Architecture firm Spark wants to use HDPE plastic waste to build a series of elevated beach huts resembling giant pine cones in Singapore. More about Spark unveils plans for colourful beach huts built from recycled ocean plastic
A group of University of Tokyo students overseen by architect Kengo Kuma have developed a 3D-printing pen that can be used to create complex architectural structures out of plastic sticks. More about Tokyo university students create "drawn-in-place" architecture using a 3D-printing pen
Design Indaba 2016: the 1996 ad campaign that encouraged British housewives to throw away their fussy furnishings helped transform attitudes to design, according to ad executive Naresh Ramchandani (+ movie). More about IKEA's "Chuck out your chintz" ads changed British taste, says the man who wrote the slogan
Architecture studio Morrow + Lorraine has been given the go ahead to build a set of clifftop holiday homes on the Isle of Portland, England (+ slideshow). More about Morrow + Lorraine to build five holiday homes on England's Jurassic Coast
Milan 2016: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed this year's Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS, which will feature cones of light created by spotlights. More about Sou Fujimoto to create "forest of light" for COS installation in Milan
Dezeen promotion: Ventura Lambrate has revealed the participants who will exhibit under one of its themes, Thinking Traditions and Academies, for its event during Milan design week from 12 to 17 April 2016 (+ slideshow). More about Ventura Lambrate announces theme and designers for 2016 exhibition
Design Indaba 2016: the car industry is so obsessed with new technology that it is forgetting about people, according to Dutch designers Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk. More about Car brands are dazzled by technology and neglecting users, say van der Lubbe and van Eijk
Austrian architects Winkler + Ruck Architekten and Ferdinand Certov have been selected to create a "floating" roof extension for Vienna's Wien Museum. More about "Floating" extension to be built over roof of Vienna's Wien Museum
Spanish studio SelgasCano has completed a concept bookstore in east London, with handmade wooden bookshelves based on the fictional Library of Babel and a strict no-phone policy (+ slideshow). More about SelgasCano creates London bookstore promoting "a return to physical material things"
Inside Festival 2015: Casey Vallance of Cox Rayner Architects explains how the firm used natural materials to create a calming environment inside a dentist training facility in Brisbane, Australia, in this exclusive movie. More about Cox Rayner's university health centre aims to reduce anxiety in patients
Amsterdam-based duo Formafantasma is hosting a solo exhibition that explores the "expressive qualities of light" at the Peep-Hole Contemporary Art Centre in Milan (+ slideshow). More about Light is bent, refracted and projected at Formafantasma's Anno Tropico exhibition
This weathering steel bridge by Branch Studio Architects spans a quadrangle at a secondary school in Melbourne's western suburbs, forming an art gallery and viewpoint for students en route to class (+ slideshow). More about Branch Studio Architects embellishes school "flyover" with concertinaed Corten screen
To allow parents more time in bed, Russian architecture studio Ruetemple has added a play area above the master bedroom at this summer house to keep the children occupied (+ slideshow). More about Ruetemple adds children's playhouse to bedroom in Russian summer house
Stockholm 2016: London design studio Industrial Facility has used the shapes of lights found in warehouses across the UK capital as references for a lamp produced by Swedish brand Wästberg (+ slideshow). More about Industrial Facility models Dalston lamp on London's warehouse lighting
Architecture studio Freadman White has remodelled a 1930s Melbourne house that was extended in the 1970s, and created a new room featuring an angular roof (+ slideshow). More about Freadman White creates new layout for extended 1930s house in Melbourne
This retirement residence by Schwartz and Architecture features a sheltered patio with a large oval skylight, which frames views over Silicon Valley, California (+ slideshow). More about Retirement house by Schwartz and Architecture nestles into a hillside above Silicon Valley
Metallic yarns, colourful tinsel and sequin patterns were combined to create the 1980s-influenced "daytime disco" outfits shown by UK studio Sibling during London Fashion Week yesterday. More about Grace Jones acts as muse for Sibling's Autumn Winter 2016 womenswear collection
Pale grey bricks are arranged to create a herringbone pattern across the facade of this housing and studio block in New Cross, southeast London. More about Grey herringbone brickwork covers Chan & Eayrs' south London block
Stockholm 2016: Canadian studio MSDS has unveiled a lighting and furniture range, which includes a chair based on a design that dates back to the 1600s (+ slideshow). More about MSDS Studio combines wood, aluminium and ceramics for Source Materials collection
London fashion designer Sadie Williams has put a spin on vintage winter-sports attire with metallic textiles for her Autumn Winter 2016 collection, presented during London Fashion Week (+ slideshow). More about Sadie Williams gives retro ski wear a futuristic twist for Off Piste Autumn Winter 2016 collection