The United Nations says we have 12 years to take action against climate change, to avoid global disaster. It's the greatest design challenge in history, says Nicolas Roope. More about "Let's start designing the future that gives us a future"
Design Academy Eindhoven graduates Christian Hammer Juhl and Jade Chan have created a series of whimsical furniture items that respond to people's changing requirements. More about Responsive Furniture expands and contracts according to users' needs
Nicholas Szczepaniak Architects has combined smoked timber joinery, huge sheets of steel and raw concrete to create the brooding interiors of this men's spa and barbershop in Dubai. More about Darkened wood and concrete form moody interiors of Chaps & Co barbershop in Dubai
The mineralogy collection at the Melbourne Museum inspired Australian designer Leah Heiss' Facett hearing aid, which aims to shift talk "from disability to desirability". More about Facett hearing aid takes inspiration from precious gemstones
Swiss studio Roeoesli Maeder Architekten has built anembassy for Switzerland in Nairobi, Kenya, as an extension of the dyed concrete boundary wall that surrounds the compound. More about Dyed concrete walls surround Swiss embassy in Nairobi by Roeoesli Maeder Architekten
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier is leaving his eponymous firm to be spearheaded by new management, following the accusations of sexual harassment made against him earlier this year. More about Richard Meier steps down following sexual harassment allegations
Architecture firm Main Office has extended and renovated a residence in a Mexican surfing town to nestle among trees, plantains and ferns on a steep slope overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Main Office staggers Casa LT down lush slope in Mexican surf village
London-based Aseptic Studio has designed an ergonomic cushion in the shape of a headless torso to provide physical and emotional support for lonely millennials living in cities. More about Headless human-shaped pillow by Aseptic Studio designed to reduce urban loneliness
The bulbous black base of this table, which Bandido Studio is launching at this year's Design Week Mexico, is sculpted using a traditional technique developed by the country's stone artisans. More about Bandido Studio's Mura table features droplet-shaped marble base
Prague-based design studio 52hours has created a breastfeeding bench for use in public spaces, to offer comfort and privacy to mothers when tending to their babies. More about Heer bench aims to tackle the stigma attached to breastfeeding in public
In this week's comments update, readers are confused about the shape of a prototype Hyperloop capsule, and blown away by plans for the Wuxi Show Theatre in China. More about "Guess this is all just unnecessary PR hype"
American studio Blaze Makoid Architecture has created a spacious, cedar-clad dwelling in the Hamptons that was envisioned as "a secret enclave in the trees". More about Old Sag Harbor Road house by Blaze Makoid sits in Hamptons forest clearing
Bjarke Ingels' firm has completed Dortheavej Residence, an affordable housing development in Copenhagen made up of prefabricated modules stacked on top of one another. More about BIG builds "winding wall" of affordable housing in Copenhagen
The Jørn Utzon-designed Sydney Opera House has been lit up with graphics to advertising a horse race, prompting protests from designers and locals. More about Protests as Sydney Opera House turned into billboard to advertise horse racing
Female designers make up 70 per cent of participants at this year's Istanbul Design Biennial, proving that women are set to play a dominant role in the design world, according to curator Jan Boelen. More about "The future of design is female" says Istanbul Design Biennial curator Jan Boelen
Designer Charlotte Maëva Perret has built a towering installation of soaps made by Syrian refugees and Albibaba.com luxury leather bags to help people visualise the connection between offline production and global online retail. More about Open Sesame installation pairs Syrian soap with Alibaba.com leather bags
The work of architecture studio Leth & Gori is currently on show at the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen, in a full-scale model house built on top of a staircase. More about Leth & Gori builds pop-up house on staircase of OMA-designed BLOX in Copenhagen
Could biodegradable plastics made from natural substances such as algae replace fossil-fuel polymers? Here are 10 examples of designers that are experimenting with environmentally friendly alternatives.
More about 10 bioplastic projects made from algae, corn starch and other natural materials
This interactive pavilion, installed for Beijing Design Week 2018, is designed by architecture studio Superimpose to offer an oasis of calm in the centre of the capital. More about Superimpose creates CO2 Pavilion as inner city sanctuary in Beijing
Impressive buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, IM Pei and Eero Saarinen are among writer and author Sam Lubell's highlights of modernist architecture sites to visit along the Eastern Seaboard. More about 10 modernist architectural marvels on America's East Coast