This week on Dezeen, Wolfgang & Hite designed pink architectural sex toys to comment on New York's Hudson Yards development, and Banksy launched his own merchandise to keep custody of his name. More about This week, Hudson Yards was turned into sex toys and Banksy set up shop
London design duo Studio Ayaskan has created a clock, which rakes sand in hypnotic, concentric circles to mark the passage of time. More about Studio Ayaskan designs clock that rakes sand to illustrate the ripples of time
Coloured skylights offer rainbow-hued illuminations on one side of this holiday cottage that Nina Edwards Anker has designed in Long Island, while the other is covered in cedar shingles. More about Skylights create rainbow patterns inside cedar-covered Cocoon House by Nina Edwards Anker
Shane Davis and partners have overhauled an industrial building in Brooklyn's Gowanus area into a spot that functions as a vegan cafe by day, and a bar and restaurant, complete with a nightclub, after dark. More about Public Records in historic Brooklyn building pairs vegan cafe with nightclub
Designer Daan Roosegaarde is the latest creative to collaborate with Carlo Ratti's Scribit project, creating a robot-drawn illustration based on his ongoing research into space waste. More about Daan Roosegaarde partners with Scribit to bring space waste into people's living rooms
Dezeen promotion: architect-led tours, open offices and a pumpkin carving competition are among the events that will take place in New York for the city's month-long architecture festival Archtober. More about New York's Archtober festival includes tours of buildings by Studio Gang, Steven Holl and OMA
Salmon-coloured surfaces, curved furnishings and a cooking-themed wall mural appear inside high-end restaurant Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, which has been recently refreshed by Pierre Yovanovitch. More about Pierre Yovanovitch opts for salmon pink in revamp of London restaurant
OMA has won a competition to build The Link hotel and department store in Vienna, which will be topped by a series of public rooftop gardens. More about OMA designs The Link department store and hotel in Vienna
Microsoft has revealed the design of the Surface Duo, a dual-screen Android folding phone, which can be opened down the middle like a book. More about Microsoft unveils dual-screen folding Android smartphone
Rachel Armstrong, professor of experimental architecture at Newcastle University, will speak about cities of the future at Dezeen Day on 30 October. More about Rachel Armstrong to speak about living architecture at Dezeen Day
London designer Arthur Carabott has worked with composer Anna Meredith to create an augmented reality app that immerses listeners in a piece of music. More about Arthur Carabott designs app that is "like virtual reality for the ears"
Design Museum co-directors Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black are leaving their posts at the London museum. A successor has been lined up and is expected to be named on Monday, Dezeen understands. More about Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black to leave the Design Museum
The white-tile interior of this Aesop store has been designed by Mlkk Studio to match the materiality of buildings dotted around Taipei's Daan district. More about White tiles camouflage Aesop store against Taipei's urban landscape
Japanese studio Nendo has created a collection of stackable chairs from recycled household plastics, which take design cues from a folded sheet of paper. More about Nendo designs N02 Recycle chair from household plastic waste for Fritz Hansen
An undulating, multi-pitched roof covers the timber-framed Congress and Exhibition Centre in Agordo, Italy, designed by architects Emanuele Bressan and Andrea Botter. More about Timber trusses support undulating roof of Italian convention centre
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Studio Libeskind and MVRDV are among six teams that have revealed their competing proposals for a museum and memorial dedicated to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Studio Libeskind and MVRDV compete to build museum for Orlando Pulse shooting
To explore the possibilities of mud architecture, Rael San Fratello has created 3D-printed prototypes that take cues from historical earthen construction built along the Rio Grande river. More about Rael San Fratello 3D prints earth structures to demonstrate potential of mud architecture
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Designer Job Smeets has issued a spoof video claiming police will not let him leave his home after the disappearance of a solid-gold artwork by his friend Maurizio Cattelan. More about Job Smeets claims he is "under house arrest" following theft of £5 million gold toilet
Discounted early-bird tickets for Dezeen Day, our new design and architecture conference, are on sale until midnight UK time, Friday 4 October. More about Only one day left to buy Dezeen Day tickets at the reduced early-bird rate