IKEA's new furniture range for cats and dogs features in this week's Dezeen Mail newsletter, along with plans to create an AI god and a house with a DeLorean parked outside. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
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Bright LEDs flash warning signals to smartphone users who veer onto this interactive road surface, which is designed to disappear during the dead of night and reappear only when needed. More about Umbrellium develops interactive road crossing that only appears when needed
Dezeen has teamed up with The Conran Shop to give one reader the chance to win a sofa from its updated Build Your Own upholstery collection, which they can customise from a range of designs, fabrics, and colours. More about Competition: win a customisable sofa from The Conran Shop
Danish design collective Superflex has filled the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall with a snaking framework of three-seater swings, which it hopes will encourage social interaction between visitors. More about Superflex installs dozens of swings at Tate Modern to "combat social apathy"
Can design tackle the really big problems facing the world? Or is design helping to cause these problems? Join Dezeen and Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven on 21 and 22 October, where these questions will be addressed in a series of free discussions. More about Good Design for a Bad World: details announced for free talks at Dutch Design Week 2017
Large windows provide framed views of Los Angeles from this hilltop house, which German art director Tino Schaedler has designed for his family. More about Tino Schaedler takes cues from movie sets for his LA family home
David Chipperfield and MVRDV are among the architects and designers recruiting for assistants and other support roles on Dezeen Jobs this week. Here are six of the best opportunities available. More about Six of the most appealing assistant roles on Dezeen Jobs this week
Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio teamed up to design this pair of 180-metre skyscrapers, which stand at the intersection of Shanghai's old town and a new financial district, the Bund Finance Centre. More about Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio complete Shanghai skyscraper duo
Italian fashion house Gucci has committed to going fur-free and pledged to auction all past fur garments, to benefit animal-rights charities. More about Gucci pledges to stop using animal fur in its fashion collections
Ventura Lambrate, one of the main showcases during Milan's annual design week, has been permanently cancelled – as a result of rising rents in the area. More about Milan's Ventura Lambrate design district scrapped after eight years
Time is running out to purchase the exclusive Dezeen and Braun watch, which is available online until 18 October. More about Last chance to buy Dezeen and Braun limited-edition watch
A room filled with furniture experimentations and a display designed specifically for children are among the four different zones making up a huge Eames retrospective currently on show at the Vitra Design Museum. More about Ray and Charles Eames retrospective takes over Vitra Design Museum campus
Dimore Studio took cues from the decadent 1960s nightlife spots on the French Riviera for the rose-tinted interiors of this new restaurant at a west London members' club. More about Dimore Studio uses velvet, brass and marble for opulent London supper club
Architecture photographer Andrew Pielage has documented 50 buildings by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, including less famous projects like a church topped with a blue-domed roof, a long red barn and a wooden windmill. More about Frank Lloyd Wright's lesser-known designs captured in new images
Architecture studio Deborah Berke Partners has completed a glass office tower with "inflections and projections" for a century-old motor company in the American Midwest, which is well-known for its patronage of modern architecture. More about Deborah Berke's tower for downtown Indianapolis features shifted floor plates
Chinese artist and human-rights activist Ai Weiwei has used metal fencing to create three monumental structures, in a campaign against Donald Trump's border-control measures. More about Ai Weiwei protests border walls with huge New York installations
A disdain for trade unions is preventing architects from challenging the industry's low standards of workers' rights, argues Phineas Harper. More about "Middle-class guilt is weaponised to keep architectural labourers from demanding reform"
A symposium taking place at Dutch Design Week later this month will discuss the rapid depletion of the world's sand reserves, which could leave supplies of the high-quality sand used in the glass industry exhausted within 20 years. More about Sand becomes "increasingly scarce and expensive", threatening glassmaking and construction
The New York branch of architecture firm OMA will create an extension to the city's New Museum next to its SANAA-designed home. More about OMA chosen to expand SANAA's New Museum in Manhattan
Dropbox has rebranded to promote itself as a creative platform rather than simply a file-sharing service – but the design has attracted criticism for its use of clashing colours. More about Dropbox criticised for colourful new visual identity