Japanese studio Nendo has created a children's picture book that tells the story of a cup trying to solve the problem of not having a spoon. More about Nendo designs children's book to illustrate how creative ideas are born
An exhibition celebrating the collaboration between Gucci and Icelandic musician Björk has opened in the Gucci Garden museum in Florence. More about Gucci Garden exhibition features Björk's dresses
A sharing platform that allows members to rent works of art and furniture has soft launched in London. More about Sharing platform Harth aims to change the way we furnish our interiors
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have added a marble water feature and circular steel bench to Vitra's campus-like headquarters in Weil am Rhein, southern Germany. More about Bouroullec brothers create minimalist outdoor installation on Vitra Campus
For Prada's menswear Spring Summer 2019 show, AMO designed a grid that marked out spaces for guests who sat on inflatable Verner Panton stools. More about AMO arranges neon-lit Prada catwalk show on strict grid
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen and Samsung Electronics are launching a design competition to create graphics for the Ambient Mode feature on the brand's QLED TV, with total prize money of €29,500. More about Dezeen and Samsung launch €29,500 competition to design TV Ambient Mode
This bright red tower in Columbus, Ohio, is constructed from a shipping container turned vertically and serves as a booth for a parking attendant. More about JBAD repurposes shipping container as MicroTower parking attendant booth
Design studio Objects of Common Interest used chunky tubes of steel to form a collection of seating for the patio of the Athens Conservatoire. More about Objects of Common Interest installs tubular Formation seats on Athens Conservatoire patio
Our latest captioned movie shows The London Mastaba, a 20-metre-high sculpture designed by artists Christo and Jeanne Claude. More about Footage shows Christo's sculpture floating on London's Serpentine Lake
Would you like to be crowned architect, designer or interior designer of the year by one of the biggest awards programmes on the planet? More about With five days left to enter Dezeen Awards, here is what you need to know about the studio categories
American firm Bates Masi Architects took cues from vernacular architecture for this Hamptons home, which consists of sharply gabled forms wrapped in oversized shingles. More about Bates Masi's Georgica Cove residence in East Hampton is modelled after historic farmsteads
Guardian architecture and design critic Oliver Wainwright explains seven highlights from his recently published book Inside North Korea to Dezeen. More about Oliver Wainwright's highlights from Inside North Korea
Pumps for a sprinkler system in the Mackintosh-designed Glasgow School of Art arrived the day before fire destroyed the historic building. More about Glasgow School of Art sprinkler system delivered day before fire
Designer James Merry has created futuristic headpieces for Icelandic musician Björk and her flute players to wear during the Utopia tour. More about Björk's Utopia tour headpieces made to resemble orchids and bones
Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with Snøhetta in Hong Kong and OMA in Rotterdam. More about Top five architecture and design jobs this week include Snøhetta and OMA
UK studio Seymourpowell has designed a concept for a cosmetics service that would curate the perfect products based on artificial intelligence and user data. More about Seymourpowell's concept uses AI to decide your skincare routine
Italian design studio Alcarol has teamed up with Tuscan stone company Vaselli to create a table and stools made from eroded Travertine encased in resin. More about Alcarol makes furniture from eroded slabs of Travertine cast in resin
Matheson Whiteley has completed a simple brick extension to designer Sebastian Wrong's east-London house, featuring a combination of traditional and contemporary details. More about Matheson Whiteley adds pared-back brick extension to Sebastian Wrong's Victorian house
New York design studio The Very Many, led by Marc Fornes, has designed a blue-and-yellow covering outside a leisure centre in El Paso, Texas. More about Colourful pavilion by The Very Many fronts Texas swimming pool building
Canadian studio Falken Reynolds has chosen stark white surfaces and contemporary finishes to enhance the original features of a historic Vancouver residence. More about Falken Reynolds fuses contemporary and historic details at Hemlock Street townhouse