An elevator that facilitates awkwardness and an urban-farming capsule hotel are among the projects presented in this Virtual Design Festival school show by interior design graduates from New York's Pratt Institute. More about Pratt Institute interior design graduates focus on ethical and social responsibility
New York studio WORKac has inserted a white perforated steel staircase into this three-storey Brooklyn apartment as part of a renovation designed to brighten its dark interiors. More about WORKac adds curving perforated steel staircase to Brooklyn apartment
A greenery-filled courtyard lies at the heart of this home that Keiji Ashizawa Design has created for a family of five in Tokyo's Yoga neighbourhood. More about Tree rises up through centre of House in Yoga by Keiji Ashizawa Design
Design studio Vidivixi has teamed its furniture collection with works by US artists and designers to create a series of moody sets in its Mexico City showroom. More about Vidivixi turns "messy artist's studio" into Mexico City furniture showroom
The ancient concept of yin and yang informed the serene aesthetic of this paint showroom in eastern China designed by JG Phoenix. More about JG Phoenix creates meditative interiors for Danilo showroom in Shantou
Creative duo Artem Trigubchak and Lera Brumina used concrete slabs, sand and paving stones to fashion the furnishings and partition walls inside this office in Kyiv. More about Kovalska office in Kyiv is decked out with humble building materials
New York's Islyn Studio has overhauled an old lumber warehouse in Albuquerque, New Mexico and turned it into a sun-lit food hall with various spots to indulge. More about Islyn Studio converts warehouse in Albuquerque into Sawmill Market food hall
Australian studio Alexander & Co has added wooden furnishings and a caged rattan ceiling to the formerly austere interior of this Italian restaurant in Sydney. More about Timber and rattan add warmth to Glorietta eatery in Sydney
New York architecture firm Arnold Studio has covered the walls of this sensory deprivation spa in Brooklyn neighbourhood Greenpoint with rigid felt and bold colours. More about Arnold Studio designs Brooklyn sensory deprivation spa Vessel Floats
London's Museum of the Home has launched a UK-wide project that calls for members of the public to submit photos and personal accounts of their living experience during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Collection project by the Museum of the Home will document domestic life under lockdown
Ian Schrager's decadent hotel in New York's Times Square is closing just over one year after it opened due to financial issues caused by the pandemic. More about Ian Schrager's The Times Square Edition hotel to close permanently
Oversized lollipop-like lamps and a "dollhouse-effect" entryway feature inside this restaurant in Dublin, Ireland, which Kingston Lafferty Design has completed with whimsical interiors. More about Kingston Lafferty Design plays with scale inside Dublin restaurant Cinnamon
More than food and drink is offered inside this healthy cafe in Madrid, where architecture practice Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation has included a host of quirky facilities. More about Run Run Run cafe has a hanging vegetable garden and see-through showers
CJH Studio ditched gaudy 1980s fixtures to form the calming interiors of this penthouse apartment in Gold Coast, Australia. More about Curved forms and beige tones pervade Penthouse M by CJH Studio
Boxy timber volumes tuck away the beds and bathrooms of these minimal holiday apartments designed by Thisispaper Studio, which lie at the heart of the Polish capital. More about K916 and K907 are a pair of pared-back holiday apartments in Warsaw
Austin Maynard Architects has transformed the quality of light inside a narrow Melbourne house, by creating a greenhouse-like space at its centre. More about Austin Maynard Architects adds plant-filled conservatory in centre of Newry house
The creative director of design studio Framework has turned a neglected 19th-century warehouse in Amsterdam into a plush family home for his wife and two children. More about Thomas Geerlings converts canal-side Amsterdam warehouse into contemporary home
New York studio LTL Architects has designed minimal grey interiors that contrast white neoclassical pillars for the USA's first major museum dedicated to the history of posters. More about New York's Poster House museum by LTL Architects contrasts "the rustic and the refined"
The newly opened ME Dubai hotel at the Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects features furniture by Zaha Hadid Design and curving sculptural balconies. More about Zaha Hadid Architects reveals interiors of ME Dubai hotel at the Opus
Short course students at Chelsea College of Arts in London present designs for bars and restaurants developed on their interior design course in this digital student exhibition for Virtual Design Festival. More about Interior design short course students at Chelsea College of Arts present conceptual restaurant and bar designs