The traditional craft of weaving is experiencing a modern revival, as makers experiment with digital technologies and taboo topics. Here are six individuals who are leading the movement. More about Six contemporary weavers who are bringing innovation to textile craft
Sameep Padora & Associates looked at the forms of vaulted brick ceilings found in Catalonia to develop the complex curved roof of this extension to a children's library in the Indian town of Kopargaon. More about Sameep Padora creates undulating brick roof to cover school library in India
New York designer Xuhui Zhang has chosen minimal furnishings and mint green accents for a local Chinese restaurant as a conscious effort to redefine East Asian design. More about New York restaurant Junzi Kitchen is coloured to evoke "early spring in Northern China"
Black porcelain walls appear to fold up and around the huge windows and gardens of this luxury housing block, which Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos has staggered down a hill in Mexico City. More about Grass terraces zigzag up Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos' Mexico City apartments
Belgian architecture firm DMVA has transformed a 17th-century house with a facade just 2.4 metres wide into what might be Antwerp's smallest hotel. More about DMVA creates One Room Hotel inside 17th-century house in Antwerp
Northumbria University design graduate Will de Brett has redesigned the everyday electrical plug, making it pin-less and stackable to accommodate numerous devices. More about Pin-free Mi Plug project reimagines power outlets for the 21st century
We've created a Pinterest board dedicated to corrugated metal, including a quinoa warehouse with a wavy upper storey and a skinny home slotted into a dense Buenos Aires neighbourhood. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Anna Aagaard Jensen has designed a series of chairs to challenge social norms and encourage women to claim more space with their bodies. More about Anna Aagaard Jensen's A Basic Instinct chairs reinvent "manspreading" for women
Quebec City studios Hatem + D and Étienne Bernier have given a 20th-century residence a new life, by refurbishing the existing building and adding a small extension to the back yard. More about Black extension by Hatem + D and Étienne Bernier contrasts pale-brick Quebec City home
This huge industrial building in San Francisco now functions as office space for an HR software company, where employees are encouraged to take off their shoes. More about Vast warehouse at San Francisco's Pier 70 becomes Gusto headquarters
Vo Trong Nghia Architects used bamboo to create spiralling structures that flow from the ceiling to the floors and conceal concrete pillars at this rooftop cafe in the Vietnamese city of Vinh. More about Vo Trong Nghia Architects creates "cave-like" Nocenco cafe with swirling bamboo ceiling
Tiles have been used widely throughout Spanish interior design, particularly within Barcelona homes. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy has selected seven of the city's most striking examples, from an apartment with ornately patterned floors to a home with textured terracotta walls. More about Seven Barcelona homes with tile designs worth repeating
This week on Dezeen, Priestmangoode revealed the first full-scale Hyperloop pod in Spain, and a prototype bus that tackles air pollution took to the UK's streets. More about This week, the first Hyperloop capsule prototype was unveiled and an air-filtering bus hit the road
Landscape architecture practice Djao-Rakitine has erected a monolithic marble drinking water fountain and bench outside London's Selfridges department store. More about Djao-Rakitine creates monolithic street furniture for London's Selfridges
Canadian studio Architecture49 has covered this minimal golf clubhouse in Montreal with a massive wooden roof, to shelter driving ranges so members can play in bad weather. More about Giant roof tops Montreal golf clubhouse by Architecture49
Interior design studio Casework has transformed a 20th-century building in Portland, Oregon, into a collaborative hub for a digital product agency. More about Casework turns Portland industrial building into collaborative workspace
Artist Katrin Spranger's series of copper and glass sculptures made from plumbing parts and laboratory objects look to an imagined dystopian future. More about Katrin Spranger's copper and glass objects imagine a future where water is scarce
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has appointed Glasgow-based architect Robin Webster as its new president, a year after a scandal that saw former chief Neil Baxter step down. More about RIAS elects new president Robin Webster with promises of reform after turbulent year
Design reporter Gunseli Yalcinkaya picks out some of the most eye-catching furniture, lighting and homeware presented at this year's London Design Fair, including a lamp that resembles a long-necked bird and a double-mouthed vase. More about Five playful furniture and homeware designs from London Design Fair
Canadian firm Chevalier Morales Architectes has built a family home in rural Quebec featuring darkened wood cladding and a low-slung angular roof, as a "reinterpretation of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright". More about Chevalier Morales shapes Vallée du Parc Residence to mimic landscape