Swiss designer Jona Messerli has created a flat-pack table lamp with a lattice-patterned shade made from Japanese shoji paper. More about Jona Messerli's Sol lamp has a Noguchi-inspired paper shade
US design magazine Sight Unseen has launched an auction of high-end furniture and objects, to support progressive organisations and promote fair governance following the election of Donald Trump. More about Design for Progress auction to raise money and awareness for Trump-affected issues
Stone, brick and wood introduce subtle textures to this house near Cape Town, which was designed by architect Jan Sofka to resemble a Japanese home spotted on Dezeen. More about Jan Sofka takes cues from Japanese home for rural residence near Cape Town
This week saw the reveal of a Manhattan tower by Zaha Hadid Architects for the family of Donald Trump's son-in-law and a proposal to suspend the world's tallest skyscraper from an asteroid. More about This week, supertall skyscraper proposals for Manhattan and an orbiting asteroid were unveiled
Hot glass is pulled and stretched like taffy to make Bocci's 87 Series pendant, designed by creative director Omer Arbel and set to launch at Milan design week. More about Bocci's 87 Series lighting is made from stretched loops of pearlescent glass
Estúdio Casa G has completed a residence in the Brazilian rainforest, creating a home within the concrete shell of an existing structure and building a new pavilion for social spaces. More about Estúdio Casa G overhauls open-sided concrete villa in the Amazon
Chilean architect Gonzalo Claro has renovated a family home in Santiago, reducing the ground floor footprint but adding a level for bedrooms. More about Gonzalo Claro hides rooftop extension of Chilean house behind dark waterproof membrane
Dutch designer Rik ten Velden is targeting home DJs with the Selectors Cabinet – a wooden DJ booth, room divider and record storage unit that he will showcase at Milan design week. More about Studio Rik ten Velden's vinyl-storage cabinet doubles as a home DJ booth
This week we're highlighting 10 popular home interiors from our from Pinterest boards that feature an all-white colour palette. More about 10 of the most popular all-white interiors from Dezeen's Pinterest boards
Dezeen promotion: window manufacturer Fakro has launched a range of skylights suited to flat roofs, including one that shuts automatically when it begins to rain. More about Fakro launches skylights designed especially for flat roofs
Reykjavík-based designer Thórunn Árnadottir has combined local Icelandic materials with broken toys to create a series of interactive devices, which she is presenting at DesignMarch 2017. More about Thórunn Árnadottir creates interactive toys using traditional Icelandic materials
American artist Doug Wheeler has transformed a gallery at the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York into an all-white room designed to evoke the sensation of vast infinite space. More about Doug Wheeler installs spiky-floored Synthetic Desert at New York's Guggenheim Museum
MVRDV has revealed its design for a pair of mixed-use towers in The Hague, which will feature natural stone facades that stagger into wooden outdoor spaces on top. More about MVRDV unveils pair of stone towers for The Hague topped with "crown of terraces"
Dezeen promotion: Czech furniture brand TON presents upholstered chairs based on the shapes of leaves, created by Italian designer Alexander Gufler, during Milan design week next month. More about TON launches Alba chair based on shape of folded leaves
Architects Megumi Matsubara and Hiroi Ariyama arranged this house in the forest near Karuizawa around five courtyards to provide views of vegetation both inside and outside the building. More about House in a Japanese forest features secluded courtyards framing views of trees and sky
One of the best-known projects of SANAA co-founder Ryue Nishizawa has been recreated inside London's Barbican as part of an exhibition about Japanese housing, along with a charred timber teahouse by Terunobu Fujimori. More about Full-size houses by Ryue Nishizawa and Terunobu Fujimori built inside Japanese House exhibition at Barbican
John McAslan + Partners and Triad Architects have built a cathedral on the edge of a tea plantation outside Nairobi, Kenya, featuring a tiled and angled roof lined with wooden slats. More about Huge inclined roof spans cathedral built by John McAslan + Partners on Kenyan tea plantation
Romanian designers say they are about to storm the world stage – and they're not going to let the lack of home-grown brands, manufacturers or heritage stop them. More about Romanian designers champion "clumsy, simple but honest" furniture
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a California-licensed architect at OMA, which won a contest last year to transform a site in Downtown Los Angeles into a public park. More ›
More about Job of the day: senior architect at OMA
During this year's Milan design week, London studio Made in Ratio will present an environmentally sustainable table with recycled aluminium legs and a bamboo top. More about Made in Ratio to launch bamboo-topped Stellar Nova table during Milan design week