Interview: ahead of this month's Design Shanghai trade fair, creative director Ross Urwin explains how furniture and product design are fast eclipsing fashion as China's new retail obsession. More about "Bored" Chinese are turning from fashion to furniture
Milan 2015: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a range of wooden tables that are shaped to look like the curved structural elements of iconic buildings by Le Corbusier. More about Jaime Hayón designs furniture based on Le Corbusier architecture
Design has become a "game changer" in Silicon Valley, according to a report by former Rhode Island School of Design president John Maeda, who says that designers are becoming essential to the success of tech companies. More about Designers are adding billions of dollars to the tech industry, says John Maeda
New York architect Thomas Phifer has designed a building featuring an opaque glass exterior for one of the world's most important glass museums (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Phifer adds reflective white wing to Corning Museum of Glass in New York
Sports brand Nike has collaborated with Japanese fashion studio Sacai to launch a capsule collection of women's performance sportswear that incorporates pleats and lace (+ slideshow). More about Nike x Sacai capsule collection aims to make sportswear more feminine
Architect Liam Young has developed a series of animated panoramas depicting visions for cities of the future, including an urban landscape exclusively owned and operated by technology brand Samsung (+ movie). More about Panoramic animations offer "romantic overview" of dystopian future cities
Spanish-based designers Kutarq Studio have created a pair of carved bowls based on the shapes left in yoghurt when it is being eaten with a spoon (+ slideshow). More about Carved Bowls store small objects in scooped-out sections
This top-heavy white house in Kanagawa, Japan, was designed by Apollo Architects & Associates for a keen surfer and his family (+ slideshow). More about Wave is a surfer's house with a protruding windowless facade and a secret courtyard
We've assembled some of the best examples of domestic architecture in Ireland from the pages of Dezeen – including a timber-frame house with sliding doors, a black glass extension to a period home, and a seaside retreat. More about 13 of the best contemporary homes in Ireland
Dezeen promotion: designjunction has announced the headline exhibitors for its Milan show taking place from 15 to 19 April and a new district for the city's design week. More about Designjunction announces Milan line-up and new design quarter
Should we redesign animals to save them from extinction? This week readers have been discussing the ethics of a synthetic biology project that proposes doing just that. More about "This doesn't seem ethical"
Opinion: Dutch architecture firm OMA was among 74 entrants for a competition to design a new footbridge across London's River Thames – but its entry was more about making a statement than trying to win, explains practice partner Reinier de Graaf. More about "Definitely not a bridge"
Amanda Levete and Hopkins are among the architects shortlisted to design a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge across London's River Thames (+ slideshow). More about Shortlist unveiled for Nine Elms to Pimlico bridge competition
A high-profile campaign to save the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in London has been revived. More about Last-ditch bid launched to save Robin Hood Gardens from demolition
Design Indaba 2015: design brands operate in an "insider world" and are failing to connect with young consumers, according to the creative director of denim brand G-Star RAW (+ interview). More about Design "doesn't know how to democratise itself" says Shubhankar Ray
Bronze-framed windows pierce the yellow-brick facade of this house on one of the oldest streets in London's borough of Kensington and Chelsea (+ slideshow). More about TDO pairs brick and bronze for contemporary house on a historic London street
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a cabin-size suitcase with a fabric lid that unzips from the top and rolls back to the side for easier access. More about Nendo's cabin baggage has a hard shell and a soft front like a tortoise
Perforated wooden shutters allow the residents of this São Paulo apartment building by Studio MK27 to control the levels of daylight in their living spaces (+ slideshow). More about Perforated screens cover the facade of São Paulo apartment block by Studio MK27
Adjaye Associates has unveiled a proposal to transform a 1970s industrial building in Johannesburg into luxury apartments and a hotel, with balconies covered in plants (+ slideshow). More about David Adjaye to turn Johannesburg high-rise into plant-covered apartment block
Music: German director David Aufdembrinke created the video for Alban Endlos' solo debut by transferring documentary footage from India onto an old video tape and manipulating it using magnets. More about David Aufdembrinke condenses six-week journey across India into four-minute music video