Woven spinning chairs by Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, and a hidden stage with entrances made from portable toilets were some of the highlights of FORMAT Festival in Arkansas. More about Esrawe + Cadena installs spinning chairs at FORMAT Festival in Arkansas
Local studio Heryco has completed a renovation of a pink apartment building with arches influenced by the form of aqueducts in the city of Querétaro, México. More about Heryco blends "history and modernity" in renovation of pink apartment block
Promotion: designer Tom Dixon took to the stage at C-Next Designers Europe, one of the continent's largest design conferences, to talk about his latest installation that challenges bathroom conventions. More about "My early designs were so ugly, so unfunctional and so dangerous" says Tom Dixon
Rich hues and curving geometries feature throughout Somers House, an L-shaped coastal home that Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has added to a coastal site in Victoria. More about Kennedy Nolan covers L-shaped coastal home in charred timber
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a colourful gridded facade to a skyscraper in Shenzhen, to create a hotel and centre dedicated to the welfare of women and children. More about MVRDV transforms Shenzhen skyscraper into colourful women and children's centre
British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng says there is "definitely an opportunity" to disrupt the furniture industry in the same way he shook up the tailoring traditions of London's Savile Row in this interview. More about "Tradition has to evolve or it dies" says Ozwald Boateng
In this week's comments update, readers discussed an underground house in the Netherlands and debated conservation groups' calls to save a 1960s stadium in Ahmedabad, India. More about "Icons come, icons go" says commenter
In the latest instalment of our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series Jan Rose, creative director at design studio Toogood in London, talks about its projects and recruitment process. More about "We have probably become a lot more rigorous in our recruitment" says Toogood's creative director
London studio Wright and Wright has completed the final phase of its redevelopment of St John's College at the University of Oxford, restoring two libraries and a 17th-century courtyard. More about Wright and Wright completes decade-long redevelopment of University of Oxford college
Promotion: a stool designed for toddlers that can transform to fit adults by designer Jenna Gillinger is the winner of Danish brand OYOY Living Design's Togetherness Award. More about A modular pine stool with multiple uses wins OYOY Living Design's Togetherness Award
Melbourne studio Reef Design Lab has created a series of organically shaped modules from concrete blended with oyster shells to help reduce coastal erosion in Port Phillip Bay, Australia. More about Reef Design Lab crafts Erosion Mitigation Units from recycled oyster shells
Seattle-based designer Jay Sae Jung Oh has created a chair made of discarded instruments hand-wrapped in cords of cowhide leather. More about Jay Sae Jung Oh creates chair with discarded instruments wrapped in leather
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MyPowerbank, a portable phone charger designed for London's homeless community that runs on kinetic energy from rental bikes. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features powerbank that is charged using rental bikes
Arched doorways and a rooftop studio feature in the Y.27 House, which has been overhauled by architecture firm Estudio Estudio in a way that honours the historic building's original character. More about Estudio Estudio unveils "hidden architectural treasures" in Mexico City house
Promotion: gravity-defying wooden furniture and a monumental light sculpture are among the highlights of this year's PAD London art and design fair, which opens this month in London. More about Sixty-two galleries from 16 countries to exhibit at the 15th edition of PAD London
A band of limestone separates old and new at Fohlenweg, a house in Berlin that London studio O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects created using the walls of an existing bungalow. More about O'Sullivan Skoufoglou transforms Berlin bungalow with blocky extension
Following the start of a new academic year in much of the world, searches for school buildings have seen a 60 per cent increase on Pinterest. Here are 11 striking examples from our boards. More about Eleven vibrant schools from Dezeen's Pinterest
A circular wooden structure with a diameter of 700 metres is under construction off the coast of Japan as part of architect Sou Fujimoto's masterplan for Expo 2025 Osaka. More about Construction begins on Expo 2025 Osaka masterplan by Sou Fujimoto
Urbanist Carlos Moreno has urged UK prime minister Rishi Sunak to rethink his stance on 15-minute cities following the announcement that he will stop councils implementing the concept. More about UK prime minister's 15-minute city ban "baffling" says concept creator
The MSG Sphere Las Vegas opened its doors for the first time this weekend with a concert by U2 featuring visuals by designer Es Devlin, artist John Gerrard and more on a 15,000-square-metre wrap-around screen. More about MSG Sphere in Las Vegas opens with bespoke artworks by Es Devlin and John Gerrard