Biotech start-up Spiber and The North Face's Japanese distributor Goldwin have created the first mass-manufactured jacket made from synthetic spider silk. More about Spiber creates first commercially available jacket from emulated spider silk for The North Face
This week we've selected four promising PR and marketing opportunities on Dezeen Jobs including vacancies at architecture studios De Rosee Sa and Powerhouse Company. More about PR and marketing roles on Dezeen Jobs include positions at De Rosee Sa and Powerhouse Company
A cluster of rustic rooms forms the new Lost Villa Boutique Hotel in Zhongwei, China, designed by DAS Lab to blend into the desert landscape. More about Boutique hotel complex coated in brown mortar to appear weathered
The walls of this Mexico City pavilion by local architect Gerardo Broissin are made from concrete panels pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle. More about Bubbles protrude from concrete puzzle pavilion at Design Week Mexico
Gensler has revealed plans to create a bright and minimal lobby inside Philip Johnson's landmarked postmodernist AT&T Building, as part of the major overhaul of the skyscraper led by architecture firm Snøhetta. More about Gensler redesigns lobby for postmodern AT&T Building
Lexus considered the relationship between a horse and its rider when designing the LF-30 Electrified concept car, which represents the Japanese brand's vision for a future generation of electric vehicles. More about Lexus designs LF-30 Electrified concept to develop "mutual understanding" between car and driver
Architecture studio PPAA cut away portions of a square-plan house to create voids that bring in natural light and provide an intimate connection to the surrounding forest. More about PPAA designs Tlalpuente house to merge with wooded landscape in Mexico City
Architect Matteo Foresti has designed a sauna set into the rocks of an island within the Stockholm archipelago that's lined with dark oak and black stone. More about All-black sauna embedded in Stockholm's rocky island frames sea views
Falling attendances at London's Design Museum contributed to a cash crisis earlier this year that left the institute with a deficit of £1.2 million, Dezeen has learned. More about Design Museum rescued by £3 million loan after financial position deemed "not sustainable"
Keeping a record of LGBTQ+ design makes political change increasingly possible says Andrew Campbell, the author of Queer x Design. He has picked five examples of LGBTQ+ graphic design from the past 50 years for Dezeen. More about Queer x Design highlights 50 years of LGBTQ+ graphic design
Dutch architecture studio OMA has released images of Wafra Tower, a residential development on the coast of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait City . More about OMA unveils design for residential Wafra Tower in Kuwait City
With one week to go until our agenda-setting architecture and design conference Dezeen Day, there are just 30 places left. Buy your ticket before they sell out! More about One week to go until Dezeen Day – just 30 tickets left!
For the exhibition design of Keith Haring's first major show in the UK, design practice InterestingProjects has taken heed from the distinct material and countercultural context of 1980s New York City. More about InterestingProjects evoke 1980s New York for Keith Haring exhibition design
Eleni Meladaki is an associate architect at London studio ACME. She explains her career progression and the difference between practising architecture in Greece and the UK for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. More about Careers guide: Eleni Meladaki explains her role as associate architect at ACME
Foggo Associates has designed a curved high-rise in central London at 70 St Mary Axe, which is widely known as the Can of Ham due to its distinctive shape. More about Foggo Associates completes Can of Ham alongside the Gherkin
Interior design studio Roman and Williams has installed cabinets inside its New York showroom that are filled with tchotchkes coloured to match a new paint palette by Farrow & Ball. More about Roman and Williams installs cabinet of curiosities inside Soho furniture shop
LED lights illuminate the gridded concrete structure of Boston's brutalist city hall, which has been renovated by local firm Utile. More about Boston City Hall renovation preserves "straightforward honesty" of brutalist building
Barbie has listed her glamorous Malibu beach house on Airbnb for a lucky holidaymaker to enjoy this month. More about Barbie lists Malibu Dreamhouse on Airbnb
In this week's comments update, readers are suspicious of the intentions of wearable praying technology and in agreement that sustainable design terminology needs more scrutiny. More about "I presumed that 'Pope' was some new hip, high-tech designer"
Paris has unveiled a gold-medal-shaped emblem for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games that incorporates the Olympic flame and the lips of Marianne. More about Emblem for Paris Olympics combines gold medal and Marianne's lips