Furniture brands are looking for new ways to infiltrate each area of the home and are creating products that cover all the bases. From beautiful stationery to hotel shampoos, we've rounded up five of the most successful examples. More about Five design brands dominating the accessories market
One-minute movie: a Japanese man fascinated by joinery techniques set up a Twitter account filled with hypnotic gifs illustrating how timber joints slot together. More about Tetris-like gifs animate traditional Japanese joinery techniques
Dezeen promotion: the Crea collection by Spanish lighting brand Vibia is made up of pendant, ceiling and wall lights that can be customised by designers to suit different spaces. More about Vibia's customisable Crea lighting collection is made for designers
Architecture studio Gort Scott has unveiled plans to replace an out-of-use office block in London's Walthamstow with 45 "pocket" apartments. More about Gort Scott to replace disused London office block with micro apartments
Barber and Osgerby's creative consultancy Map has collaborated with a London startup to create a minimal new smart doorbell called Ding. More about Ding doorbell brings minimal approach to smart-home design
Timber joints slot together in these Tetris-like gifs – the work of a young Japanese man so obsessed by joinery techniques he set up a Twitter account dedicated to the cause. More about Hypnotic gifs animate traditional Japanese joinery techniques
The TED conference series has enabled leading thinkers, including architects, to share their ideas with the world for over 30 years. Dezeen contributing editor Jenna M McKnight has chosen some of the best presentations about the built environment from the past three decades. More about 10 of the best TED Talks about architecture
To coincide with the opening of Agnes Martin's retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, fashion brand COS has created a collection based on the artist's works. More about COS unveils collection inspired by minimalist artist Agnes Martin
South Korean tech giant Samsung has ceased production of its Galaxy Note 7 after reports of the smartphones exploding and catching fire. More about Samsung pulls Galaxy Note 7 phone from production
Architecture studio Muf has created a new interactive gallery at London's Science Museum, featuring playground slides, a quilted theatre and a huge model of the solar system. More about Muf creates "wonderlab" inside Science Museum gallery
Swedish studio Arrhov Frick Arkitektkontor has used slender stilts to elevate this timber-framed cabin into the treetops on an island in the Stockholm archipelago. More about Stilted cabin is raised among the treetops on the Stockholm archipelago
Dezeen has changed. We've revamped our site to make it as beautiful as the architecture and design projects we write about. More about Welcome to the new-look Dezeen
Through a series of renovations and new insertions, Chinese architect Zhang Ke has transformed some of Beijing's ageing hutongs into hubs of activity. More about Zhang Ke slots work and play spaces into Beijing's ancient hutong courtyards
A Polish-designed chair that was once a common sight in the living rooms of the formerly Soviet Bloc country has been reissued by new brand 366 Concept. More about 366 Concept brings back a forgotten Eastern Bloc mid-century classic
Wrapped in a latticed glass and steel skin, this ring-shaped building by architecture studio BIAD UFO provides the new headquarters for Chinese broadcaster Phoenix Television. More about Doughnut-shaped television studio in Beijing is enclosed in a latticed shell
A+Awards: a trio of mono-pitched roofs shelter this set of studios designed for a painter and ceramicist couple, which was one of the winners at this year's Architizer A+Awards. More about Davidson Rafailidis tops studios for artist and ceramicist with three angular roofs
Earth-coloured ceramic tiles cover the roofs and walls of this nursery located on the outskirts of Paris, which is designed by French studio Nomade Architectes to look like a cluster of buildings. More about Brown ceramic shingles cover Nomade Architectes' village-inspired nursery near Paris
Chilean studio Umwelt has been awarded the Début Award for early career architects at the Lisbon Triennale. To celebrate, we take a look back at the projects to come out of the studio so far. More about An introduction to Lisbon Triennale Début Award winner Umwelt
American firm Steven Holl Architects has completed an Iowa art school that consists of irregularly stacked concrete volumes sheathed in weathering zinc and stainless steel. More about Visual Arts Building by Steven Holl opens at the University of Iowa
One of Germany's legislative bodies has moved to ban petrol-powered cars in favour of electric vehicles by 2030. More about Germany moves to ban internal combustion engine by 2030