Designed and built by Actual/Office Architects, this vacation home in upstate New York consists of two nested volumes wrapped in angled screens made of blackened wood. More about A/O builds slanted black holiday home in Hudson Valley
One of the big exhibitions at Dutch Design Week is an "embassy" exploring the future of food, in the face of depleting resources. Here are 10 suggestions for what we might consume in years to come, from saltwater carrots to insect sausages. More about 10 sustainable foods of the future on show at Dutch Design Week
Visitors to Yayoi Kusama's new exhibition at The Broad are only allowed to spend 30 seconds inside each installation, to prevent selfie-takers causing big queues. More about The Broad imposes 30-second "selfie rule" at Yayoi Kusama exhibition
British architect David Adjaye and Israeli architect Ron Arad have been named the winners of a competition to create the UK's National Holocaust Memorial in a park near the Houses of Parliament in London. More about David Adjaye and Ron Arad to design UK Holocaust memorial
Our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs has launched improved user accounts for employers and introduced free accounts for jobseekers. More about Dezeen Jobs launches free accounts for jobseekers and employers
This captioned movie shows the heat-shrinking method developed by RCA graduate Micaella Pedros, which allows her to join wooden furniture together using recycled plastic bottles. More about Micaella Pedros repurposes discarded plastic bottles as joinery for wooden furniture
Director David Lynch has collaborated with illustrators Ben Kopp and Keith Shore to design beer can packaging inspired by sketches he created for his cult television show Twin Peaks. More about David Lynch's Twin Peaks sketches inform minimal craft beer packaging
No two works are the same in JamesPlumb's new lighting collection, which features crumpled sheets of lead that sit on top of cubed concrete bases. More about JamesPlumb creates hand-sculpted lamps from lead and concrete
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a luminous meeting room with glass brick walls in the Opposite House hotel in Beijing, which is furnished with bespoke pieces inspired by the city's traditional street food culture. More about Neri&Hu uses translucent glass blocks for walls of bright and flexible function room in Beijing
Russia's architects have become more interested in creating public spaces than spectacular buildings, according to Moscow-based architect Yury Grigoryan, who says the country's architecture has reached a tipping point. More about "Russian architecture is in a transitional state" says architect Yury Grigoryan
Google's expanded line of tech-focussed products is distinct from its competitors for the way the items integrate with the body and home, according to the company's head of hardware design Ivy Ross. More about "Design language sets us apart" from Apple and Samsung, says Google's head of hardware
A host of art deco-influenced details are found in the design of this condominium building under construction in New York's Carnegie Hill, including patterned grey brickwork, vaulted balconies and brass frames. More about Grey brickwork to clad Upper East Side residential tower by DDG
The curator of a new Barbican exhibition on Jean-Michel Basquiat has selected five key works that show how the late American artist drew on a vast range of design influences – including comic books, sweet wrappers and illustrations from Gray's Anatomy. More about Jean-Michel Basquiat's art reconstituted the world around him, says Boom for Real curator
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