German product and jewellery designer Daniel Michel responds to the phasing out of incandescent light bulbs in Europe with this lamp comprising the skeleton of a shade and an invisible bulb. More »

This fluffy children’s playsuit by Royal College of Art graduate Helge Fischer sounds an alarm if the child is touched inappropriately. More »

Japanese designer Masato Sekiya elevated this house so that it would fit over the humped site in Ashiya, Japan. More »

DezeenTV: in this next film in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, Cologne gallerist Gabrielle Ammann explains how she came to exhibit and sell design, the need to categorize people and whether she would prefer to keep a Ron Arad chair or sculpture. More »

Dezeenwire: the Strata tower  in south London by BFLS architects has won The Carbuncle Cup, awarded annually by Building Design magazine to the ugliest building completed in the UK during the past 12 months - Building Design

Also on Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey’s review of the Strata tower

Mushrooms grow on decaying books at this garden in Quebec by Berlin landscape architect Thilo Folkerts of 100 Landschaftsarchitektur and Canadian artist Rodney LaTourelle. More »

This restaurant interior wrapped in a curtain of mirrored fins by London architecture and interiors firm d-raw has opened at the Fenwick department store on London’s New Bond Street. More »

London studio Daytrip have installed rubber display stands and a padded cell at this Hong Kong shop for fashion designer Gareth Pugh. More »

These vases by Jakub Berdych of Qubus Design Studio comprise hand-blown glass pieces attached to plastic buckets. More »

Danish industrial design firm Kibisi launch these minimal headphones today. More »

Featured category: you can now browse all our stories about skyscrapers in our new architecture category including the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa by SOM (above). Featured category: Skyscrapers »

Viennese designer Marco Dessí created these stacking chairs milled from plywood to reveal the material’s multiple layers. More »

Here is another project from the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, this time Israeli student Sharona Merlin has designed a flattened cup and saucer. More »

We’ve got together with FIELL Publishers to give away ten copies of the Little Book of Shocking Global Facts, compiled and designed by graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook. More »