In this movie filmed by Dezeen, London Design Festival deputy director Max Fraser summarises the aims and key themes of last month's Global Design Forum series of talks and discussions. More about "We invited a variety of speakers to provoke debate"
Beijing studio MAD has revealed new photographs of its hotel shaped like a giant horseshoe at the edge of Taihu Lake in Huzhou, China (+ slideshow). More about Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort by MAD - more photos
Twenty architects and designers including Zaha Hadid and David Adjaye have designed and constructed dolls' houses, each integrating a feature that would make life easier for a disabled child (+ slideshow). More about A Dolls' House by David Adjaye, Zaha Hadid, FAT, dRMM and others
News: women are the world's "fastest emerging market" and will transform the design of everything from products to interiors, according to a leading design strategist. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Women are "fastest emerging market" for designers
This small white building on the edge of the Danube River in Vienna was designed by Austrian studio Share Architects for use as a holiday home or party venue. More about Bathing Hut by Share Architects
Dezeen promotion: furniture, product and spatial design entries are now being accepted for the Interieur Awards 2014. More about Call for entries to Interieur Awards 2014
Product news: originally designed for a Shoreditch restaurant, this chair by London studio Very Good & Proper has now gone into production. More about MT Club Chair by Very Good & Proper
This winery by Melbourne studio Folk Architects is embedded into the side of a hill in Australia's Yarra Valley winemaking region (+ slideshow). More about Medhurst Winery by Folk Architects
Product news: Swedish designer Jonas Wagell has created a padded sofa that resembles the shape of risen bread. More about Swell sofa by Jonas Wagell for Normann Copenhagen
This house in Hyogo, Japan, by local architect Shogo Aratani is made up of overlapping concrete slabs that accommodate an interior of staggered floors and ramped corridors (+ slideshow). More about House in Hyogo by Shogo Aratani Architect & Associates
An invisible man and woman are the stars of the photoshoot for this renovated apartment in Paris by French designer Paul Coudamy (+ slideshow). More about Studio Nuctale by Paul Coudamy
Building-shaped cut-outs cast the shadow of a city onto a wall in this Copenhagen installation by Polish designer Izabela Boloz (+ slideshow + movie). More about Shadow City by Izabela Boloz
London designer Rohan Chhabra has adapted a range of hunter jackets so they transform into models of endangered animals (+ slideshow). More about Embodying Ethics: Endangered by Rohan Chhabra
A hotel shaped like a giant horseshoe by Ma Yansong of Beijing studio MAD is set to open later this year on the edge of a lake in Huzhou, China. More about Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort by MAD
Vienna design duo chmara.rosinke created this wooden vanity stand for a local shirt tailor (+ slideshow). More about A Tailor's Ritual by chmara.rosinke for Wäscheflott
A cluster of five gabled cabins make up this summer retreat in northern Denmark by architects Powerhouse Company (+ movie). More about Village House by Powerhouse Company
News: OMA has completed the Shenzhen Stock Exchange - a skyscraper with a skirt at the heart of the city's Central Business District (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes Shenzhen Stock Exchange
This wooden holiday house by Swedish studio Max Holst Arkitektkontor is perched on the edge of a gorge in Vindö, an island on the Stockholm archipelago (+ slideshow). More about Holiday House Vindö by Max Holst Arkitektkontor
Curved elements attach under the legs of this wooden bench by Italian designer Andrea Rekalidis to turn it into a see-saw (+ slideshow). More about Twin Bench by Andrea Rekalidis
Corten steel columns alternate with floor-to-ceiling glass to bring stripes of light and shadow into this funeral home outside Barcelona by Spanish firm Batlle i Roig Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More about New Funeral Home in Sant Joan Despí by Batlle i Roig Arquitectes