Luxembourg artist Max Mertens has installed hundreds of swings above a shopping street to offer pedestrians a new experience of a familiar place (+ movie). More about Max Mertens installs sea of swings over a busy Luxembourg street
Lucy McRae's short film The Institute of Isolation is a fictional examination of the ways travellers to outer space could use architecture and design to train their bodies for the challenge (+ movie). More about Lucy McRae film explores how design could prepare humans for outer space
With stone-clad walls and a deep red atrium, this medical centre in Kuwait was designed by AGi architects to look more like a cultural building than a health facility (+ slideshow). More about AGi Architects completes cardiac rehabilitation centre overlooking Kuwait Bay
Grey-veined marble is paired with raw concrete and exposed pipework in this Barcelona apartment, in which architect Raúl Sánchez has used angled walls to create visual breaks in the layout. More about Raúl Sánchez uses angled walls to create blind spots in open-plan apartment in Barcelona
Pitched roofs are back in vogue and pointier than ever, so we've pinned some of the best examples to a new Pinterest board, including a timber-clad house on Canada's Cape Breton and a summer house that doubles as a climbing wall.
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Local architects Elliot + Elliot have completed a seaside residence that juts out over the rocky Maine shoreline (+ slideshow). More about House Over the Sea by Elliott + Elliott faces a bay in Maine
Shanghai studio Atelier Deshaus has teamed up with artist Zhan Wang to create a flower-topped pavilion supported by irregularly shaped slabs of stainless steel (+ slideshow). More about Blossom Pavilion in Shanghai features steel "rocks" and a rooftop flowerbed
Soft brown leather seats and a grey-toned iron bar feature inside this seafood restaurant overlooking Copenhagen's Torvehallerne food market. More about Simple materials shape Space Copenhagen's interior for Musling restaurant
Music: Japanese production studio Party is live streaming its music video for Androp's track Hana onto a bunch of white lilies (+ movie). More about Party live streams Androp music video projected onto flowers
Office AIO has converted a courtyard residence in Beijing's Xiang'er Hutong into a tiny cork- and tile-lined coffee bar with a traditionally styled guest room (+ slideshow). More about Office AIO transforms Beijing hutong residence into coffee bar and guest room
Two thousand ice-cream tubs form the walls of this small community library in Bandung, Indonesia, and some of them have been perforated to display a subtle message (+ slideshow). More about Recycled ice cream tubs cover walls of elevated Microlibrary by Shau
This week on Dezeen: the launch of the Pokémon GO augmented reality video game changed the way players interacted with cities and buildings, and brands began releasing products to help players "catch 'em all". More about This week, Pokémon GO became a cultural phenomenon
Czech designer Martin Jakobsen has created glowing uranium-glass tumblers, adding to his output of unusual glassware. More about Martin Jakobsen's uranium glassware glows bright green
Oregon firm Scott Edwards Architecture has created a home in Portland that includes soundproof rehearsal spaces for a family of musicians (+ slideshow). More about Scott Edwards Architecture creates home with acoustically separate spaces for a Portland family
Nike has redesigned its existing Magista football boot by imagining what a foot would look like had it evolved specifically to play football (+ slideshow). More about Nike's Magista 2 football boots perform as an "organic extension of the foot"
Sales have officially launched for apartments inside this skyscraper in Boston by New York firm Arquitectonica, amid a "boom" in the city's luxury condo market created by its growing tech scene (+ slideshow). More about Arquitectonica's Pierce Boston tower to feature apartments aimed at young tech entrepreneurs
Design agency Pentagram has created a new logo and visual identity for Mastercard, the credit card company's first branding redesign in 20 years. More about Pentagram brings Mastercard into the digital age with pared-back logo redesign
Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for a salesperson/office manager at the New York trend-forecasting firm Edelkoort, which recently introduced a hybrid design department at Parsons School of Design in New York. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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As real-estate prices in New York City continue to soar, Brooklyn residents are using their extra space and relaxed planning restrictions to extend their townhouses and build "quirky" garden studios, according to local architects (+ slideshow). More about "Dream of working from your own backyard in New York" fuels Brooklyn garden studio trend
Home-grown Chinese design brands will soon be selling affordable products in the west, according to Italian designer Luca Nichetto, who is creative director of Chinese startup furniture brand ZaoZuo (+ slideshow). More about Luca Nichetto "completely shocked" by the low price of Chinese design products