Scooped white columns resembling upturned arches provide a decorative facade for the Coachella Valley Savings & Loan bank designed by E Stewart Williams, which is next up in our series spotlighting Palm Springs' mid-century architecture during the city's Modernism Week. More about Tapered colonnade fronts Coachella Valley Savings and Loan bank by E Stewart Williams
Readers were left shocked and annoyed by the Seeding Finger, a conceptual artificial insemination tool modelled on a hand with an extra-long digit, in this week's comments update. More about "I hate seeing bad design get attention because it's shocking"
Dutch firm OMA has revealed its design for a six-sided courthouse in Lille, France, which will feature sheer facades of coloured glass. More about OMA unveils plans for coloured glass courthouse in Lille
Start-up company Callaly has created a new period product that combines a tampon and pantyliner, which could offer women a more trustworthy alternative to those currently on the market. More about Tampliner designed to overcome the "inadequacy of period products"
Brazilian studio Terra e Tuma has designed a slender urban home with concrete block walls and rooms organised around two interior courtyards. More about Terra e Tuma creates narrow concrete house for dense area of São Paulo
Tom Dixon is to step away from the Milan design week circuit for the first time in 15 years, and will instead launch products during a 90-day world tour. More about Tom Dixon to skip this year's Milan design week
Designers can influence politicians by proposing "10,000 little steps" to improve the world, according to speakers at our final Good Design for a Bad World talk at Dutch Design Week. More about Design can help change the system, say speakers at Dezeen's politics talk
Dezeen has teamed up with Danish brand Rains to give three readers the chance to win a camouflage raincoat and matching duffel bag from its Sea Camo range. More about Competition: win a Rains jacket and travel bag in camouflage print
Dutch designer Lotte Douwes has created a charging solution for Danish brand Menu, which swaps discreet wall sockets for power stations that hang from the ceiling. More about Lotte Douwes celebrates the plug socket with porcelain charging device
A trio of shipping containers has been converted into a weekend retreat set on stilts on a hillside overlooking Australia's Otway Coast by Melbourne practice Studio Edwards. More about Studio Edwards uses shipping containers to create getaway on Australia's Great Ocean Road
This white residence hidden amongst the trees in rural Quebec is shrouded by a grid of white slats, which filters light coming into the home. More about Atelier Pierre Thibault builds geometric white house in Quebec woods
Our series covering the best mid-century architecture in Palm Springs, to coincide with the California city's Modernism Week, continues with the sprawling estate created for music and film legend Frank Sinatra. More about Twin Palms by E Stewart Williams provided a private retreat for Frank Sinatra
Brisbane-based artist Michael Candy has proposed a method of artificial pollination using 3D-printed robotic flowers, in a bid to help increase the dwindling bee population. More about Synthetic Polleniser could help depleting bee population
Dezeen promotion: creases are stitched into the cushions of this sofa, designed by Italian architect Antonio Citterio for furniture brand Flexform, to emphasise the natural folds created by sitting. More about Antonio Citterio designs sofa with linear creases for Flexform
The broken-up massing of this Duke University research facility by US firm Gluck+ is meant to help protect the building from storm surge. More about Gluck+ designs coastal laboratory in North Carolina to withstand extreme weather
The best new architecture and design roles available via Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with Grimshaw in Sydney, MVRDV in Rotterdam and PLP Architecture in London. More about Top five architecture and design jobs this week include roles with MVRDV and Grimshaw
Emergency services have treated Apple staff for injuries caused by walking into glazed walls at the company's new Foster + Partners-designed Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, according to reports. More about Apple staff repeatedly walk into glass walls at Foster-designed campus, claim sources
Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry has revealed plans for the world's tallest wooden building in Tokyo, a 350-metre skyscraper that would also be the country's highest. More about World's tallest timber tower proposed for Tokyo
American artist Janet Echelman has suspended her latest woven sculpture made up of layers of brightly coloured polyethylene fibres above Madrid's central Plaza Mayor. More about Janet Echelman installs huge netted sculpture above Madrid's Plaza Mayor
Polish office Thisispaper Studio has branched out into hospitality, with the opening of a minimalist holiday apartment in Warsaw's historical Praga district. More about Thisispaper Studio creates minimal holiday apartment for design enthusiasts