Warith Zaki and Amir Amzar have envisioned using bamboo grown and harvested on Mars to build the first colony on the red planet. More about Malaysian designers propose building colony on Mars from locally grown bamboo
Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, will give a keynote speech at Dezeen Day, our new international architecture and design conference taking place in London on 30 October. More about Paola Antonelli of MoMA to give keynote speech at Dezeen Day
Benjamin Hubert's design studio Layer has created a series of cocoon-like pendant lights for Danish furniture brand Muuto, inspired by the silkworm's act of "self-wrapping". More about Layer designs pendant lamps based on silkworm cocoons for Muuto
S/LAB has placed an office with mismatched interiors for property development company Mantab behind a golden folding facade on a quiet street in Kuala Lumpur. More about S/LAB10 hides office behind golden folding facade on suburban street in Kuala Lumpur
Can fashion ever be sustainable? Dezeen's India Block will be speaking to readers on Twitter this Thursday, 5 September, at 4pm UK time about designers' responsibilities when it comes to fashion sustainability. Join in using the hashtag #dezeenchat. More about Join Dezeen's sustainable fashion chat on Twitter with #dezeenchat
Data meets dermatology at Brooklyn-based skincare startup Atolla, launched by an MIT engineer who has applied machine-learning algorithms to fix problem skin. More about Startup Atolla harnesses AI to make personalised skincare products
Dezeen promotion: architects, designers and students are invited to submit projects to this year's Tile of Spain Awards. More about Call for entries to the Tile of Spain Awards 2019
Architecture studio Bornstein Lyckefors chose an unusual shade of green for the exterior of Granholmen, a humble cabin on the Swedish island of Kallaxön. More about Bornstein Lyckefors builds pale green cabin on rural Swedish island
Outdoor classrooms and active farmlands surround the extension to this ecological high school in Connecticut, which Gray Organschi built with cross-laminated timber to demonstrate sustainable design practices. More about Gray Organschi completes wooden high school extension with irregular roofing in Connecticut
A bar made out of old IKEA mattresses has won the architecture prize at Chart 2019, ahead of structures built from latex, salt, paper and jute fabric. More about IKEA mattresses used to build pop-up bar at Chart fair in Copenhagen
Dezeen promotion: a concrete grocery store converted into a boutique hotel and a series of remote timber-frame cabins on the Namibian coast are some of the projects shortlisted in the 2019 AHEAD MEA awards. More about Shortlist announced for AHEAD MEA 2019 hospitality awards
An abstracted Lamborghini, a scrunched-up bike and a motorcycle operated by a smartphone are among the pieces showcased in an exhibition at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. More about Designs by Rem D Koolhaas and Joey Ruiter feature in Disruptors exhibition at LA museum
The Dezeen Awards 2019 architecture shortlist has been announced. It includes a cultural centre that doubles as public seating in Iran, a house in England made from recycled cork, and a thatched restaurant overlooking Peru's Sacred Valley. More about Dezeen Awards 2019 architecture shortlist reveals world's best buildings
Imperial graduate Nicole Stjernswärd has invented Kaiku, a system that turns plants into powdered paint pigments using vaporisation technology. More about Kaiku turns fruit and vegetable waste into natural pigments
A "breached monolith" hides a giant light-filled atrium at the heart of this Indian house, which Anagram Architects has completed on a busy street in New Delhi. More about Cleft House in India is split in two by full-height atrium
British designer John Pawson has applied his signature minimalist aesthetic to a Barbican flat, which is simply arranged around a timber volume. More about John Pawson pares back Barbican apartment to "a state of emptiness"
Footwear brand Allbirds uses merino wool to manufacture the textile uppers of its Wool Runners shoes, which also feature laces made from recycled plastic bottles and insoles produced using castor bean oil. More about Allbirds crafts shoes from renewable materials including wool and castor beans
Our selection of the most promising architecture and design roles on Dezeen Jobs this week includes positions at MAD and WilkinsonEyre. More about Top roles on Dezeen Jobs this week include MAD and WilkinsonEyre
Morris + Company has completed a retirement living scheme with a bevelled brick facade for developer Pegasus Life in Hampstead, London. More about Morris + Company clads Hampstead retirement home in modulated brick
Playground swings, carousels and rolling logs informed this furniture collection designed by Cranbrook Academy of Art graduate Joe Parr.
More about Joe Parr's PlaySetting furniture is influenced by playground equipment