Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a transport/product designer at the London studio of PriestmanGoode, whose Scooter for Life encourages older people to stay physically active for longer. More ›
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Architecture office Carlo Ratti Associati used digital processes to produce this collapsible wooden stool that can be adjusted into different predetermined shapes. More about Carlo Ratti experiments with "programmable wood" to make Swish stool for Cassina
A wooden framework extending radially towards the edges of this house in Japan's Okinawa region ensures views in all directions through external walls made entirely of glass. More about ISSHO Architects uses timber frames to create typhoon-resistant house on a tropical island
A+Awards: the winners of the 2017 Architizer A+Awards, which include David Adjaye, Odile Decq and Tatiana Bilbao, will be honoured during a special event during the NYCxDesign festival next month. More about Architizer to celebrate 2017 A+Awards winners at New York gala
New York studio Office of Architecture has created a holiday home in a seaside village in the Hamptons that is raised above the property, resulting in spaces located "under, over and between the building and the landscape". More about Office of Architecture elevates zinc-clad Hamptons home above a floodplain
The Italian-owned Horm Group has acquired 100 per cent of "young and fresh" furniture brand Casamania as it looks to expand in the contract market. More about Casamania bought out by fellow Italian furniture brand Horm
Luxury fashion brand Balenciaga has designed a large blue tote bag that bears a striking resemblance to IKEA's iconic Frakta bag, but with a significantly higher price tag. More about Balenciaga sells £1,705 version of IKEA's blue tote bag worth 40p
Architecture firm Snøhetta has completed its redesign of New York's Times Square, almost doubling the pedestrian areas at the busiest place in the US. More about Snøhetta's Times Square transformation officially opens
Fashion designer Sruli Recht used translucent cow skin leather to create the Apparition collection for Dutch company ECCO. More about Sruli Recht uses "world's first transparent leather" for latest fashion collection
This off-grid home by Kyu Sung Woo Architects features a minimal interior that opens out onto a forest clearing in the mountains. More about Staggered volumes of house by KSW Architects frame views of Vermont meadow
Zinc plates protect the ageing wooden structure of this barn in the French village Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit, which was been transformed into a house with its own spa by Antonin Ziegler. More about Antonin Ziegler covers abandoned barn in zinc plates to create rustic home in northern France
Architect David Adjaye used a concrete composite material to create the sculptural form of this wireless speaker, which he designed for New York brand Master & Dynamic. More about David Adjaye creates concrete speaker with "directional form" for Master & Dynamic
In this exclusive movie produced by Dezeen, MINI Living Initiative creative lead Oke Hauser and SO-IL co-director Ilias Papageorgiou explain why they collaborated to install a translucent prefab home in an unused urban plot in Milan. More about Air-filtering house in Milan "contributes to improving urban life" says SO-IL and MINI
Four cylindrical towers are elevated on stilts to create this retreat in Cape Town, which was designed by local studio Malan Vorster to offer views among the trees. More about Malan Vorster's treehouse-like residence offers views of Cape Town forest
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a senior yacht designer in London to join Marc Newson, who designed the speed boat Aquariva in collaboration with Officina Italiana Design for boat brand Riva. More ›
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Vases with legs and containers moulded around tree trunks featured in OFF Portugal's Glass Cares exhibition of blown glassware at Milan design week. More about Portuguese designers rethink traditional glass blowing for OFF Portugal exhibition
A screen of decorative terracotta blockwork fronts this apartment block in Ho Chi Minh City by Sanuki Daisuke Architects, which features planted courtyards in its centre. More about Ho Chi Minh apartment block features patterned terracotta facade and garden pockets
Brazilian firm FGMF Arquitetos has built a São Paulo home around a steel frame embedded into a concrete wall, allowing the use of extensive glazing that offers views down a verdant hillside. More about Concrete volume appears to rest on glass in Brazilian house by FGMF Arquitetos
As Apple gears up to open its Foster + Partners-designed campus in Cupertino, a drone has filmed the buildings nearing completion, and reports have emerged that the company is buying up all the trees available in California. More about Drone footage captures Apple Park as it prepares to welcome employees
For some architects, the decision not to bid for Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall is easy. But Aaron Betsky questions whether working on the project is as unethical as it first seemed in this Opinion column. More about "Architects may, heaven save their mortal souls, have to work on Trump's wall"