Facebook has launched a new branding for its subsidiary companies, courtesy of branding agency Saffron and UK type design studio Dalton Maag, which comprises an all-capital typeface that changes colour depending on the service offered. More about Facebook rebrands to "create visual distinction" between company and social app
Bear-shaped armchairs and cushions embroidered with red lips are among French designer Pierre Yovanovitch's latest collection of furnishings, which are on display at New York gallery R & Company. More about Pierre Yovanovitch exhibit explores "budding romance" between imaginary characters
The American Institute of Architects has called for Donald Trump to reverse his "shortsighted decision" to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement amid the global climate crisis. More about AIA denounces Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
Dezeen promotion: a robotic stand that turns a Samsung Galaxy device into a collaborative smart assistant has taken the top prize in the accessories category of the Samsung Mobile Design Competition. More about Star of Galaxy robotic stand wins the mobile accessories category in Samsung's design competition
Google's vice president of hardware design Ivy Ross has created an office building for her Silicon Valley team that is arranged around an atrium, skylight and staircase. More about Ivy Ross creates Google Design Lab at company's Silicon Valley headquarters
Luxury carmaker Aston Martin has unveiled its first-ever motorcycle, which features a 180-horsepower turbocharged V-twin engine housed inside a carbon-fibre body, and is only legal for track use. More about Aston Martin forays into motorcycle design with AMB 001
We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Richard Rogers, the architect of two of the movement's best-known inside-out buildings, Centre Pompidou and the Lloyd's building. More about Richard Rogers is high-tech's inside-out architect
Fashion designer Ruchika Sachdeva's label Bodice is developing a "new language of modernity" for women in India who want a minimalist alternative to traditional garments or designer formalwear. More about Bodice clothes are for the women "challenging conventions" in Indian society
Snøhetta has designed a visitor centre for two archives, which will be built within the Arctic Circle on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. More about Snøhetta designs Arctic seed vault visitor centre on Svalbard
In our latest competition, we've teamed up with Florentine Kitchen Knives to offer our readers the chance to customise their own pair of culinary knives. More about Competition: win two personalised kitchen knives from Florentine Kitchen Knives
A timber pavilion called Biobasecamp at Dutch Design Week brought together projects that demonstrate the potential of the "concrete of the future" to fight against climate change. More about Biobasecamp pavilion aims to demonstrate the potential of timber in architecture
Studio Ben Allen has updated a flat on London's brutalist Barbican estate to feature a colourful central volume that includes a bed, fold-out desk and extra storage space. More about Studio Ben Allen makes Room for One More inside Barbican flat
Dezeen promotion: the abundance of industrial factories that once populated south London influence the interiors of The Hoxton's latest outpost, which hotelier Ennismore has opened in Southwark. More about The Hoxton, Southwark hotel is informed by the area's lost industrial landscape
Architecture studio Muf has built an open-air playground, featuring a geometrical climbing structure and a stage for performances. More about Muf works with primary school pupils to build Golden Lane Estate playground
The pods that Spanish practice SelgasCano has built to form garden studios in Second Home's first US campus resemble a group of huge yellow lily pads from above. More about Second Home Hollywood by SelgasCano adds 6,500 plants to former Los Angeles car park
Mexican firm Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos has released plans for a hotel in Baja California Sur with creature-like concrete suites integrated within a sloping desert. More about Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos unveils sinuous Chablé Sea of Cortez hotel in Mexico
Patrik Schumacher defended architecture's long-hours culture at Dezeen Day last week, arguing that protecting students from working too hard could lead to a "socialist kind of world of stagnation". More about Patrik Schumacher and Harriet Harriss clash over long-hours culture at Dezeen Day
Musician and fashion designer Pharrell Williams has turned his hand to architecture, collaborating on the design of a two-tower residential development for Toronto, Canada. More about Pharrell Williams turns to architecture with United Residences in Toronto
In this week's comments update, readers are debating CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Andrew Morlet's statement that plastic can be used sustainably. More about "There is no future to plastic other than to pollute"
New York designer Charlotte McCurdy has fashioned a water-resistant jacket from a plastic made of algae. More about Charlotte McCurdy creates "carbon-negative" raincoat from algae bioplastic