The four buildings that make up this affordable housing development in Santa Monica, California, all feature mint-green solar shades on their facades, and are organised around a "starfish-shaped" courtyard (+ slideshow). More about Kevin Daly Architects builds a low-cost housing community in Santa Monica
Competition: to celebrate the launch of our New York office, Dezeen has teamed up with designjunction to give one of our New York readers the chance to win 15 products, including Muuto furniture and a Tokyobike (+ slideshow). More about Competition: win 15 products from brands showing at designjunction edit New York
These clothes by Dutch designer Jeffrey Heiligers are structured to correct poor posture caused by slouching while typing. More about Jeffrey Heiligers tailors Posture garments to prevent hunched backs
Music: French director Porthé has animated a series of cubes to zoom out from the scale of an atom to a whole universe for this video for producer 20syl. More about Porthé's cubic animation for 20syl music video zooms from micro to macro
This house in Spain by architect Ramón Esteve is fronted by solid stone walls, behind which rooms are organised around a swimming pool and terrace (+ movie). More about Casa El Bosque is a house flanked by stone walls on the edge of a Spanish forest
Porto studio Moradavaga has built a tower covered in tin cans that can be rotated to create pixellated messages, resembling those on train station departure boards (+ slideshow). More about Moradavaga uses spinning tin cans to turn a tower into an interactive billboard
British designer Sebastian Bergne has created a "micro laboratory" that enables users to form different beverage flavours by adding aromas, spices and other ingredients to heated milk (+ slideshow). More about Sebastian Bergne's Hot Milk Lab encourages flavour experiments
Google's self-driving car, a proposal for clearing plastic waste from the world's oceans and a concrete university building in Santiago are among the category winners for this year's Designs of the Year awards. More about Designs of the Year 2015 category winners announced