Models by Japanese architects including Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma and Riken Yamamoto are the focus of a museum that has opened in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Museum dedicated to architecture models opens in Japan
London Design Festival 2016: co-director of Universal Assembly Unit Samantha Lee unveils the digital art studio's interactive sculpture for London Design Festival in this exclusive movie Dezeen produced for Italian lighting brand iGuzzini. More about Universal Assembly Unit creates pulsing Light Pollination installation for iGuzzini
Italian transport design studio Pininfarina has released its first electric bike, created with bicycle makers Diavelo (+ slideshow). More about Pininfarina puts sports car design expertise into its first electric bicycle
An angular thatched roof extends down over this seaside house, which references the grassy dune landscape of Latvia's Pape Nature Reserve (+ slideshow). More about Archispektras creates holiday home with a sculptural thatched roof on the Baltic Sea
Danish designer Emma Jorn has partnered with rainwear specialist Ilse Jacobsen to design a range of waterproofs that are easy to wear while cycling. More about Emma Jorn designs rainproof skirts, dresses and jumpsuits for cyclists
A large corrugated metal roof is drawn down over the the upper floor of this house in Melbourne, making it appear to have just a single level when seen from the street (+ slideshow). More about OSK Architects hides a second storey beneath Seddon House's angular metal roof
Photo essay: German photographer Christian Richter has been breaking into abandoned buildings across Europe to capture their "swan song" for his Abandoned series (+ slideshow). More about Christian Richter's Abandoned series chronicles Europe's empty buildings
Swimming Pool Studio aimed to bring the "relaxing and refreshing" hues of blue sea and white sand to this cafe inside a Shanghai office building (+ slideshow). More about Swimming Pool Studio bases Shanghai cafe interior on the Mediterranean Sea
Note Design's Focus divider can be rolled up and stored in a backpack for nomadic office workers who need more privacy (+ slideshow). More about Note Design creates office divider for people working on the go
Kooo Architects has added wooden beams to a cafe in China to form a woven lattice across the ceiling that lets in light (+ slideshow). More about Kooo Architects adds wooden lattice ceiling to cafe in China
RooyDaad Architects created this monochrome house as a weekend retreat from their practice in Tehran, and based its design on a housing model by Le Corbusier (+ slideshow). More about Monochrome Iranian holiday home by RooyDaad Architects is dark outside and white inside
French designer Philippe Starck has created a wood-burning stove for heating brand Speeta that can be customised by combining different modules (+ slideshow). More about Philippe Starck designs modular Speetbox wood-burning stove
From beer cans to CD players, the trend for Minimalist packaging design isn't going anywhere. We've pinned some of the best examples to a new Pinterest board.
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Portland studio Architecture Building Culture has created a gabled structure to accommodate more residents at a local communal home for single mothers (+ slideshow). More about Architecture Building Culture adds housing units to recovery centre in Portland
Japanese studio Sides Core has created a space inside a hair salon for the owner's books, art and music (+ slideshow). More about Sides Core redesigns minimal hair salon to include library
Riga studio Mailītis AIIM has used scaffolding poles, timber planks and corrugated plastic to create this events pavilion – one of three temporary structures built in the grounds of a former brewery in Latvia (+ slideshow). More about Mailītis AIIM builds scaffolding and timber pavilion at Latvian brewery
Musician and director Kamiel Rongen has reused his method of mixing materials inside a fishbowl to create the music video for Tunisian band Yuma's track Laya Snin (+ movie). More about Kamiel Rongen creates trippy visuals using flowers and a fishbowl for Yuma music video
Geometric metal fittings extend out from the wall in this pared-back Tel Aviv apartment, created by Israeli interior designers Yael Perry and Dafna Gravinsky with architect Amir Navon (+ slideshow). More about Minimal Tel Aviv apartment features bespoke gridded shelving
Hamburg studio Asdfg Architekten has converted a 19th-century miller's house in Berlin into a modern family home arranged around original brick walls (+ slideshow). More about Asdfg Architekten converts former miller's house into contemporary home
This week on Dezeen: tech giant Apple unveiled a host of new products during its annual conference in San Francisco this week, and came up against a backlash from our readers. More about This week, Apple revealed its latest iPhone and attracted widespread criticism