Trees, bark chips and visitors are all reflected in mirrors behind the severe black exterior of this pavilion, which Mexican architect Fernanda Canales created for this year's Design Week Mexico. More about Fernanda Canales completes reflective pavilion for Design Week Mexico 2018
American artist Doug Aitken has created a house-shaped pavilion clad entirely in mirrors inside a former bank in Detroit, Michigan. More about Doug Aitken installs mirrored house in historic Detroit building
We are entering a new geological era: the anthropocene, in which human activity is a dominant influence on earth's geology and environment. At Dutch Design Week, a special edition of our Good Design for a Bad World series will ask if design can harness this phenomenon to prevent global catastrophe, writes Marcus Fairs. More about "Humans are clever. They can solve problems. There is hope"
If the UK leaves the European Union without a Brexit deal, the automatic mutual recognition of architecture qualifications between the two sides will no longer exist, making it more difficult for firms in one territory to hire staff from the other, it has emerged. More about Mutual recognition of UK and EU architect qualifications would end with no-deal Brexit
Dezeen promotion: US furniture brand Coalesse has moved its design studio from San Francisco to Munich, with the aim to boost its international reach. More about Coalesse Design Group relocates studio to Munich
Brazilian firm Studio MK27 has renovated and enlarged a house designed by its founding partner in the early 2000s, which features white surfaces and huge windows that open to the garden. More about Studio MK27 updates and expands Gama Issa house in São Paulo
California-based designer Phan Thao Dang has created a series of corrugated furniture objects from ABS plastic pipes conventionally used to carry waste sewage. More about Phan Thao Dang transforms sewage pipes into benches and stools
Blocks of red sandstone cover the volumes of a new design museum designed by Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira on the Chinese Academy of Art campus in Hangzhou, eastern China. More about Álvaro Siza clads International Design Museum of China in red sandstone
Panasonic's Future Life Factory is developing wearable blinkers, designed to limit your sense of sound and sight, and help you focus on what's directly in front of you. More about Panasonic's human blinkers help people concentrate in open-plan offices
Flexible electronic paper could be available in colour as early as next year, allowing designers to create clothing, accessories and other products that double as display screens. More about Coloured e-paper could have "wide and far-reaching" impact on fashion design
Berlin-based design studio New Tendency has updated a GDR era broadcast building to create a temporary workspace for participants enrolled in Red Bull's music academy scheme. More about New Tendency overhauls East German radio centre to create Red Bull music studios
Dezeen promotion: kitchen and bathroom manufacturer Grohe has launched a pared-back shower system that can remember users' water flow preferences and easily alter spray power. More about Grohe's Euphoria SmartControl system aims to make showering "intuitive"
British designer Samuel Wilkinson has revealed the first two designs from new his lighting brand Beem, featuring curved, straight and spiralling lines. More about Beem's inaugural lighting collection features two graphic LED pendants
Mecanoo's 141,000-square-metre National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, described as the "world's largest performing arts centre under one roof", is now open in Taiwan. More about Mecanoo completes world's largest performing arts centre in Taiwan