Dezeen promotion: this year's Surface Design Show will exhibit the latest materials in architecture and interior design at London's Business Design Centre from 5 to 7 February 2019. More about London's Surface Design Show returns for 2019
Serie Architects and Multiply Architects have completed a community centre and health clinic in Singapore, which incorporates a communal terraced garden overlooking a canal. More about Oasis Terraces is a neighbourhood centre built around a stepped garden
The Pokémon Company has joined forces with the Royal College of Art to award two students full-fee scholarships to "support the creation and exploration of innovative art and design". More about Pokémon launches scholarship programme for Royal College of Art students
Food design studio Bompas & Parr has created the "world's first" vegan guest suite inside a London hotel, omitting the use of leather, wool and feathers throughout its interiors. More about Bompas & Parr creates "world's first" vegan hotel suite
The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series features a storage solution named MoreFloor, which hides furniture under the floor, by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Juul de Bruijn. More about MoreFloor micro-living storage solution hides furniture beneath floorboards
The Henry Arctowski Antarctic Station, a prefabricated research centre with golden-coloured metal cladding, is set to be built on King George Island in Antarctica. More about Kuryłowicz&Associates reveals design for golden Antarctic research centre
German start-up Holoride has designed a virtual-reality experience for the backseats of taxis, for passengers in autonomous vehicles or for kids on long car trips. More about Holoride creates carsickness-battling VR experience for self-driving-car passengers
Long, pale-grey bricks create a uniform appearance for the three blocks that make up House J-VC in Belgium, which is positioned to make the most of the site's natural light without losing views of the wetlands behind. More about Graux & Baeyens designs three brick volumes to form Belgian house with wetland views
New York design studio Trueing has launched its first lighting collection, featuring three colourful glass products that blend clean lines and geometric components. More about Trueing unveils lamp trio Elma, Inigo and Janus as debut range
A display rack for winter coats is covered in fur and suspended from leather straps inside this Toronto store, designed by local studio Burdifilek. More about Burdifilek evokes Canadian winters at Toronto outerwear store Moose Knuckles
Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro the London Centre for Music at the Barbican will be "a concert hall for the 21st century", within a twisted pyramid-shaped tower. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro unveils twisted pyramidal tower for Barbican concert hall
Plastic was all over the catwalks during the latest men's edition of London Fashion Week, but not everyone had the environment in mind. We look at five examples, with some labels using virgin plastic and others opting for recycled. More about Plastic is surprise trend on catwalks for London Fashion Week Men's Autumn Winter 2019
Tom Dixon has designed a collection of candle holders and bookends, made from a newly developed material that resembles three-dimensional marbled paper. More about Tom Dixon unveils "mysterious" marbled material called Swirl
American firm Matt Fajkus Architecture has added a multi-level extension to a 1930s dwelling in Austin, topped with a roof that looks like a mullet haircut. More about Roofline of Matt Fajkus' Mullet House mimics controversial hairstyle
The world's first Vegan Fashion Week will be debuting in Los Angeles on 1 February, with an opening party at the city's Natural History Museum. More about World's first Vegan Fashion Week to launch in Los Angeles
Dezeen promotion: Global packaging company Smurfit Kappa is looking for designers to enter its Better Planet Packaging Design Challenge and create sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging. More about Call for entries to Smurfit Kappa's Better Planet Packaging Design Challenge
The four finalists of the inaugural Experimental Architecture Award have been announced, recognising projects that combine real locations with virtual-reality fiction and installations that explore the guts of architecture. More about Shortlist announced for first Experimental Architecture Award
Round and square elements can be mixed and matched in this range of bathroom furniture, created by design studio Bernhardt-Vella for Italian brand Ex.T. More about Bernhardt-Vella creates mismatched geometries in Nouveau bathroom collection for Ex.T
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has fitted out the BMW Welt exhibition space with a swirling blue and green terrazzo floor, created by flooring brand Aectual within a 3D-printed frame. More about Patricia Urquiola uses 3D-printing to create terrazzo floor for BMW
Artist Joep van Lieshout explains how he "likes to get dirty" by taking a hands-on approach to designing furniture, such as his Liberty Lounger chair for Moooi, in our latest Design Dreams movie for the Dutch brand. More about Design should be "smashed into the world" says Joep van Lieshout