Since Notre-Dame Cathedral was devastated by fire last month, design proposals for rebuilding the roof and spire have got more and more ridiculous. Here are seven of the most farfetched, including a car park, a swimming pool and a McDonald's. More about Seven of the most outrageous proposals for Notre-Dame
The world's biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, is changing the infrastructure of design, manufacturing and retail around the globe, says Martina Muzi, co-curator of the Design Academy Eindhoven exhibition Geo-Design. More about Alibaba is redesigning the world's geography says Design Academy Eindhoven curator
Piero Gandini has resigned as CEO of Flos, the Italian lighting brand founded in 1962 by his father, following a clash of views with its new parent company Design Holding. More about Piero Gandini leaves Flos after 22 years following "different views" with new owners
Today marks 15 days to go until the Dezeen Awards 2019 deadline. We've put together a list of the most frequently asked questions to help you finish your entry. More about 15 days left to enter Dezeen Awards 2019
Indian architecture firm Studio Mumbai will exhibit 14 furniture and homeware items crafted from a mix of "universal" and more unusual materials, at Maniera gallery in Brussels. More about Studio Mumbai's handmade furniture references traditional craftsmanship
Italian architect Piero Lissoni has designed a west London showroom for furniture brand De Padova, arranging its interiors to resemble a luxury penthouse. More about Piero Lissoni completes inaugural UK showroom for De Padova
Kieren Mahjail joined architecture firm BDP 11 years ago, at the height of the recession, having just completed her studies. For the Dezeen Jobs careers guide, she describes her experience in the industry as a young British-Asian mother. More about Careers guide: BDP architect Kieren Majhail explains how she is championing diversity in the workplace
Swiss studio Index Architectes has designed a house in Villarlod, Switzerland, with asymmetric gables and wrapped it in a skin of angular clay tiles. More about Index Architectes creates asymmetric Village House in Switzerland
Brooklyn studios Workstead and Calico Wallpaper have created cosy nooks inside an arcade-cum-cafe in Manhattan to present their latest launches for this year's NYCxDesign festival. More about Workstead and Calico Wallpaper launch designs inside New York's Arcade Bakery
New York mayor Bill de Blasio has warned president Donald Trump that he could be fined up to $2.1 million if he doesn't retrofit his towers in the city to meet new environmental targets. More about Trump's New York towers face million dollar fines under Green New Deal
In this week's comments update, readers are not impressed with Frank Gehry's Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi. More about "A collection of cardboard tubes saved from used toilet rolls"
Scandinavian firm Henning Larsen is collaborating with two Chinese consortiums to design a two-square-mile business district for Shenzhen. More about Henning Larsen to create new centre for Shenzhen
In our latest competition, we've teamed up with designer Susan Bijl to give away four bags from her collaboration with Danish brand Hay. More about Competition: win a Six-Colour Shopping Bag by Susan Bijl for Hay
California studio Clive Wilkinson Architects used bright colours, ample glazing and angled lines to create a media campus in Los Angeles' Silicon Beach that aims to break down "the schism between education and the workplace". More about Bold yellow cladding enlivens media buildings at Santa Monica College by Clive Wilkinson
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working throughout the Middle East and Africa now have more time to submit hotel projects to the 2019 AHEAD MEA awards, which has extended its deadline. More about Entry deadline extended for the 2019 AHEAD MEA hospitality awards
Citroën's vision for the future of intercity travel is a fully electric and autonomous "living room on wheels", which takes cues from aviation design. More about Citroën's 19_19 concept car aims to take passengers on a "magic carpet ride"
The CIFI Building in Beijing by Steven Holl Architects will have swooping glazed roofs that are designed to contrast with a textured concrete facade. More about Steven Holl Architects designs Beijing office block with curved glass roofs
Smartphone users can easily switch their devices from full functionality to minimal "mindful" modes in these concepts by UK design agency Morrama. More about Morrama's "smarter phone" concepts aim to enhance your wellbeing
Buck Studio played with colour and texture inside this restaurant in Warsaw, which features boldly contrasting orange fixtures and grooved blue surfaces. More about Colours clash inside Warsaw's Opasly Tom restaurant by Buck Studio
London studio Fredrikson Stallard has completed the Reformation collection of furniture and art made using cardboard found on the streets of the city. More about Fredrikson Stallard makes furniture cast from "humble" cardboard