Students from the Parsons School of Design have worked with hospital clothing company Care+Wear to create a patient gown that provides coverage, while also allowing doctors necessary access to the body. More about Parsons students partner with Care + Wear to redesign the hospital gown
Standardised parts from a greenhouse catalogue were repurposed to create this outdoor public space and performance venue in Providence, as the result of a design-build collaboration at RISD. More about RISD students use standard greenhouse parts to build outdoor performance venue
American architect Deborah Richards has designed a home for her extended family in Lakeville, Massachusetts, choosing wooden shingles to clad the exterior, and bright yellow accents for the windows and doors. More about Deborah Richards creates retreat for her family beside Massachusetts lake
Prized ornaments and pot plants are displayed in the niches of the bespoke steel and oak storage unit Tel Aviv studio This Is It designed for a home in Israel's Central District. More about Storage unit in Israeli home allows family to display an edited selection of their clutter
London designer Stephen Johnson has developed a colourful adhesive dough that is strong enough to bond parts of furniture together. More about Stephen Johnson's Play-Doh-like substance offers a fun alternative to glue
Apartments for three generations of the same family are stacked inside this multi-storey house in Seoul, which features brick cladding that is perforated to create screens in front of some of the windows. More about Sosu Architects completes brick-clad multi-generational house in Seoul
Sebastian Herkner has created a series of spherical glass pendant lamps for German brand Pulpo that contrast clear curved ridges with smooth frosted glass. More about Sebastian Herkner's Stellar lamps fuse two contrasting hemispheres
This week on Dezeen, Bjarke Ingels' firm revealed designs for another new Google campus in California, while Apple's plans for a new store in a Melbourne sparked outrage. More about This week, BIG designed another Google campus and Melbourne residents protested a new Apple Store
British architect Will Alsop has created metro stations in Toronto's Pioneer Village and Finch West neighbourhoods, as part of an initiative to create more public transit options in the wider metropolitan area. More about Will Alsop designs two colourful metro stations for Toronto's expanded subway
An interactive mapping tool provides a scary glimpse of how cities such as New York, Boston and Miami might end up if sea levels continue to rise. More about Surging Seas software shows potential impact of rising sea levels on US cities
Studio11 has combined industrial finishes with plush furnishings and colourful art to create the interior of its own workspace in Minsk. More about Studio11 uses colour and texture to inject personality into its own Minsk workspace
Nothing blends indoor and outdoor space like a courtyard. This week's roundup of images from Pinterest celebrates some of the best examples, from a Japanese house built around a family's beloved tree, to the open-air courtyard of an apartment block in one of LA's densest neighbourhoods. More about 10 buildings with courtyard living spaces
Globalisation isn't killing the USA's backwater cities and rural areas, but rather turning them into escapes for wealthy "digirati" who are pumping money into regeneration projects, says Aaron Betsky in response to a New York Times article. More about "America's hinterlands now serve as playgrounds for the few wired haves"
Kitchenware brand Joseph Joseph has launched a tool for cutting, de-stoning and slicing avocados – intended to make "avocado hand" injuries a thing of the past. More about Joseph Joseph releases tool to help prevent "avocado hand" injuries
Dezeen had another record-breaking year in 2017, increasing unique visitors and visits by 11 per cent and winning a host of awards. Thanks to all our readers! More about "Unstoppable" Dezeen had its best-ever year in 2017 with 53 million visits
British studio Design Engine has won an invited competition against Foster + Partners to design the new UK headquarters for Formula One car designers Gordon Murray Design. More about Design Engine unveils headquarters for Formula One's Gordon Murray Design
This family home by Narch is crafted from concrete slabs, steel columns and sliding glazing that permits views out over a Spanish nature reserve. More about Sliding glass doors open concrete house by Narch to views of national park near Barcelona
Paris-based design firm AC/AL Studio has created a table and chair set for Petite Friture with forms influenced by the practice of martial arts. More about AC/AL Studio creates martial arts-inspired table and chair set for Petite Friture
As part of its renovation of a small terraced house in Ghent, Belgian architects Fragmenture inserted a central triangular volume that houses the kitchen, laundry and storage spaces. More about Fragmenture inserts wedge-shaped storage volume into small terraced house in Ghent
Yves Behar's design studio Fuseproject has created a cube-shaped indoor security camera that detaches from its base, which will launch at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. More about Yves Behar debuts Hive View home security camera at CES