Stationery brand Moleskine has created a series of notebooks for use with a Livescribe smartpen to turn notes written on the pages into digital files (+ slideshow). More about Moleskine Livescribe Notebooks transfer ideas from paper to screen
French studio LCR Architectes used gently patinated copper to give the exterior surfaces of this school near Toulouse a weathered, metallic appearance (+ slideshow). More about LCR Architectes clads French middle school with tarnished copper panels
Researchers at Italian design centre Fabrica have created a desk tidy for both plants and stationery to encourage office workers to make their spaces more verdant (+ slideshow). More about Fabrica's Statera desk tidy brings plants into the workplace
This pop-up wooden theatre in Southampton, England, was designed by London architecture collective Assemble to look like a cross between a performance venue and a football stadium (+ slideshow). More about Assemble's latest pop-up theatre combines Tudor design with stadium architecture
Wooden box shelves and planters populate the gridded metal framework installed around the perimeter of this cafe in Beijing by design collective Penda (+ slideshow). More about Penda's indoor planting modules provide a "green oasis" inside Home Cafe
This arching concrete bridge is the second of three structures designed by Austrian studio Marte.Marte Architects for a winding mountain road between two Alpine towns (+ slideshow). More about Schaufelschlucht Bridge by Marte.Marte Architects is second in trio of Alpine structures
French designer Philippe Starck has unveiled four electric bicycles and a collection of matching cycling accessories at the Eurobike event in Germany today, including a bike with a furry coat (+ slideshow). More about Philippe Starck launches MASS cycling collection at Eurobike
Competition: Dezeen has partnered with British artist and designer Dominic Wilcox to give away five copies of Variations on Normal, his illustrated hardback book of absurd inventions. More about Competition: five copies of Dominic Wilcox's Variations on Normal book to be won
Norwegian architecture studio Snøhetta has designed a series of wooden hives for the roof of an Oslo food court to encourage bees to take up residence in the city (+ slideshow). More about Snøhetta entices bees into Oslo with honey-coloured Vulkan Beehives
Swedish architect Tommy Carlsson has completed an affordable prefabricated home near Stockholm that is clad in corrugated iron and resembles a cube with some of its corners cut off (+ slideshow). More about Happy Cheap house by Tommy Carlsson is a prototype for low-cost prefab homes
Translucent tendrils protruding from these body adornments by Polish designer Ewa Sliwinska amplify small movements made by the wearer (+ movie). More about The Living Points Structure jewellery covers limbs in porcupine-like spines
News: the OMA-designed Taipei Performing Arts Center – a theatre complex centred around a transparent cube – has topped out today in the Taiwanese capital (+ slideshow). More about OMA's Taiwan theatre complex hits construction milestone
Canadian architect Alain Carle added cedar panelling to selected parts of this black-painted brick house in Quebec, highlighting terraces, window reveals and entrances (+ slideshow). More about Sprawling Quebec house by Alain Carle contrasts black brick with warm cedar
New Zealand designer Ramon Telfer used his own experiences of panic attacks to design The Calming Stone, a hand-held device created to help alleviate symptoms of stress and anxiety (+ slideshow). More about Pebble-shaped Calming Stone is designed to help prevent panic attacks
For the new premises of German textile-printing company Textilmacher, Munich firm Tillich Architektur has completed a building with a concrete facade reminiscent of creased fabric (+ slideshow). More about Tillich Architektur adds folded concrete facade to textile company headquarters
Norwegian studio Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter created the self-service Rabot Cabin for hikers in Norway's Okstindan mountain range (+ slideshow). More about Remote mountain site hosts hikers' cabin by Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter
London Design Festival 2014: geometric pencil sharpeners, a horse-shaped chaise longue and a ladder with a built-in seat are among the dream items created by young designers for clients including Paul Smith, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Richard Rogers (+ slideshow). More about The Wish List: emerging designers produce objects for Hadid, Foster, Rogers and more
Dezeen promotion: international carpet tile manufacturer Interface has announced the release of Human Nature, a new flooring collection inspired by forest floors, grassy fields and pebbled garden paths. More about Interface launches Human Nature flooring tiles modelled on forest floors and garden paths
A graduate from the Bartlett School of Architecture has turned the iconic Barbican Estate in London into the setting for a proposed augmented-reality video game (+ movie). More about Barbecana by Edward Mascarenhas turns the Barbican into a video game
This cafe and sweet shop in Okamoto, Japan, was designed by architect Yuko Nagayama to look like two separate buildings with a small courtyard and tree sandwiched in the middle. More about Yuko Nagayama's cafe and sweet shop wraps around a tree