Dezeen Showroom: the Tako furniture collection, designed for Japanese brand Maruni by its longtime art director Naoto Fukasawa, includes a dining table and chair with legs resembling the sinuous silhouette of tentacles. More about Tako furniture collection by Naoto Fukasawa for Maruni
Dezeen Showroom: British designer Jasper Morrison has created a wooden chair and coffee table duo for Maruni, which form a collection named Fugu after the Japanese word for blowfish. More about Fugu furniture collection by Jasper Morrison for Maruni
London studio Morris + Company has designed a modular and prefabricated housing system named MODU that is aimed at the South American market. More about Morris + Company designs modular prefabricated housing system
Dezeen Showroom: chubby upholstery spills over the modernist steel frame of this lounge chair created for Hem by British designer Faye Toogood as a study in contrasts. More about Puffy Lounge Chair by Faye Toogood for Hem
Vibrant green walls surround a chunky rammed-earth counter in this garden-themed pop-up shop in LA that creatives Alex Reed and Dutra Brown have designed for lifestyle brand Flamingo Estate. More about Rammed-earth counter anchors Flamingo Estate pop-up in Los Angeles
Belgian photographer Kris Provoost explores the striking juxtaposition of Hong Kong's "hyper-dense" housing and natural landscapes in his latest photography series, Eden of the Orient. More about Kris Provoost captures "immense density" of Hong Kong's housing
British start-up Groundtruth has used 120 plastic bottles to create the RIKR backpack, which won the public vote in the wearable design category of this year's Dezeen Awards. More about Recycled plastic bottle backpack winner of Dezeen Awards public vote
Canadian studio Odami has redesigned a 1980s apartment in Toronto with bold and rich features like dark quartzite, walnut and green walls. More about Green-painted sunroom with cathedral views features in renovated Toronto apartment
The Borderless Community of Zi Ni Twelve Portals is a housing project in Guangzhou, China, designed by Fei Architects to show off its occupants. More about Fei Architects designs apartment block that frames residents' daily lives in Guangzhou
This week on Dezeen, we announced the winners of the Dezeen Awards public vote and Italian furniture designer Enzo Mari passed away. More about This week we announced the winners of the Dezeen Awards public vote
An external walkway and glazed living space are hidden behind sliding slatted woodwork in this house in Chile, designed by architects Santiago Valdivieso and Stefano Rolla. More about Slatted wood encloses glass Engawa House in Chile
Dezeen promotion: a community centre in Bangladesh designed by German architect Anna Heringer has won the second edition of the prestigious Obel Award. More about Bamboo and rammed-earth therapy centre in Bangladesh wins 2020 Obel Award
Design platform Studio Curiosity worked with local residents in east London to wrap a bridge in a rainbow of ribbons as a "message of hope" during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Studio Curiosity covers bridge in ribbon rainbow to show support for NHS
Interest in virtual fashion has exploded during the coronavirus pandemic as people explore ways of dressing their online avatars, according to digital fashion designer Amber Jae Slooten. More about Virtual fashion will allow people to "go completely crazy" online says Amber Jae Slooten of The Fabricant
Design studio Bybeau's minimalist XYZ lighting collection draws on Cartesian coordinates and features magnetic engineering that means its arms can be rotated 360 degrees. More about Bybeau's XYZ lighting collection was informed by coordinates
Greek designer Stamos Michael mixed his own creations with local artworks and modern furniture classics to form the striking interior of Esperinos, a guesthouse in Athens. More about Esperinos is a design-focused guesthouse in Athens
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort and designers Sabine Marcelis, Giorgio Gascia and Gianmaria Della Ratta took part in the final live discussion for the Dezeen x Dutch Design Week 2020 collaboration. More about Li Edelkoort and designers discuss space and intimacy during the pandemic at DDW 2020
Spanish practice Smart & Green Design has re-designed the Barbican's touring Game On exhibition for a former underground cistern in Madrid, using more than 150 LED arches to evoke the neon colours of the 1980s. More about Game On's neon-filled exhibition design pays homage to 80s video games
Architecture schools should update the curriculum to teach future designers how to respond to the crisis of climate change says Jesse M Keenan, a professor at the Tulane School of Architecture. More about "Architects need substantive knowledge and skills to address climate change"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a cat bed launched in collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld's pet. More about A cat bed launched in collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld's pet features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter