Kazakhstani designer Enis Akiev has developed a method for turning single-use plastic packaging into tiles, by emulating the organic process of rock formation. More about Enis Akiev makes marbled tiles from post-consumer plastic waste
This collection of illuminated "totems" designed by Indian lighting brand Klove embodies an unconventional blend of art deco and tribal references. More about Klove's Totems Over Time lights take the form of art deco-style talismans
Creative agency Heimat Berlin used images of lettering graffitied onto the Berlin Wall to create this typeface commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the barrier separating East and West Berlin. More about Heimat creates typeface using street art from the Berlin Wall
A hidden corridor beneath a grass hill links the metal-clad volumes of this house and cooking school in the Netherlands by architecture firm Mecanoo.
More about Hidden corridor connects different parts of Dutch homestead by Mecanoo
A black-painted wood structure separates spaces inside an old industrial building in Toronto that local firm StudioAC designed as office space for a visual effects company. More about Angular black frames form studios in Toronto visual effects office
Architecture and design magazine Metropolis has been acquired by media company Sandow. More about Sandow acquires Metropolis magazine
Los Angeles clothing brand Lunya has created its New York store with vintage and contemporary finds to decorate zones as if they were a dining room, bedroom and living area. More about Lunya styles Manhattan store like a "glitzy, upscale New York apartment"
London's Design Museum has unveiled its exhibition programme for 2020, with a major show about fashion brand Prada due to open in September. More about Design Museum will showcase Prada, trainers and electronic music in 2020 as visitor numbers rise
American studio The Ranch Mine has completed a residence in Phoenix that features a mix of gabled and flat volumes wrapped in corrugated metal, white stucco and honey-toned wood. More about The Ranch Mine creates modern courtyard home in the Arizona desert
Russian architect Eduard Eremchuk used Tetris-like orange modular furniture on wheels to solve the problem of limited space in a tiled cafe in Rostov-on-Don. More about Cow-print tiles and Tetris-style orange furniture feature in Russian cafe
Charlotte and Clementine Fiell's book, Women in Design, highlights what made figures like Apple icon designer Susan Kare and architect Zaha Hadid revolutionary. The authors pick five women from the book who transformed design. More about Five female trailblazers who changed the field of design
Next in our high-tech architecture series is Norman Foster's Renault Distribution Centre in Swindon, one of the most expressive and distinctive examples of the style. More about Norman Foster's Renault Distribution Centre is high-tech architecture's most flamboyant structure
Israeli designer Yaara Nusboim has developed a series of wooden toys in collaboration with child psychologists, that can help kids process difficult or repressed emotions as part of the therapeutic process. More about Yaara Nusboim designs therapy dolls for children struggling with emotional trauma
A multifunctional furniture unit made up of raised plywood floors and pegboard walls allows residents in this public-housing complex in Osaka to customise their apartments. More about Plywood furniture "islands" are used to customise public housing in Japan
Dezeen promotion: architects and master planners from across the globe are invited to submit masterplan proposals for three artificial islands that are set to be developed in Penang, Malaysia. More about Penang government seeks architects and master planners to design man-made islands
Los Angeles-based brand Dosist has designed a "sleek and discreet" cannabis dispenser called Dose Dial, which issues dose-controlled tablets. More about Dosist sets out to redefine edible cannabis products with Dose Dial
We've selected the most exciting roles on Dezeen Jobs this week, including vacancies at British studios Ström Architects and David Chipperfield Architects. More about Top opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions at Ström Architects and David Chipperfield Architects
A spiral cafe with a rooftop garden in Chelsea, London, by architecture studio NEX has curved windows that can retract fully when the weather is good. More about London cafe in spiral concrete shell has retractable windows
A converted schoolhouse and a series of detached cabins forms this boutique hotel in Washington State. More about Waechter Architecture builds ring of cabins on old school campus to create The Society Hotel Bingen
Design gallery The Future Perfect is exhibiting weird and wonderful ceramic homeware and accessories across its locations in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. More about The Future Perfect celebrates "radical, feckless" ceramics in Mess exhibition