Milan 2016: a sofa turned vertically on its end and lamps shaped like origami birds are among products in the latest collection from Dutch furniture brand Moooi (+ slideshow). More about Moooi's 2016 furniture and lighting range includes an upended sofa
Nearly 1,400 people have signed a petition in opposition to Bjarke Ingels Group's proposal to demolish a portion of the Smithsonian Institution campus in Washington DC. More about BIG's plan for Smithsonian campus in Washington DC sparks opposition
Milan 2016: design for children is emerging as one of the hot trends at this year's Milan design week, as designers and brands cotton on to the vast potential of the kids' furniture market. More about Children's products are a "huge market" for design brands
Dezeen promotion: a group of students from Amsterdam's Dirty Art Department have created interactive installations to occupy a building in an abandoned area of Milan during the city's design week (+ slideshow). More about Dirty Art Department fills former slaughterhouse with installations for The Wandering School
Milan 2016: the works of Minimalist sculptor Donald Judd and Italian architect Andrea Palladio have informed the design of this set of tables by Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune for Dutch furniture brand Artifort (+ slideshow). More about Claesson Koivisto Rune's Palladio tables reference Minimalist sculpture
Piers Taylor's firm Invisible Studio has added a pair of woodland maintenance buildings to the Westonbirt arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, using only trees felled in the routine maintenance of the estate (+ slideshow). More about Invisible Studio uses only waste timber for Westonbirt arboretum buildings in Gloucestershire
Milan 2016: products made from a new material that uses recycled poo are presented in darkened rooms with crap-covered floors at The Shit Evolution exhibition curated by the Museo Della Merda (+ slideshow). More about The Shit Evolution in Milan presents dung as a "beautiful" material
Milan 2016: it's day one of Milan design week, the world's biggest and most important design fair, and over 1,000 images from around the city have already been posted to our #milanogram2016 hashtag on Instagram. Click through to see a selection of the best photographs. More about Dezeen's #milanogram2016 highlights: day one
Milan 2016: Atelier Biagetti invites people to take sanctuary from an over-sexualised world inside a surreal clinic featuring pastel pink furniture, clinical curtains and attendants in nurse's outfits (+ slideshow). More about No Sex by Atelier Biagetti is a "futuristic paradise" for sexual rehabilitation
Milan 2016: London design studio Raw Edges has created a collection of zigzag-patterned furniture using pieces of wood that have been dipped into angled buckets of dye (+ slideshow). More about Raw Edges unveils wooden furniture featuring rainbow-hued zigzag patterns
A kitchen concealed behind a pivoting wooden wall is one of several interventions made to transform an old agricultural warehouse in Almenar de Soria, Spain, into a community events space (+ slideshow). More about Valentín Sanz converts former warehouse into community centre with a foldaway kitchen
The interior of this former council-owned house in north London has been given a modern makeover by local studio Archmongers to create brighter spaces with colourful accents (+ slideshow). More about Archmongers brightens the interior of "plain and ugly" 1970s ex-council house
Milan 2016: as this year's Milan design week gets underway, we've selected our top picks from what's on around the city. More about 10 unmissable exhibitions and installations at Milan design week 2016
GKMP Architects has extended a 1930s residence in Dublin, Ireland, using the same material palette – which even includes pebbledash. More about GKMP Architects uses pebbledash, brick and slate for Dublin house extension
Architect Pitsou Kedem has completed an events hall in Rishon LeZion, Israel, featuring translucent glass-plank facades designed to "glow like a firefly" at night (+ slideshow). More about Pitsou Kedem's Lago events complex contrasts opaque and translucent materials
Photo essay: American photographer Scott Benedict has travelled to the outskirts of Paris to photograph a little-known concrete housing estate, designed by French architects Jean Renaudie and Rénée Gailhoustet (+ slideshow). More about Scott Benedict captures the raw concrete of the Cité Rateau housing estate in Paris
Milan 2016: lamps shaped like cherries and chairs modelled on rabbits are among the products that Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni is launching under his new online brand Qeeboo. More about Stefano Giovannoni reveals first product line for new Qeeboo brand
Swedish designer Jonas Lindvall has used materials sourced from his local Småland area to create the interior of this hotel (+ slideshow). More about Jonas Lindvall transforms former office block into PM & Vänner Hotel
Utrecht studio EVA has transformed a former workshop building in the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch into a loft-like home with a wooden box at its centre (+ slideshow). More about EVA converts former workshop into loft-inspired home for a Dutch couple
Milan 2016: Stockholm design studio Afteroom's Family benches for Danish brand Menu feature tables that branch from the frames on powder-coated steel rods. More about Afteroom updates collection of tubular steel furniture for Menu