Rollerskating rinks, national anthems and the humble table are just some of the points of reference for contestants in this year's Rigg Design Prize exhibition, which celebrates the best of Australian interior design. More about Ten Australian interior designers create bespoke spaces inside National Gallery Victoria
Australian architect and designer Ameé Allsop has launched a minimalist furniture collection made from bleached American ash and travertine. More about Pure Minimalist furniture collection takes cues from beach landscape of the Hamptons
The KWG M Cube shopping centre in Beijing, designed by MVRDV, is covered in hand-glazed iridescent ceramic tiles that change colour in different lights. More about MVRDV builds Beijing shopping centre covered in shimmering ceramic tiles
San Francisco might put the brakes on Uber and Lyft, after a new report has pinned the city's worsening congestion on the ride-sharing services. More about Uber and Lyft blamed for San Francisco's congested streets
New York designer Joe Doucet has created a collection of knobbly 3D-printed homeware for an exhibition at the city's Cooper Hewitt museum. More about Joe Doucet designs 3D-printed vessels to "represent dining in the 21st century"
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Prague-based jewellery design studio Zorya has grown an 18-armed chandelier from crystals within the Museum of Decorative Arts in Dresden, Germany. More about Zorya grows 18-armed crystal chandelier
Modernist buildings bathed in moonlight are the subject of Australian photographer Tom Blachford's updated image series, which goes on show in New York this week. More about Tom Blachford expands Midnight Modern architecture photo series
Dezeen promotion: Sofia-based bicycle company Urbanized has launched a range of sturdy bikes, designed for city environments. More about "Maintenance-free" Urbanized bikes are engineered for city use
Christchurch Central Library has been designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen as a "symbol of hope, unity, and rebirth" for the city in New Zealand, which was ravaged by an earthquake in 2011. More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps earthquake-resistant Christchurch library in golden screen
Eindhoven-based Studio Joachim-Morineau has designed a manufacturing machine that replicates human error, to create ceramics with individual structures, patterns and textures. More about Dripping machine creates ceramics that marry technological precision with handmade details
If humans can't reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, can we design our way out of climate-change catastrophe? Last week's UN report shone a light on geoengineering, a discipline that proposes large-scale interventions to counteract global warming. So what ideas are geoengineers proposing? More about Five geoengineering solutions proposed to fight climate change
Improving the diversity of your architecture firm will help you win more projects, says Gabrielle Bullock. More about "Hiring an African American woman on your leadership team is a step in the right direction"
Bjarke Ingels Group has teamed up with Italian lighting brand Artemide to create a colour-changing lamp designed to help plants grow. More about BIG and Artemide's Gople lamp helps plants grow indoors
We've selected the top five visualiser roles available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including opportunities with Hayes Davidson and London-based architecture firm WilkinsonEyre. More about Top five roles in visualisation on Dezeen Jobs this week
Industrial design graduate Gwen Gage's has created a plastic mesh that connect medication boxes together to allow easier delivery of malaria medicine in remote sub-Saharan African villages. More about VeloMed plastic mesh helps volunteers transport seven times as many medicine boxes
Trees, bark chips and visitors are all reflected in mirrors behind the severe black exterior of this pavilion, which Mexican architect Fernanda Canales created for this year's Design Week Mexico. More about Fernanda Canales completes reflective pavilion for Design Week Mexico 2018
American artist Doug Aitken has created a house-shaped pavilion clad entirely in mirrors inside a former bank in Detroit, Michigan. More about Doug Aitken installs mirrored house in historic Detroit building
We are entering a new geological era: the anthropocene, in which human activity is a dominant influence on earth's geology and environment. At Dutch Design Week, a special edition of our Good Design for a Bad World series will ask if design can harness this phenomenon to prevent global catastrophe, writes Marcus Fairs. More about "Humans are clever. They can solve problems. There is hope"
If the UK leaves the European Union without a Brexit deal, the automatic mutual recognition of architecture qualifications between the two sides will no longer exist, making it more difficult for firms in one territory to hire staff from the other, it has emerged. More about Mutual recognition of UK and EU architect qualifications would end with no-deal Brexit