Chile and Cuba's contributions to the London Design Biennale suggest that, while the Global South is expected to copy the design of the north, it could offer a more radical future, argues Owen Hatherley in his latest Opinion column. More about "The Global South could create a different, and maybe better, kind of modernity"
Glasshouses double as informal meeting spots inside this former warehouse in Amsterdam, which has been converted into offices for a pushchair company by Dutch studio Space Encounters. More about Space Encounters converts Amsterdam factory into greenhouse-filled offices
TT Architects has converted an old furniture factory in the Japanese city of Okayama into a cedar-and steel-clad home for a carpenter and his family. More about TT Architects transforms furniture factory into family home in Japan
Short pieces of debarked timber are stacked to form the walls of this remote wilderness retreat, designed for an active family by US studio Andersson-Wise Architects. More about Andersson-Wise creates Montana cabin with cordwood walls and green roof
Apple has unveiled its first update to the MacBook Pro laptop since 2012, which includes a secondary display between the keyboard and screen. More about Apple redesigns MacBook Pro to include touch-sensitive second screen
New York's Museum of Modern Art has announced the addition of the original 176 emoji set to its collection of "humble masterpieces". More about MoMA adds original emojis to permanent collection
Kodak has rebranded for the first time in 10 years, ditching its typographic logo for a red and yellow version of the marque it used during the 1970s and 80s. More about Kodak rebrands with retro-style logo
French designer Philippe Starck has designed his first smartphone: the Mi Mix for Chinese electronics company Xiaomi. More about Philippe Starck designs smartphone with edge-to-edge screen
Brexit: the Creative Industries Federation has published a report calling for the UK's art, design and cultural industries to be put "at the heart of government thinking" as the nation prepares to leave the European Union. More about Creative Industries Federation outlines "red-line issues" for Brexit negotiations
Kodak's new smartphone aimed at photographers features in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with BIG's plans for a high-speed transportation system and a dinosaur egg museum in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
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Architecture studios Edgley Design and Spaced Out have built and moved into a zinc-clad development in London's Islington, made up of basement offices and a row of terraced houses with a saw-tooth profile. More about Edgley Design and Spaced Out build London terrace with angular zinc-clad frontage
Dutch company Ortega has designed an electric submersible for divers, which it claims is the fastest of its kind. More about Ortega creates electric open-top submarine for divers
After abandoning plans in Chicago, Beijing studio MAD has now revealed two new designs for its George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art – one for San Francisco, and a different one for Los Angeles. More about MAD unveils competing Lucas Museum designs for San Francisco and Los Angeles
RIBA International Prize: the Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed the six projects competing to be named world's best new building, including David Chipperfield's Museo Jumex and Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center. More about David Chipperfield and Zaha Hadid among shortlist for inaugural RIBA International Prize
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a senior technical architect at the London office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, whose current projects include the expansion of New York's Pennsylvania Station (pictured). Read more stories on SOM, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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A wooden ladder leads up to a set of white cabinets filled with animal bones, plants and a preserved tarantula in this science laboratory designed by Charles Tashima Architecture for a London primary school. More about Charles Tashima Architecture creates cabinet of curiosities inside school science laboratory
Berlin-based designer Yasmine Benhadj-Djilali has proposed a new piece of office furniture to allow employees a moment of private reflection. More about Wall-mounted cubby by Yasmine Benhadj-Djilali provides a private escape for office workers
A colonnade of petal-shaped arches creates an illuminated walkway around the perimeter of this Muslim cultural centre designed by Chinese architect He Jingtang. More about Arched walkway wraps Muslim centre near Beijing by He Jingtang
These photographs provide a more detailed look at OMA's extension to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, described as the largest cultural project in the Canadian province when it opened this summer. More about OMA's Quebec art museum extension shown in new images
The design community doesn't seem to like Donald Trump very much. With just two weeks until the US presidential election, here are five products and proposals influenced by the Republican Party candidate. More about Five satirical designs created in response to Donald Trump