It's Halloween, a time when many cultures honour the dead. To mark the occasion, we take a tour through some of the most interesting final resting places dreamed up by designers, including a biodegradable urn that turns a deceased loved one into a tree and colourful zip-up coffins designed to make death less depressing. More about Eight coffins and urns you would want to be seen dead in
The Mexico City home and studio of Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes and his fashion-designer wife Carla Fernandez features crazy paving floors, as well as a staircase and double-height library rendered in coarse concrete. More about Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernandez pair rough concrete with crazy paving for their Mexico City home
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at London's Heatherwick Studio, which recently revealed designs for a honeycomb-like staircase at its Hudson Yards development in New York (pictured). Read more stories on Thomas Heatherwick, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Rows of concrete fins shade the large windows of this nursing home near the Spanish city of Valladolid, which features rooms clustered around a landscaped central courtyard. More about Óscar Miguel Ares Álvares creates "abstract and hard" care home inspired by arid surroundings
Japanese studio Nendo has released a new version of its environmentally friendly SU stool for Emeco, adding an interchangeable cork seat to the design. More about Nendo adds cork seat to its sustainable range of SU stools for Emeco
A dormer window with a thick black frame offers views of the garden from this reading room, which is one of three new loft spaces created for a home in south-east London by A Small Studio. More about Victorian loft conversion by A Small Studio creates "relaxation oasis"
These atmospheric renderings reveal designs by Oslo-based Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter for a pair of angular holiday cabins in the Norwegian countryside. More about Reiulf Ramstad designs angular wooden cabins for a Norwegian valley
A broad roof overhangs the glass walls of this small woodland house that Krupinski/Krupinska Arkitekter has built on the Stockholm archipelago. More about Glass and dark-wood house offers panoramic views of Swedish countryside
Design duo Barber and Osgerby's minimal and "visually calm" Pacific chair is their first office seating for Vitra. More about Barber and Osgerby design first office chair for Vitra
A group of Melbourne creatives pooled their skills to create this co-working space, which features wood-lined walls, concrete floors and furniture designed by the studios that occupy it. More about Collective workspace in Melbourne features plank-covered walls and bespoke furniture
Dutch architect Rolf Bruggink used every scrap of material from the demolition of an old office to transform this 19th-century coach house in Utrecht into a home and workspace, which includes a bath overlooking the lounge. More about Rolf Bruggink and Niek Wagemans use salvaged materials to convert coach house into home
Car brand Rolls-Royce has treated one of its luxury convertibles to new detailing inspired by haute couture. More about Rolls-Royce's Dawn collection is aimed at "the very arbiters of fashion"
Today is Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. To celebrate, we've pinned dozens of lighting installations to a new Pinterest board, such as a canopy of pulsating lanterns designed for New York's Winter Garden and a glowing red sun made from thousands of crystals. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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American studio El Dorado has completed a residence in Kansas City that is organised around a sunken central courtyard. More about El Dorado wraps Missouri home around sunken courtyard
Lisbon studio PHDD Arquitectos has blended contemporary and classic elements for the interiors of a craft store in Cascais, Portugal. More about PHDD Arquitectos mixes old and new for renovated Portuguese yarn store
These new images by British photographer Edmund Sumner show the fluted concrete structure of the Museo Internacional del Barroco in Mexico, which is designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito. More about Toyo Ito's Museo Internacional del Barroco photographed by Edmund Sumner
Eyeballs, tentacles and weird machinery inhabit the peculiar forest Roof Studio designed for Empire of the Sun's High and Low music video. More about Shaman leads people into psychedelic forest in Empire of the Sun's music video
A light and spacious kitchen, dining and lounge opens onto a latticed balcony in this Tel Aviv apartment, which has been completely overhauled by Dori interior design studio. More about Dori updates 1950s apartment in Tel Aviv with open-plan spaces and glazed partitions
British architect Adam Knibb has added this cross-laminated timber extension to a house in the English county of Hampshire, and connected it to the former barn building by a frameless glass box. More about Adam Knibb Architects extends Hampshire barn conversion with timber-clad box
This week saw French designer Philippe Starck and American imaging company Kodak both venture into smartphone design. More about This week, Philippe Starck and Kodak both revealed new smartphones