Product news: this chair by San Francisco design studio Mike & Maaike wraps around the sitter to create a refuge in busy interiors. More about Windowseat Lounge by Mike & Maaike for Haworth Collection
Product news: a perforated door slides across the front of these simple sideboards by Danish designer Simon Legald for Normann Copenhagen. More about Kabino by Simon Legald for Normann Copenhagen
Italian design studio Archiplan has installed a series of Corten steel, wood and concrete rest areas and information points along the banks of a river in Italy to enhance views of the surrounding countryside (+ slideshow). More about Cultural landscape path in the Lower Mincio by Archiplan
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Spanish atelier MUT patterned these tiles with shapes that look like overlapping pieces of coloured paper. More about Keidos tiles by MUT for Entic designs
New York 2013: this compact wall-mounted bedside lamp launched at ICFF can be swivelled to angle light where it's needed. More about Monocle lamp by Rich Brilliant Willing
The faceted surfaces of this library in the French town of Montauban by Paris architecture studio Colboc Franzen & Associés follow the lines of historical roads bordering the site (+ slideshow). More about Montauban multimedia library by Colboc Franzen & Associés
The world's largest solar furnace and wave-reflecting chambers are captured in this series of images documenting the architecture of science and research facilities by British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper (+ slideshow). More about SOLAR / ANECHOIC by Alastair Philip Wiper
Dezeen archive: this week we've delved into our archive to find all the best blow-up buildings, products and installations. See more inflatables in architecture and design »
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Industrial designer Yves Behar of Fuseproject has unveiled a television set-top box that includes a remote control with no buttons (+ slideshow). More about Fan TV by Fuseproject
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto was in the spotlight this week, first for the opening of his Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and then for saying that unpaid internships in Japan are a "nice opportunity". Read on for more of the week's architecture and design news, plus Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
News: plans to move a museum housing the works of artist Edvard Munch to a new building by Spanish firm Herreros Arquitectos have been formally approved following five years of political dispute. More about Plans approved for new Munch Museum in Oslo
News: the founder of Swedish furniture giant IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, has stepped down from the board aged 87 in what he calls a "generational shift" for the company. More about IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad steps down
Foster + Partners has completed a 58-storey bowed tower in Calgary, Canada (+ slideshow). More about The Bow by Foster + Partners
Colourful strings are threaded around looms to envelop this Barcelona restaurant headed by Catalan chef Ferran Adrià (+ slideshow). More about Pakta restaurant by El Equipo Creativo
News: the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York has named Caroline Baumann as its new director. More about Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum names new director
The London store of Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans has been fitted out as a repair station to mend old jeans (+ slideshow). More about Nudie Jeans London by Maria Erixon Levin
Austrian designer Clemens Auer has created a pair of tweezers made from a single loop of metal. More about Tweezers by Clemens Auer
News: architect Daniel Libeskind has refuted allegations that he was given an unfair advantage and received unlawful payments for designing a new building at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany, where he is also a part-time professor. More about Daniel Libeskind dismisses "totally false allegations" of unlawful payments
News: toy brand Lego has revealed the design by Danish studio BIG for a visitor centre based on its famous plastic bricks. More about BIG's designs for Lego visitor centre unveiled
Orthopedic practices to correct body deformities influenced the leather straps and buckles in this fashion collection, presented by Marina Hoermanseder at Graduate Fashion Week earlier this week (+ slideshow). More about Ilpox by Marina Hoermanseder