Architect Safia Qureshi wanted to change the world but ended up designing private houses for rich people. So she invented Cupclub, a circular-economy service that could eliminate single-use coffee cups. As it launches in London, she spoke to Dezeen about the project. More about "It makes you a bad designer if you make something that can't be recycled" says Cupclub founder
Dezeen promotion: trend forecaster Li Edelkoort is teaming up with Google to investigate how electronic devices of the future could become more tactile. More about Li Edelkoort and Google explore how digital devices can be more sensorial
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have worked alongside master glassmakers in Italy to create a collection of handmade objects, which they liken to still-life paintings by Italian artist Giorgio Morandi. More about Bouroullecs create range of painterly glass objects for Wonderglass
In the latest movie in our Bolon at Heart series, Chinese architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu explain how they referenced Swedish landscapes to showcase Bolon's new flooring collection in Stockholm and Milan. More about Neri&Hu creates "abstract forest" to launch Bolon's new flooring collection
Italian design studio Pininfarina has completed its first residential project – a luxury tower in São Paulo that aims to bring the "sportiness and elegance" of its car design to architecture. More about Pininfarina brings "dynamism" of car design to first residential tower
Dezeen promotion: students at the Southern California Institute of Architecture have suggested ways to transform a former jail in Los Angeles, including a park controlled by artificial intelligence and building models designed by 3D printers. More about SCI-Arc students propose self-growing park and parasitic housing to adapt former LA prison
Music festivals like Coachella are changing the way people experience artworks and installations, according to American artist Phillip K Smith III. More about Coachella offers experience with art outside the white gallery, says Phillip K Smith III
Dutch firm MVRDV has won a contest to create a wave-like viewpoint on the coast of Holland, which is designed to rock like a seesaw with the changing of the tides. More about MVRDV reveals plans for rocking viewing platform on Dutch coast
We've selected four of the best London-based landscape architecture roles currently available on Dezeen Jobs, which includes roles with Adjaye Associates and John McAslan and Partners. More about Four of the best landscape architecture roles in London
British designer Lara Bohinc was inspired by the shapes of planets and their orbits when designing her first collection of chairs. More about Lara Bohinc takes cues from celestial forms for first seating collection
Succulents and other small plants grow from the tiles that clad this 3D-printed shed, which was designed to offer a solution for the Bay Area's housing shortage. More about 3D-printed tiles filled with succulents form cabin by Emerging Objects
Start-up company Maude has created a range of gender-neutral sex products with a minimalist design, offering an alternative to those currently on the market. More about Maude offers alternative to "outdated and gendered" sex products
New photographs and a movie reveal Zaha Hadid's only completed private residence – a house in the Barvikha Forest near Moscow, for a man she called the "Russian James Bond". More about Zaha Hadid's only house finally completes in Russian forest
Zaha Hadid was "an architectural genius" says Vladislav Doronin, the client behind the only house the late Iraqi-British architect ever built. More about "Zaha's vision allowed me to have all I wanted" says client of Hadid's only house
Heading to Milan next week? Follow Dezeen's #milanogram2018 hashtag on Instagram to keep track of the best designs on show. More about Navigate Milan design week with Dezeen's #milanogram2018 hashtag
Airbus has revealed a series of designs that would transform aircraft cargo compartments into passenger sleeping quarters, complete with bunk-beds and meeting rooms. More about Airbus could install bunk-beds on passenger planes by 2020
Dezeen promotion: iconic objects, prototypes and designs that never made it into production will be among the 200 pieces that Vitra will present during Milan design week this month. More about Robert Stadler to present 200 objects from Vitra's archive for Milan design week show
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates is designing an aquatics centre on Copenhagen's harbour, featuring indoor pools framed by brick pyramids and outdoor baths that terrace down to meet the sea. More about Kengo Kuma to build aquatics centre and harbour bath in Copenhagen
Simplehuman is offering a more hygienic approach to throwing away rubbish, with this smart bin that opens automatically by voice command or when it senses you waving your hand. More about Simplehuman's subservient smart bin opens when you tell it to
The Shenzhen headquarters of Chinese tech giant Tencent is made up of two towers, connected by bridges to encourage staff to meet. More about NBBJ completes "vertical campus" for Tencent's headquarters in Shenzhen