Nendo has designed a temporary toilet for those affected by natural disasters, which can be assembled using found materials and completely dismantled for easy transportation. More about Nendo designs transportable toilet for natural disaster victims
A new design festival aiming to revitalise Tokyo's creative scene launched last week, as doubts emerged over the future of rival event Tokyo Designers Week. More about Designart festival aims to "put Tokyo on the map" as a destination for design, say founders
Design-build firm Cover, which uses computer algorithms to create customised backyard dwellings for homes, has completed its first project: a small studio in Los Angeles. More about Cover designs backyard studio in LA using computer algorithms
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Billie van Katwijk has developed a process for turning bovine guts into a material that can be used to make bags and accessories, and is presenting the results at Dutch Design Week. More about Billie van Katwijk transforms discarded cow stomachs into leathery material
"Matter-of-fact" materials such as concrete, brick, and timber in muted tones have been used to create this extension to a family home in Stoke Newington, north London. More about Al-Jawad Pike combines brick, concrete and timber for restrained London home extension
Dutch studio MVRDV has built a colourful, futuristic hotel, made up of nine rooms that can be moved into different configurations. More about MVRDV presents a hotel you can reconfigure at Dutch Design Week
Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities from Dezeen Jobs this week include positions at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the London studio of stage designer Es Devlin. More about Top five architecture and design jobs this week include positions at The Met and Es Devlin Studio
Architecture firm JAA has developed a proposal that would see a celebrated brutalist-era car park in London preserved – rather than demolished to build a new hotel. More about London's Welbeck Street car park could be saved with alternative design by JAA
Architecture firm Snøhetta has revealed plans to build a restaurant in southern Norway that will be partly submerged in the sea to give diners a glimpse below the waves. More about Snøhetta unveils plans for "Europe's first underwater restaurant"
Finnish architecture firm Casagrande Laboratory designed this self-sufficient prefab house to fit on the footprint of a single car-parking space. More about Casagrande Laboratory designs wooden micro house for city dwellers
Stefano Boeri has suggested that a "new Shanghai" made up of "vertical forests" could be built on Mars, should rising sea levels render Earth uninhabitable. More about Stefano Boeri imagines dome-covered Mars colony with "vertical forests"
Designer Lotte Douwes used shards of porcelain that would otherwise have gone to waste to create this range of translucent tableware, which she is presenting at Dutch Design Week 2017. More about Lotte Douwes uses waste materials to create translucent porcelain tableware
Fashion designer Ying Gao has created a collection of robotic dresses, with fibrous panels that delicately twist and curl when they identify strangers nearby. More about Ying Gao's dresses become animated "in the presence of strangers"
Finishing off Good Design for a Bad World, our series of talks about how design could tackle the world's big problems, a panel of speakers debated our turbulent political times live from Dutch Design Week. More about Watch our final talk at Dutch Design Week on design and politics
Finnish designer Joanna Laajisto has completed an office in Helsinki for service design company Fjord, featuring spaces for casual meetings and soft furnishings that offer a homely feel. More about Joanna Laajisto creates "elegant, unconventional and human" workspace for design studio Fjord
On day two of our Good Design for a Bad World talks series, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs was joined by a panel of speakers to discuss design and pollution live from Dutch Design Week. More about Watch our talk on pollution from Dutch Design Week
To celebrate the Centre Pompidou's 40th anniversary, Paris-based studio GGSV has designed an interactive installation for children in the Galerie des Enfants exhibition space. More about Centre Pompidou's kids' installation mixes pattern, colour and inflatables
To coincide with our series of talks on Good Design for a Bad World, we've created a Pinterest board filled with architecture and design that engages with the big problems facing the world. Projects range from biodegradable beer packaging to ink made from carbon emissions. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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This public bathroom for a ranch in Mexico is built into the sloped terrain and covered by a prominent stepped roof, which is used for hosting events. More about RE+D embeds masonry-clad bathrooms into Mexican ranch hillside
Dutch Design Week kicked off in Eindhoven today, and Dezeen is in town hosting debates about whether design can tackle global issues. We've picked out 10 other worthy events and exhibitions, from an "embassy" exploring the future of food to a plastic recycling workshop. More about 10 must-see Dutch Design Week exhibitions that show designers making a difference