Opinion: as MoMA launches an online exhibition investigating design's relationship with violence, Dezeen columnist Justin McGuirk looks beyond objects like 3D-printed guns and drones to ask "what do our weapons say about the systems they support?" More about "Design is complicit in economic and political systems that are inherently violent"
This 25-metre wooden lookout in the Czech Republic by Mjölk Architekti is named Cucumber Tower in an attempt to discourage association with phallic forms (+ slideshow). More about Timber observation tower shaped like "a cucumber" by Mjölk Architekti
Movie: in our next exclusive interview from Inside Festival, Aman Aggarwal explains how his studio Charged Voids combined traditional designs with modern construction techniques to create the interior of Tashya, a high-end Indian bridal store in Chandigarh. More about Indian bridal store "integrates traditional craft practices with modern construction"
French studio Perraudin Architecture has constructed a family house out of solid stone, claiming the material is "cheaper and faster" to build with than concrete. More about House made of solid stone in Lyon by Perraudin Architecture
This chair by Copenhagen designer Thomas Bentzen for Danish design brand Muuto has armrests made of folded plywood. More about Cover chair with folded plywood armrests by Thomas Bentzen for Muuto
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win a set of Christmas cards printed with wintery images of London's Modernist architecture by designer Stefi Orazi. More about Competition: five packs of Modernist London Christmas cards to be won
This "bioclimatic" house on the edge of Lyon in France features a timber frame, cladding of larch and composite timber, and a planted roof (+ slideshow). More about Timber-framed "bioclimatic" house with larch cladding by Tectoniques
Tsutsumi & Associates has added a spiral staircase and glazed meeting rooms to an old factory in Beijing to transform the building into the headquarters of a furniture company (+ slideshow). More about Tsutsumi & Associates converts Beijing factory into furniture brand headquarters
News: architect Zaha Hadid has hit back at critics who have compared the design of her Al Wakrah stadium in Qatar to a vagina, describing the comments as "embarrassing" and "ridiculous". More about Zaha Hadid dismisses "ridiculous" claims that Qatar stadium resembles a vagina
The owner of this Madrid apartment moves between living and working spaces like a character in a computer game, using ladders and stairs that connect platforms inserted in a single tall, narrow space. More about Tiny Madrid apartment by MYCC with rooms connected by a ladder
This week's Pinterest board is made up of the best hotels featured on Dezeen, including a hotel submerged beneath the surface of the ocean, a Singapore hotel featuring balconies covered in tropical plants and a mirrored glass box suspended round the trunk of a tree in Sweden. More about New Pinterest board: hotels
American artist Phillip K Smith III has added mirrors to the walls of a desert shack in California to create the illusion that you can see right through the building (+ movie). More about Lucid Stead installation by Phillip K Smith III makes a desert cabin appear transparent
These wooden storage boxes by Japanese designers Torafu Architects stack up to make little trolleys (+ slideshow). More about Koloro-wagon stacking wooden storage boxes by Torafu Architects
Movie: Julia Borghesi of design studio Hassell discusses the hybrid aesthetic of advertising agency Clemenger BBDO's office in Sydney, which topped the office category at last month's Inside Festival. More about Office for a Sydney advertising agency combines "the New York loft with Scandinavian design"
Extravagant outfits and hats from the wardrobe of the late stylist and fashion muse Isabella Blow have gone on display in London (+ slideshow). More about Fashion by McQueen and Treacy in new exhibition of Isabella Blow's collection
Japanese designer Yasutoshi Mifune has created a clothes stand with Y-shaped coat hangers that slot into the base when not in use. More about Clothes stand with Y-shaped coat hangers by Mifune Design Studio
Just when we thought things couldn't get much weirder than last week, we featured human cheese, humans giving birth to dolphins and bees that can sniff out cancer this week. Read on for more architecture and design news from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Movie: in this exclusive interview, Rem Koolhaas tells Dezeen why the colossal new De Rotterdam tower is the most visible OMA skyscraper yet. "Nobody will be able to avoid" seeing it, he says. More about De Rotterdam is a "dynamic presence in the city," says Rem Koolhaas
News: condoms made by combining latex with new wonder material graphene would be "thinner, stronger, safer and more pleasurable," according to scientists developing uses for the ultra-thin material. More about World's thinnest, strongest material could mean "more pleasurable" condoms
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a senior designer at Martha Schwartz Partners, whose design for the grounds of Qatar Petroleum headquarters is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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