London pop-up store Pass on Plastic was decorated floor to ceiling with wallpaper depicting plastic waste to serve as a visual reminder to consumers of the growing problem of ocean plastic. More about Shed prints plastic pollution on walls to highlight the problem of ocean waste
We've selected five of the best architecture and design positions on Dezeen Jobs, including vacancies at Californian studio Belzberg Architects and British firm John McAslan + Partners. More about This week's top architecture and design roles include jobs at Belzberg Architects and John McAslan + Partners
Hyundai has created a prototype scooter that folds down to the size of a backpack and can be charged in a car using the energy created while driving. More about Hyundai reveals foldable electric scooter designed to be charged in its cars
A zigzagging structure of spruce beams supports the roof of a science laboratory at the Eleanor Palmer Primary School in Kentish Town, London, designed by AY Architects. More about AY Architects adds timber science laboratory to London school
Curling edges detail these hanging lamps that New York designer Nina Edwards Anker has created from dried sheets of algae. More about Nea Studio creates lamps from dried seaweed
Brooklyn townhouses provide a blank canvas for creative renovations. US reporter Bridget Cogley selects eight diverse designs that include boldly coloured cabinets, pathways for cats and a huge slanted window. More about Eight Brooklyn townhouses that make creative use of small spaces
A visitor centre designed by Trace Architecture Office for a park in Rongcheng, China, is a long and thin concrete bridge complete with a lighthouse-like viewing tower clad in wooden shingles. More about Visitor centre occupies thin concrete bridge over wetland park in China
Digital art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast marks the opening of the Kengo Kuma-designed Odunpazari Modern Museum with two virtual reality installations that comment on humanity's dependency on nature. More about Marshmallow Laser Feast's VR exhibition sends "important environmental message"
We've divided and updated our Pinterest board of minimalist projects into sections containing austere architecture, pared-back interiors and essential designs that do more with less. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More about Keep it simple with this week's minimalist Pinterest board
The Odunpazari Modern Museum, designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates, has opened its doors in Eskisehir, northwest Turkey. More about Kengo Kuma's stacked-timber Odunpazari Modern Museum opens in Turkey
Brooklyn firm Studio Tack has revamped a mid-century motel on the North Fork of Long Island to include cabin-like bedrooms and a restaurant that feels "like a ferry crossing the sound". More about Studio Tack updates 1950s Sound View hotel on Long Island's waterfront
Two stone-walled volumes with grassy roofs are embedded into a rural site in Ecuador to form this house, designed by Quito's Rama Estudio. More about Rama Estudio embeds Casa Patios into rural Ecuadorian landscape
Architect Daniel Zamarbide and Leopold Banchini Architects have designed a concrete house in Lisbon with a central core of local pink marble. More about Pink marble core cuts through concrete interiors of Portuguese house
Recessed arches, free-standing stone plinths and hanging rooftop plants are designed to recall the ancient ruins of Babylon inside a restaurant and bar in Sydney. More about Hogg & Lamb recreates features of ancient Babylon in Sydney restaurant
This week on Dezeen, we announced the shortlisted architecture, interior and design projects that are in line to win Dezeen Awards in 2019. More about This week, we unveiled Dezeen Awards shortlists
Designers Marco Merendi and Diego Vencato have collaborated with Italian firm Gypsum to develop a dirt-resistant concrete, which they used to create a collection of bathroom furniture suitable for outdoor use. More about Petra bathroom collection is made from stain-resistant concrete
Wooden cladding and large stretches of glass form the facades of this residence by CCY Architects, which is angled downward to follow the gentle slope of the terrain. More about Gammel Dam by CCY Architects embraces rugged setting in Colorado's Rocky Mountains
Delicate beadwork, plant-stuffed plastic jackets and dangling threads flowed down the runway at Parsons School of Design's graduate show in New York this week, where collections with intricate details were among US reporter Bridget Cogley's highlights. More about Eight eye-catching designs from Parsons 2019 graduate fashion show
MDDM has revealed visuals of a subterranean business park that is set to reinvigorate Oscar Niemeyer's unfinished Rashid Karame International Fair expo site in Lebanon. More about MDDM to revive Oscar Niemeyer's abandoned fairground in Tripoli
Dezeen promotion: sustainable designs from Rossana Orlandi's Ro Plastic Prize competition will be exhibited at Istituto Marangoni London as part of this year's London Design Festival. More about Designs from Ro Plastic Prize to be exhibited during London Design Festival