Architect Vaughn McQuarrie has replaced a 1920s cottage on New Zealand's Waiheke Island with a modest concrete and timber residence, set among mature gardens. More about Vaughn McQuarrie completes island cottage overlooking New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf
MAD founder Ma Yansong has created a chair for Italian brand Sawaya & Moroni that's designed to be arranged like clusters of fungi. More about Ma Yansong's Mogu Chair is based on the rounded shapes of mushroom caps
Inspired by the release of David Adjaye's wireless concrete speaker, we've compiled a new Pinterest board, curating the most unique and eye-catching speaker design. Examples include People People's sustainable see-through speaker and Bang & Olufsen's honeycomb-like BeoSound Shape speakers, launched at Milan design week. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
More about Dezeen's new Pinterest board for speaker design is an audiophile's paradise
Mexican firms Esrawe Studio and Cadena y Associados have collaborated on the design of Tierra Garat, a new cafe in Mexico City's fashionable Polanco district. More about Faceted clay panels form Mexico City cafe by Esrawe and Cadena
Located in a brutalist former bank headquarters in Stockholm, Universal Design Studio's latest project, the At Six hotel, is home to one of Europe's most significant hotel art collections. More about Universal Design Studio inserts a hotel into a brutalist building in Stockholm
A public and private street flank this former warehouse in east London, which local studio vPPR has converted into a mixed-use development containing shops and apartments. More about vPPR converts former Shoreditch warehouse into shops and flats linked by private walkway
Claesson Koivisto Rune has designed a collection of lights for FontanaArte made from pairs of illuminated and mirrored discs. More about Claesson Koivisto Rune's disc-shaped Optunia lights are "devoid of unnecessary detailing"
London studio Klaus Haapaniemi & Co has designed a hand-engraved sofa, woven tapestry and circular carpet exclusively for Björk's remote summer house in Iceland. More about Björk's Icelandic summer house inspires a patterned furniture and textile collection
A staircase featuring cantilevered treads connects the library and living room at the centre of this rough granite-clad house in the Spanish town of Magaz de Abajo. More about Floating steel staircase takes centre stage in granite house by Marcos Miguélez
This week on Dezeen, Balenciaga launched its own version of IKEA's iconic blue tote bag, and Snøhetta completed its transformation of New York's Times Square. More about This week, Balenciaga paid tribute to IKEA and Times Square was transformed
As the state of the environment becomes an ever-pressing issue, designers are developing eco-friendly alternatives to all sorts of products. To celebrate Earth Day, we've rounded up 10 examples, including a kitchen made from recycled bottles and a pollution-absorbing bikini. More about 10 sustainable designs that offer alternatives to everyday products
Toronto firm Superkül has renovated a mid-century modern home in a residential area of the city, adding a second level dedicated to spaces for children. More about Superkül reserves upstairs just for kids at renovated modernist Toronto home
The top floor of this tall holiday home by US studio Lake Flato is situated above the tree line, enabling impressive views of a lake in Texas Hill Country. More about Lake Flato creates vertical waterfront home in rural Texas
Minneapolis firm D/O Studio has taken cues from Minnesota's Scandinavian climate and heritage when designing a home that "warms the blue light to pure white", while cultivating vegetation native to the site. More about White finishes and oak panelling warm winter light in Minnesota home by D/O Studio
Slides aren't just for playgrounds – they can offer escape routes from meetings or easy access to your kitchen. This week's roundup from our Pinterest boards showcases 10 homes and offices that find inventive uses for them. More about 10 slides from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that offer a slippery alternative to stairs
The "world's first" electric jet plane capable of taking off and landing vertically has successfully completed test flights in Germany. More about Electric flying taxi by Lilium successfully completes its first voyage
Skidmore Owings & Merrill has unveiled its vision for One Bangkok: a new district in the centre of the Thai city made up of a family skyscrapers interspersed with green spaces. More about SOM reveals designs for 16-hectare "vertical village" in central Bangkok
Dezeen is visiting the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the Being Material conference this week. Here's a look at some of the best architecture at the campus, from Frank Gehry's library to Eero Saarinen's chapel. More about The architecture of MIT: 10 impressive buildings on the tech university's campus
As Design Academy Eindhoven searches for yet another creative director, a group of alumni is urging the school to make a choice that enhances the influential school's creativity, rather than its business model. Former student Jules van den Langenberg explains why. More about "The Design Academy is dead, long live the Design Academy"
Smooth white walls undulate to create bay windows for this house by British studio Tonkin Liu, which stands on top of Dover's famous white cliffs. More about Tonkin Liu perches "castle-like" residence on Dover's white cliffs