German sports brand Adidas has unveiled the first image of its lace-free football boots, which are due to be released in 2016. More about Adidas to release laceless knitted football boots in 2016
London design studio Map Project Office has created a minimal compass that pairs with a smartphone app to point cyclists through the city (+ slideshow). More about Map's BeeLine bicycle compass guides cyclists with a single arrow
A pair of large terraces channel through one side of this white house in Tokyo by Takuro Yamamoto Architects, providing residents with an outdoor yoga space and a sheltered parking area (+ slideshow). More about Little House Big Terrace by Takuro Yamamoto Architects features an elevated yoga terrace
An image of taxidermy beer-bottle packaging caused controversy over the weekend after we posted it on the Dezeen Instagram account.
Today we're asking readers to tell us what they think of the use of animals in design by commenting on the story and other taxidermy projects in our archives, including a storage cabinet made from a hollowed-out sheep, futuristic hybrid creatures, and headdresses featuring stuffed birds. See all our stories about taxidermy »
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A brick-clad tower provides a landmark for this sculpture workshop and cultural hub by Sutherland Hussey Harris, which is slotted into an old railway cutting in Edinburgh (+ slideshow). More about Sutherland Hussey Harris adds angular brick tower to Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Giles Pike Architects chose concrete and steel for the renovation and extension of this east London house, referencing the brick building's industrial heritage. More about Giles Pike adds steel extension to house in converted Victorian workshop
Homeware brand Toast Living has partnered with Hong Kong studio Milk Design to create a five-piece ceramic, glass and copper-coloured homeware range for coffee lovers (+ slideshow). More about Toast Living launches HAND collection for drip-filter coffee connoisseurs
Rows of wooden pillars support various split-level floors to create a forest-like feel inside the Nagoya office of Japanese architecture firm Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio (+ slideshow). More about Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio recreates "feeling of being in a grove" inside its own office
Squeezed onto an angular plot between a road and a small irrigation channel, this house near the Belgian village of Knokke comprises a timber-clad ground floor with a glass box resting on top (+ slideshow). More about Govaert & Vanhoutte's House Graafjansdijk features fence-like walls and glazed living spaces
Ukrainian designer Olga Akulova added glazed partitions, metal-topped counters and a wooden bath to this apartment on the 30th level of a condominium in Kyiv. More about Olga Akulova installs glass walls and monolithic fireplace within Kyiv penthouse
The jagged outline of a maple leaf informed the profile of this shooting range in Ontario, Canada, which was designed by Berlin firm Magma Architecture for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. More about Magma Architecture completes spiky shooting range for Pan American Games
Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has applied his trademark minimal approach to a range of wooden tables and chairs for furniture manufacturer Conde House. More about Naoto Fukasawa unveils Kamuy wooden furniture collection for Conde House
A staircase suspended behind a screen of steel rods and welded shelves features inside this house in Tel Aviv, which architect David Lebenthal designed for himself and his family (+ slideshow). More about David Lebenthal's Tel Aviv townhouse features a staircase with shelves stuck to its steel balustrade
A toilet block in Narita airport designed by Klein Dytham Architecture has been named Japan's toilet of the year. We're revisiting some of the best loo designs from our archives, including a pink marble pissoir in a Zurich car park, public toilets shaped like headless dinosaurs, and straw-bale urinals for music festivals (pictured). Explore more toilet design »
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New York designer David Weeks has collaborated with German furniture brand e15 to release a decorative wooden character that resembles mythical creature Bigfoot. More about David Weeks' miniature Bigfoot toy folds into a stackable cube
Architecture studio Vokes and Peters has created a new timber-panelled interior for a heritage property in Queensland, Australia, and built a new cottage-like extension at the rear (+ slideshow). More about Queensland bungalow updated with contemporary interior and house-shaped extension
KAMP Arhitektid has installed angular wooden rooms and five metre-high trees inside a former factory in Estonia, to create an office modelled on a "bright summer forest". More about KAMP Arhitektid creates tree-filled office within former Soviet-era factory
Music: director Alan Del Rio Ortiz transports musician Petite Noir into patterned digital environments for his La Vie Est Belle music video. More about Petite Noir gets lost inside a virtual world in La Vie Est Belle video
This week on Dezeen: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei accused Lego of "censorship" this week after the Danish toy brand refused to supply building blocks for his installation and Mercedes-Benz showcased its new concept vehicle designed for "urban trendsetters" (pictured). More about This week, Ai Weiwei attacked Lego and Mercedes unveiled a car for urban hipsters
To help this community centre blend into its residential setting in Takamatsu, Japan, designer Yasunari Tsukada divided the building up into two house-shaped blocks (+ slideshow). More about Sanjo Hokusei Community Centre designed by Yasunari Tsukada to look like a pair of houses