Royal College of Art graduate Ayca Dundar has redesigned the umbrella, paring it back to a pop-up canopy with six parts so it can recover from being blown inside out (+ movie). More about Drop umbrella by Ayca Dundar is made of just six parts
Facebook, Instagram and Flickr are posing a serious challenge to professional photographers and changing the way architects work, says architectural photographer Cristobal Palma (+ interview + movie). More about "Everyone is becoming an expert in image-making" says photographer Cristobal Palma
News: Brooklyn firm Garrison Architects has unveiled a full-size prototype for post-disaster housing described as "a step forward in the way that cities respond to natural disasters" like hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. More about Modular New York homes by Garrison Architects to "create a blueprint for post-disaster housing"
Dezeen promotion: HP, Intel and creative programme producers Cut&Paste have announced the start of their collaborative LaunchBox showcase – an online exhibition of some of Europe's newest pre-crowdfunded product campaigns. More about Cut&Paste announces online product design showcase
News: American brand Herman Miller has begun producing the flexible office furniture collections designed by Yves Behar's studio Fuseproject and London company Industrial Facility (+ slideshow). More about Herman Miller launches office furniture by Industrial Facility and Fuseproject
German studio Format Elf Architekten has designed three holiday cottages for a resort in the Bavarian countryside that resemble archetypal pitched-roof barns (+ slideshow). More about Format Elf Architekten adds blackened timber cottages to a rural German resort
Grey wool felt covers the walls of this Aesop store in Shepherd's Bush, London, by French architects Tolila+Gilliland (+ slideshow). More about Tolila+Gilliland converts jewellery shop into felt-lined Aesop store
The living room of this home in Japan's Hyogo prefecture, by Tokyo architect Soichi Yamasaki, features a dog pen so the owner's pets can be involved in family life without running riot (+ slideshow). More about Playpen for dogs installed within Soichi Yamasaki's S Residence
British artist David Shrigley has designed his first ceramics collection for the Gallery at Sketch on London's Conduit Street, as part of the restaurant's programme of artist collaborations (+ slideshow). More about David Shrigley creates tableware range for London restaurant Sketch
Movie: Chilean architect Smiljan Radić says he wanted his pavilion to have the qualities of a giant hand-made model in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the unveiling of the 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion on Tuesday. More about Smiljan Radić's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion looks like a crude model "made by a giant"
Pulsing rings of light traced the movement of visitors to this installation in Federation Square, Melbourne, by designer Asif Khan – who this week picked up a Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions awards (+ movie). More about Radiant Lines by Asif Khan creates rings of light in Melbourne's Federation Square
Graduate designer Yerin Do presented leather clothes hooks that slot into wooden surfaces to make them look like they're infested with fungi at the Royal College of Art degree show, which opened last week (+ slideshow). More about Yerin Do adds leather "parasites" to wooden furniture
This series of wooden cabinets by designer Peter Marigold are stained at the joints to look as if they're bleeding. More about Peter Marigold's cabinets "bleed" as steel reacts with tannin
British photographer Jim Stephenson has shared his images of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2014 by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, which was unveiled earlier today in London (+ slideshow). More about Smiljan Radić's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion photographed by Jim Stephenson
News: a double-domed pavilion is the first building to have its main structure entirely made out of wooden panels created by robots, according to academics from the University of Stuttgart (+ slideshow). More about Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall is a plywood pavilion made by robots
News: the New York flagship store for fashion house Valentino designed by David Chipperfield Architects will open on Fifth Avenue this summer. More about David Chipperfield designs Valentino's New York flagship store
Architect Rem Koolhaas's studio AMO created a runway surrounded by water for fashion house Prada's Spring Summer 2015 collection shown in Milan on Sunday. More about Prada SS15 catwalk by Rem Koolhaas' AMO floats on a blue pool
News: Chilean architect Smiljan Radić has this morning unveiled his translucent and bulbous Serpentine Gallery Pavilion at Kensington Gardens in London. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2014 by Smiljan Radić opens
Wooden house-shaped volumes are inserted into this office in the attic of a converted industrial building in Shanghai, by Chinese architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, creating a contrast with raw concrete fittings (+ slideshow). More about Flamingo Shanghai offices by Neri&Hu feature raw concrete and angular meeting rooms
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: one of the grandest installations created for the Venice biennale is a grid of seven-metre-high golden columns by German artist Heinz Mack (+ slideshow). More about Heinz Mack installs towering golden columns on a Venetian island