Corten steel columns alternate with floor-to-ceiling glass to bring stripes of light and shadow into this funeral home outside Barcelona by Spanish firm Batlle i Roig Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More about New Funeral Home in Sant Joan Despí by Batlle i Roig Arquitectes
Product news: this ping pong table by Barcelona studio Antoni Pallejà Office has been pared down to look at home in a domestic interior (+ movie). More about Bola Service Table by Antoni Pallejà Office
Here are the first photographs of Zaha Hadid's Library and Learning Centre at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, which opened last week in the city's second district. More about Library and Learning Centre in Vienna by Zaha Hadid Architects
Mexican designer Liliana Ovalle has created a carafe and set of tumblers printed with fine black lines that overlap to create a moiré effect when the pieces are clustered together. More about Cumulo by Liliana Ovalle
Mexican studio Agent has designed a concept for a transparent football that changes colour when it passes over the goal line. More about CTRUS Football by Agent
This engineering research facility at the University of Debrecen, Hungary, by NAPUR Architect has a steel-panelled facade that can fold open to let daylight penetrate the laboratories inside (+ slideshow). More about DEM Power Engineering Demonstration Centre by NAPUR Architect
Product news: Australian designer Marc Newson has surrounded this bed for French brand Domeau & Pérès with chunky bumpers. More about Bumper Bed by Marc Newson for Domeau & Pérès
A pattern of bronze leaves covers the facade of this house in Mayfair, London, by British architecture firm Squire and Partners (+ slideshow). More about Mayfair House by Squire and Partners
Product news: this glass table by Japanese designer Shigeichiro Takeuchi balances on legs formed from a single steel pipe. More about Tricom table by Shigeichiro Takeuchi for COMMOC