New York-based designer Marc Fornes has completed an outdoor installation for a French school, consisting of perforated aluminium plates that cast patterned shadows on the ground below (+ slideshow). More
Renzo Piano Building Workshop is set to begin work on a glass-sheathed tower in Miami Beach that will be the firm's first residential project in the USA (+ slideshow). More
Visitors to an English forest were able to explore the woods through the eyes of different animals as part of a virtual reality experience by London design studio Marshmallow Laser Feast (+ movie). More
Icehotel has announced plans to build a permanent hotel alongside its seasonal frozen lodgings in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen Watch Store: Dezeen has teamed up with Glasgow brand Instrmnt to launch our first exclusive watch collaboration, which is available to pre-order from today (+ slideshow). More
German sports brand Adidas has unveiled the first image of its lace-free football boots, which are due to be released in 2016. More
London design studio Map Project Office has created a minimal compass that pairs with a smartphone app to point cyclists through the city (+ slideshow). More
A pair of large terraces channel through one side of this white house in Tokyo by Takuro Yamamoto Architects, providing residents with an outdoor yoga space and a sheltered parking area (+ slideshow). More
See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Apple, Laguarda Low Architects and British designer Tom Dixon, whose interior for Paris restaurant Éclectic is pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with designjunction, Grimshaw Architects, HENN and more... More
An image of taxidermy beer-bottle packaging caused controversy over the weekend after we posted it on the Dezeen Instagram account.
Today we're asking readers to tell us what they think of the use of animals in design by commenting on the story and other taxidermy projects in our archives, including a storage cabinet made from a hollowed-out sheep, futuristic hybrid creatures, and headdresses featuring stuffed birds. See all our stories about taxidermy »
A brick-clad tower provides a landmark for this sculpture workshop and cultural hub by Sutherland Hussey Harris, which is slotted into an old railway cutting in Edinburgh (+ slideshow). More
Giles Pike Architects chose concrete and steel for the renovation and extension of this east London house, referencing the brick building's industrial heritage. More
Homeware brand Toast Living has partnered with Hong Kong studio Milk Design to create a five-piece ceramic, glass and copper-coloured homeware range for coffee lovers (+ slideshow). More
Rows of wooden pillars support various split-level floors to create a forest-like feel inside the Nagoya office of Japanese architecture firm Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio (+ slideshow). More