Dezeen promotion: we've teamed up with Färginstitutet (Scandinavian Colour Institute) to give Dezeen readers the chance to win one of three Natural Color System Glossy indexes worth €200. More about Competition: three NCS Glossy indexes to be won
Canadian designer Nicko Björn Elliott has completed a child's play house wrapped around a tree in Toronto. More about Treehouse by Nicko Björn Elliott
At Maison & Objet in Paris this month designers Barbara Busatta, Dario Buzzini, Robin Bigio, Martin Meier and Oliviero Zanon will launch a collection of glass and ceramic tableware. More about Crudo by Barbara Busatta, Dario Buzzini, Robin Bigio, Martin Meier and Oliviero Zanon
HHF Architects of Basel have completed the interior of a café and chocolate shop with a mirrored counter in Basel, Switzerland. More about Confiserie Bachmann by HHF Architects
As part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, Joseph Grima, Jeffrey Johnson and José Esparza have created a farm in the middle of an urban square in Shenzhen.
More about Landgrab City by Joseph Grima, Jeffrey Johnson and José Esparza
Dutch designer Yvette Yang has created a typeface by combining images from fashion magazines. More about Fashion Font by Yvette Yang
Dezeen has teamed up with [D3] Design Talents at the imm cologne design fair taking place in Germany next week to present a series of interviews with upcoming and established designers and design-world figures. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents
Japanese architects Studio Loop have completed a house in Gunma, Japan, conceived as a hole in which the residents can shelter. More about With by Studio Loop
Korean designer Hyung Suk Cho has designed a sofa consisting of two cushions held in a metal frame. More about Frame Sofa by Hyung Suk Cho
Hong Kong studio Design Systems have completed the renovation of a penthouse apartment in Shenzhen, China, including the addition of an undulating lawn on the terrace. More about Axial Symphony by Design Systems
French designer Philippe Starck has converted a former aristocratic home in Venice into a hotel. More about Palazzina Grassi by Philippe Starck
Japanese studio Mile have created a three-legged stool designed to be made of one material and by one process. More about Trio stool by Mile
Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us these photos of a refurbished public school in Toledo, Spain, designed by Madrid studio GRG Arquitectos. More about Nuestra Senora del Castellar Public School by GRG Arquitectos
Dutch designer Esther de Groot has created a collection of dolls that look like wrinkly old men. More about Nude by Esther de Groot
Beijing architects HHD_FUN have completed a temporary office building in Binhai near Tianjin, China, which features a patterned metal skin enclosing verandas. More about YJP Administrative Center by HHD_FUN
Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us these photos of a kindergarten in Granada, Spain, designed by Solinas + Verd Arquitectos of Seville. More about Infant Educational Centre Cullar Vega by Solinas + Verd Arquitectos
London designer Ryan McElhinney has made a grandfather clock covered in discarded plastic toys. More about Westminster Chiming Grandfather Clock by Ryan McElhinney
Bulgarian architect Petar Zaharinov has designed a table consisting of interlocking wooden slats. More about 6x3 Burr Puzzle Table by Petar Zaharinov
Here are some photos of a blue striped house in Northampton, USA, by Pennsylvanian architect Joe Biondo. More about House Equanimity by Joe Biondo
Construction work has started on Louvre-Lens, an outpost of the Paris Musée du Louvre located in Lens, northern France, designed by Japanese architects SANAA with American architects Imrey Culbert and French landscape architects Mosbach Paysagistes. More about Louvre Lens by SANAA