A combination of curved and diagonal beams gives an asymmetric profile to this home in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, by Tokyo studio International Royal Architecture (+ slideshow). More about KHT House by International Royal Architecture is made up of two halves
Fashion designer Rick Owens' footwear line for sports brand Adidas features boots that combine blade-like soles with calf-high leather uppers (+ slideshow). More about Rick Owens pairs springy soles with leather for Adidas SS15 footwear
News: Google has devised a way for smartphone users to make their own virtual reality headset using household items. More about Google's thrifty virtual reality headset is built from cardboard
Opinion: it's easy to criticise the Design Museum for awarding Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Centre the Design of the Year prize, but there are plenty of other celebrated projects that should be attracting the same scrutiny, says Owen Hatherley. More about "What is it exactly we're protesting about?"
Movie: next up in our series of exclusive video interviews with Alberto Alessi, the Alessi president says that Aldo Rossi's La Conica espresso maker defies the key principle of 20th century design that form should follow function. More about Aldo Rossi "didn't believe that form follows function" says Alberto Alessi
London practice Adam Richards Architects has refurbished a museum in the English village of Ditchling, adding pitched-roof structures to connect the buildings with a converted cart lodge containing a new entrance (+ slideshow). More about Adam Richards Architects unites old and new at Ditchling art and craft museum
Patterns of woven natural fibres emerge from this milky resin furniture by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Wiktoria Szawiel (+ movie). More about Wiktoria Szawiel fossilises natural fibres in resin furniture collection
Herzog & de Meuron has completed its seventh project for Swiss herbal sweet manufacturer Ricola – a herb processing plant with rammed earth walls in the countryside surrounding Laufen. More about Herzog & de Meuron uses rammed earth to create countryside herb centre for Ricola
A folded fabric canopy helps to shade the interior of this glazed extension to a nursery in Paris by local firm h2o Architectes (+ slideshow). More about Nursery extension by h2o Architectes enveloped by a folded fabric sunshade
Kingston University graduate Jake Rich has redesigned the common household microwave – adding wheels, a domed removable lid and a light that changes intensity with the power (+ slideshow). More about Mediumwave by Jake Rich is a pod-shaped microwave on wheels