Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has designed natural-looking packaging for the first skincare range from luxury hotel brand Aman. More about Kengo Kuma designs packaging for hotel brand Aman's skincare range
New York architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has revealed it design for a new campus building at the University of Toronto, featuring indented floors that cut into one side. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveils "eroded" building for University of Toronto
Dezeen is partnering with Rossana Orlandi to challenge designers to develop new ways of recycling and reusing plastic with the Ro Plastic Prize. More about Rossana Orlandi launches Ro Plastic Prize for reusing, recycling and reinventing plastic
The ruins of Casa Sperimentale, an experimental concrete treehouse built by Giuseppe Perugini and Uga de Plaisant, have been digitally recorded for a new exhibition. More about Photos and scans reveal abandoned ruins of Casa Sperimentale
Alessandro Mendini, the Italian designer, theorist and editor who passed away this week, speaks to Dezeen about how design magazines have lost their critical edge in this interview recorded in 2015. More about Alessandro Mendini discusses end of ideology in design in exclusive audio interview from 2015
Architecture studio Precht has developed a concept for modular housing where residents produce their own food in vertical farms. More about Precht's The Farmhouse concept combines modular homes with vertical farms
Humans will inevitably become extinct due to environmental breakdown, but we have the power to design ourselves a "beautiful ending", says Paola Antonelli, who will next week open a major exhibition in Milan called Broken Nature. More about "We don't have the power to stop our extinction" says Paola Antonelli
Moncler has unveiled a collection of padded full-length evening dresses by Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli at Milan Fashion Week. More about Pierpaolo Piccioli designs puffer evening dresses for Moncler
Cloud-like ceilings and neon signage are just some of the playful features that design studio FormRoom employed to create this Instagram-friendly ice cream store in central London. More about FormRoom fashions Instagrammable interiors for Milk Train ice cream shop
Four designers from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College have developed a series of machines that turn seafood waste into a biodegradable and recyclable bioplastic. More about Shellworks turns discarded lobster shells into recyclable bioplastic objects
The sunlit spaces of a mid-century modern family home in New Zealand, designed by the late architect John Scott, are captured in these new images by photographer Mary Gaudin. More about Mary Gaudin photographs little-known Werry/Francis Houses by New Zealand modernist John Scott
Dutch architecture firm OMA has updated the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Manhattan with a glass escalator that appears multicoloured from different angles. More about OMA adds iridescent glass escalator to New York's Saks Fifth Avenue
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More about Dezeen Weekly features a hotel in Eero Saarinen's JFK terminal building
Amsterdam-based Studio Drift "de-produced" a bicycle and a pencil into the chunks of the materials used to make them for an exhibit at the inaugural Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles. More about Studio Drift deconstructs everyday objects for Materialism series at Frieze LA
White Arkitekter has created a concept for a new mother and baby health unit at the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More about White Arkitekter develops maternity unit concept for hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Burberry has apologised for a hoodie with a cord that looked like a noose, which was worn by a model during London Fashion Week. More about Burberry apologises for "insensitive" noose hoodie in latest misstep by fashion brands
Frank Gehry once told Aaron Betsky that his favourite architect was actually an artist. After probing the work of late minimalist Robert Ryman, Betsky agrees that the painter's use of white made him a master manipulator of space. More about "Artist Robert Ryman made architecture with more success than any other"
Terrassenhaus Berlin is a concrete mixed-use block in Berlin by Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon and Muck Petzet Architekten that has a series of external terraces. More about Terrassenhaus Berlin has a facade of stepped concrete and curtains
Samsung has unveiled its highly anticipated Galaxy Fold device, which unfolds "like a book" from a smartphone into a tablet. More about Samsung launches foldable smartphone
Over the past 70 years skateboarding has gone from fringe to mainstream. Iain Borden, author of Skateboarding and the City, selects 11 skateparks that highlight the key aspects of the movement's culture. More about Eleven skateparks that tell the story of skateboarding culture