed a church for Ordos in Inner Mongolia, which has a plan based on the profile of a bird in flight. More »

Architects Cottam Hargrave of Austin have completed a house and studio for a photographer in Austin, Texas. More »

A conceptual model for a future city by Dutch architects MVRDV, featuring terraced buildings that look like mountains, is on show at the Beijing Center for the Arts. More »

Designer Florence Jaffrain has created a sofa covered in glow-in-the-dark fibres, which moves as if it’s breathing. More »

Dezeen have teamed up with Anneloes van Gaalen, editor of The Medium is the Message and 50 other Ridiculous Advertising Rules, to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies. More »

Tokyo architect Kensuke Watanabe has completed a rehabilitation centre for people suffering with mental illness near Tokyo in Japan. More »

Barcelona studio H Arquitectes have completed an apartment block in Barcelona where shutters seem to disappear into the stone-clad facade. More »

Graphic design student Sophie Lepinoy has created a typeface that incorporates silhouettes of shoes and accessories.  More »