In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether Dezeen's story about Forensic Architecture founder Eyal Weizman being prevented from entering the United States is relevant for an architecture and design magazine. More about "Design is almost always political"
OMA has revealed its plans to renovate and extend three vacant railway buildings in Brussels to create an office for Belgium train operator SNCB. More about OMA unveils "cliff-like" headquarters for SNCB in Brussels
Architecture studio Taller Hector Barroso has used earthen blocks, pine and concrete to help this holiday dwelling blend into its forested setting in central Mexico. More about Mud brick walls form House in Avandaro by Taller Hector Barroso
Architecture studio Pareid and students from Chulalongkorn University have built an open-walled classroom around two water collecting funnels in western Thailand. More about Brightly coloured classroom designed to harvest water in Thailand
Wood and wool feature alongside silicone in the Rituals of Sexual Pleasure series of sex toys, designed by Coby Huang as explorative tools rather than solely for penetration and vibration. More about Coby Huang's sex education toys are designed to explore what brings us pleasure
Danish designer Mads Odgård stripped away anything unnecessary when creating this series of minimal lamps for Carl Hansen & Son, which feature hemispherical shades that intersect with simple metal tubes. More about Mads Odgård designs "simplest possible lamp" for Carl Hansen & Son
Organisers of Milan's Salone del Mobile will meet this afternoon to decide whether to proceed with this year's furniture fair, cancel it or postpone it due to Italy's coronavirus outbreak. More about Milan's Salone del Mobile to decide today whether to postpone or cancel 2020 furniture fair
Floor-to-ceiling curtains carve up the interior of this open-plan apartment in Bilbao, Spain, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Azab. More about Azab swaps partitions for pale-blue curtains inside Bilbao family home
Fashion designer Raf Simons has announced that he is becoming co-creative director of Italian label Prada, where he will work alongside Miuccia Prada. More about Raf Simons becomes co-creative director of Prada
Angled aluminium louvres cover the reclaimed brick walls of the Junshan Cultural Center near Beijing, China, designed by Neri&Hu. More about Neri&Hu surrounds Junshan Cultural Center with angled aluminium louvres
Architecture studio Baranowitz + Kronenberg has enclosed the interiors of a lab-grown-diamond jewellery store in New York's Soho district with charcoal-coloured steel walls. More about Baranowitz + Kronenberg creates charcoal interiors for Âme jewellery store
Frankfurt's Light + Building has become the latest design fair to be postponed over coronavirus fears, and will now take place in September instead of March. More about Light + Building fair postponed to September due to coronavirus
Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani has staged its women's Autumn/Winter 2020 show in Milan without an audience for public health reasons as the coronavirus outbreak hit Italy. More about Giorgio Armani holds show behind closed doors due to Italian coronavirus outbreak
The organisers of Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair are discussing how to respond to Italy's coronavirus outbreak, as fashion and eyewear events in the city are disrupted by the virus. More about Salone del Mobile "consulting with stakeholders and the government" amid coronavirus fears
Architecture practice Studio Vural has envisioned a seaside holiday dwelling that is carved into sand dunes and operates without relying on public utilities. More about Studio Vural imagines off-the-grid Dune House for Cape Cod
The TreeHugger tourist information office in Bressanone, northern Italy, features smooth concrete walls that curve around the trunk of a tree. More about MoDus Architects wraps Bressanone tourist office around a tree
Domestic spaces designed by Karl Lagerfeld, Lina Bo Bardi and Finn Juhl appear in the Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum, which looks into the history of residential interiors. More about Home Stories exhibition at Vitra Design Museum looks back at iconic interiors
For his graduate collection at the London College of Fashion, menswear designer Harikrishnan has matched cropped tailored jackets with billowing latex trousers to create exaggerated silhouettes. More about Harikrishnan's inflatable latex trousers create "anatomically impossible" proportions
Red brick archways define the lower and topmost levels of Cadence, a housing development designed by Alison Brooks Architects next to Coal Drops Yard at King's Cross, London. More about Alison Brooks Architects unveils brick archways on London apartments
Writer and Dezeen columnist Phineas Harper has become director of charity Open City, which runs Open House London. More about Phineas Harper appointed director of Open City