The set designs for Netflix's hit show Squid Game, which were informed by everything from MC Escher engravings to real children's playgrounds, were designed "to look cute and sweet" according to the show's director and art director. More about Squid Game's violent contests take place in spaces designed "to trigger nostalgia" says director Hwang Dong-Hyuk
British architect Norman Foster has praised Grafton Architects' Stirling Prize-winning Kingston University London – Town House as a "progressive new model for higher education". More about Grafton's Stirling Prize-winning Town House is "the future of education" says Norman Foster
The Kingston University London – Town House designed by RIBA Gold Medal-winning studio Grafton Architects has won this year's Stirling Prize. More about Kingston University London – Town House by Grafton Architects wins 2021 Stirling Prize
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features architect Frank Gehry's design for the Guggenheim museum in Abu Dhabi. More about Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Mexican studio Escobedo Soliz has renovated a family's residence inside a 1940s housing complex that was modelled on Le Corbusier's Radiant City masterplan. More about Escobedo Soliz updates compact apartment in Mexico City's modernist CUPA tower
Dezeen promotion: Parsons School of Design offers 19 master's programmes that intend to equip students with the interdisciplinary tools needed to redesign the future. More about Parsons School of Design's master's degree programmes aim to redesign the future
Dezeen Showroom: Talk Carpet has unveiled its latest travel-inspired design, the Loggia Multi-Colored flooring, which takes its pattern from a 15th-century Italian mural. More about Loggia Multi-Colored carpet by Talk Carpet
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has completed the plant-covered Trudo Vertical Forest social housing tower in Eindhoven. More about Stefano Boeri covers social housing tower with 10,000 plants
Nottingham-based designer Mac Collins recently won the Emerging Designer Medal at the London Design Medal awards. In an exclusive interview, he tells Dezeen how he doesn't want to be pigeonholed as a "Black designer". More about "I'd like to think I'm having success regardless of my skin colour" says Mac Collins
Dezeen Showroom: Narbutas has released the Surf task chair, which features a sail-like backrest designed to keep the user comfortable for hours. More about Surf task chair by Narbutas
Italian fashion brand Sunnei has renovated the interior of an ex-recording studio to create a minimalist headquarters as a canvas for furniture and art pieces by the brand's collaborators. More about Sunnei transforms former recording studio into fashion brand HQ in Milan
Design studio Playfool has created a set of sustainable crayons made entirely from Japanese wood, which was designed to celebrate the unseen colours within a forest's trees. More about Forest Crayons reveal the spectrum of colours within Japanese wood
Black granite, terrazzo, and concrete all contrast the lush vegetation at this compound on Mexico City's elite Paseo de la Reforma, which houses the official residence of the Swiss Ambassador to Mexico. More about FHV Architectes and Blancasmoran overhaul Swiss Ambassador's Residence in Mexico City
Rules restricting the use of wood in UK buildings are hampering the switch to low-carbon building methods, according to timber architecture expert Andrew Waugh. More about UK rules on building with timber are a "policy car crash" says Andrew Waugh
The New York City Council has approved the use of mass timber for the construction of buildings of up to 85 feet tall in the city. More about New York approves use of cross-laminated timber for six-storey buildings
Dezeen Showroom: presented at Maison&Objet, Dutch furniture brand Zuiver has released a new version of its Albert Kuip chair by APE, with a brown textured seat made from used coffee grounds. More about Albert Kuip Coffee chair by APE presented at Maison&Objet
Leolux LX has presented a selection of highly customisable seating on Dezeen Showroom, including cocooning armchairs that embrace the sitter and ergonomic office chairs with adjustable headrests. More about Ergonomically designed versatile seating from Leolux LX features on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: presented at Maison&Objet, Omayra Maymó's Bay sofa for interiors brand Broste Copenhagen is equipped with a deep seat and rounded edges. More about Bay Sofa by Omayra Maymó presented at Maison&Objet
Dezeen promotion: property developer Salboy has unveiled plans to convert the Victorian arches under the former Manchester Central railway station into luxury facilities for a new residential tower. More about Salboy to create swimming pool and spa in Victorian arches under Manchester Central
Barcelona-based studio EMBT has revealed images of a mass-timber metro station, which is under construction in the Centro Direzionale area of Naples. More about Benedetta Tagliabue reveals mass-timber metro station under construction in Naples