German designer Thomas Schnur's 21 Common Things exhibition at IMM Cologne pays tribute to everyday objects including watering cans, plastic bags and clothes pegs. More about Thomas Schnur honours everyday objects with Cologne exhibition
French studios Java Architecture and Atelier Brunoir tempered their preference for "soberness and order" to deliver this jewellery store interior for a Parisian client who could not get enough gold and pink. More about Soft-hued jewellery store designed for owner with love of gold and pink
French design brand Petite Friture has presented its new collection against a backdrop styled on a vibrant, modernist home. More about Petite Friture showcases new furniture collection in a modernist environment
HAO Design navigated the chasm between classic and contemporary design to complete this apartment in Pingtung City, Taiwan, for a conflicted family of four. More about Taiwan apartment by HAO Design caters to both kids' and parents' tastes
This house in Casablanca by architect Driss Kettani features a windowless white box perched above black- and blue-tiled walls, forming an abstract composition of geometric shapes when viewed from the street. More about Casablanca house presents closed facade to the street but opens to garden at the rear
This week on Dezeen, Shepard Fairey adapted Obama's Hope poster to portray an anti-fear message for Donald Trump's inauguration, while architects urged the new US president to take action on climate change. More about This week, designers and architects responded to Donald Trump's inauguration
Alain Berteau's hybrid bed-bench and Alain Gilles' easy-to-assemble chair are among the Belgian designs featured in an installation of monochrome office furniture at this year's IMM Cologne. More about Monochrome office furniture destined for co-working goes on display at IMM Cologne
Quebec architecture firm Anne Carrier Architecture has completed a visitors centre in the Mont Orford National Park, built using a wooden structure that nestles into the landscape. More about Dark cedar boards shroud Quebec visitors centre by Anne Carrier
This urban housing block by Mexican architecture studio Arqmov Workshop features a wood screen that was influenced by slatted boxes used to carry vegetables. More about Arqmov Workshop covers Mexico City apartment block in small wood squares
For his first collection at the helm of G-Star RAW, designer Aitor Throup explored the ergonomics of denim in a dramatic presentation at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. More about Aitor Throup presents first collection as G-Star RAW creative director
Canadian brand Lightmaker Studio is launching two lighting collections with branch-like brass fixtures at the Interior Design Show in Toronto this week, as well as additions to its Zig-Zag series. More about Lightmaker Studio presents geometric brass lighting at IDS Toronto
With the trend for broken-plan living spaces continuing into 2017, we're highlighting 10 popular home interiors from our Pinterest boards where areas are loosely divided by partitions rather than by walls. More about 10 home interiors from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that swap walls for partitions
With his stadium for the 2020 Olympics now underway in Tokyo, Kengo Kuma has revealed how his design involves Japan's tsunami-affected regions, how Kenzo Tange inspired his work, and why he now avoids iconic architecture at all costs. More about "I feel embarrassed by some of my buildings" says Kengo Kuma
A coffee table based on the "restraint and detailing" of a bentwood box associated with Shaker folklife has launched at Maison&Objet, which begins today in Paris. More about Pinch bases Rodan coffee table on Shaker storage box
Tesla has been vindicated by a six-month US government inquiry, initiated after its semi-autonomous technology was involved in a fatal car crash. More about Tesla's Autopilot reduced crashes by 40 per cent, finds US inquiry
Chilean architect Gonzalo Iturriaga used folded planes of blackened pine to create this faceted cabin as a retreat for a mountaineer in Chile's Valparaíso Region. More about Gonzalo Iturriaga's blackened pine cabin provides refuge for a Chilean mountaineer
With Maison&Objet opening in Paris this weekend, design reporter Alice Morby has put together a list of the top five French design brands to go and see at the fair. More about Dezeen's pick of the best French furniture brands exhibiting at Maison&Objet
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a director of projects at Article 25 in London, an architecture charity that works in areas affected by disaster. More ›
More about Job of the day: director of projects at Article 25
Slats of larch dress this angular addition to a Victorian property in Dalston, which was built for a young family and is shortlisted in 2017's Don't Move, Improve! competition for best London house extension. More about Pamphilon Architects' larch-clad extension echoes butterfly roof of east London terrace
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has used smooth grey stone and fluted bronze to revive the grandeur of a 1930s theatre in Shanghai. More about Neri&Hu revives 1930s Shanghai theatre with dramatic stone and bronze details