Sustainable materials and long product lifespans were the primary focus of emerging designers in this year's Inédito exhibition, held at Museo Tamayo during Design Week Mexico this month. We've picked out five eco-friendly works, including cardboard lamps and a toothbrush to last a lifetime. More about Five eco-friendly projects from Design Week Mexico 2018's Inédito exhibition
Dezeen promotion: flooring company Interface's range of carpet and vinyl tiles is designed to help customers minimise their carbon footprint. More about Interface offers carbon-neutral flooring to help tackle climate change
Offices furnished with rows of desks and swivel chairs are now a thing of the past, according to designers and brands exhibiting at this year's Orgatec furniture fair. Here are 10 new designs for today's more flexible workspaces. More about 10 office furniture designs that prove "the desk has had its day"
American studio David Baker Architects took cues from West African culture while conceiving this affordable housing complex for people aged 62 or older. More about David Baker creates apartment building for low-income seniors in San Francisco
Dezeen interviews the biggest names in architecture and design. Kengo Kuma, Olafur Eliasson and Margaret Howell are just some of the leading figures that have appeared on the site in recent weeks. More about Latest interviews on Dezeen include Björk, Christo and Stella McCartney
Marble artworks, ornaments and furniture appear throughout this Milanese apartment, designed by Elissa Ossino Studio for the head of Italian stone brand Salvatori. More about Casa Salvatori in Milan brings together marble furnishings and flecked terrazzo floors
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Aurore Brard has created tableware featuring coloured accents, designed to help visually impaired people dish up the correct amount of food and drink. More about See-Eat-Through is a set of tableware that visually impaired people can perceive
Dezeen promotion: designers Barber and Osgerby, Konstantin Grcic and Sevil Peach explore what the office of today looks like in an exhibition for furniture brand Vitra. More about Office of 21st century is "wherever people happen to be" says Vitra
London-based eyewear brand Kite has teamed up with Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer to launch a service that takes 3D scans of customers' faces, then uses them to produce perfectly fitting frames. More about Kite offers eyewear that is 3D-printed to fit exact measurements of any face
A former house in Beijing's old town is transformed into a specialist fan shop with a minimalist oak-lined interior, in this project by Golucci Interior Architects. More about Golucci Interior Architects creates "simple and clean" fan shop in Beijing hutong
Dezeen is co-hosting a programme of talks and panel discussions exploring China's burgeoning architecture and design scene in Beijing from 25 to 27 October. Read on for more details and to register to attend. More about Dezeen joins Assembly 2018 architecture and design forum in Beijing
A car sunroof influenced the skylight that tops this small angular office, which design-and-build practice Knowhow Shop has completed to accompany its woodshop in Los Angeles. More about Knowhow Shop's faceted white studio in LA is "built like a piece of furniture"
Boston is moving ahead with plans to address rising sea levels predicted as a result of climate change, using designs by New York firm SCAPE. More about SCAPE contributes to Resilient Boston Harbor flood-protection project
This pavilion erected in the pond of a Mexico City park was built from stacks of earthen blocks, which were dismantled to be rebuilt as part of a community centre in a town hit by last year's deadly earthquake. More about Pavilion by Mexico City architects to become community centre in earthquake-hit town
Dezeen promotion: design brand Humanscale has released a minimalist LED desk lamp for people who spend all day in front of a computer. More about Humanscale's Infinity lamp designed to combat eyestrain from bright computer screens
In this week's comments update, readers are convinced that Herzog & de Meuron has designed its Museum of the 20th Century badly on purpose, to emphasise the beauty of the neighbouring Neue Nationalgalerie. More about "What an ungainly neighbour for the elegant Mies building"
A stool containing secret storage and a laundry basket that rolls up are among 11 prototype products presented by young Finnish designers, for an exhibition at Helsinki design fair Habitare. More about Eleven Finnish designers present ingenious products for small-scale living
American studio kt814 Architecture has created a single-storey dwelling for a retired couple, consisting of connected pavilions wrapped in large stretches of glass and two types of wood. More about House of Fir by kt814 Architecture sits among sagebrush in rural Wyoming
This captioned video shows the dramatic helix staircase that Danish studio CEBRA has created inside the Experimentarium science centre in Copenhagen. More about Experimentarium's 10-tonne copper helical staircase revealed in new movie
Shanghai-based studio ATAH's arts centre in the Chinese city of Shaoxing is a glazed cylinder intersected by a spiralling walkway that doubles as a stage. More about Stairs spiral around the perimeter of ATAH's glazed Heli-stage art space