Brooklyn designer Paul Loebach has used simple forms and materials for a teapot and matching glasses to provide an alternative to the "grandma look" of some ceramic designs (+ slideshow). More about Paul Loebach creates tea set with laboratory glass
A pile of timber-clad volumes with windows positioned to make the most of views and natural light form this energy-efficient office building for an ecological centre in Luxembourg (+ slideshow). More about Steinmetzdemeyer stacks wooden blocks to form low-energy office building
New York designer Ali Schachtschneider has imagined a future in which biologically grown materials are used to create furniture, garments and tools that would become "extensions of the body". More about Lab-grown materials form fashion and furniture for Vivorium lifestyle concept
Following the opening of the Milan Expo, which includes temporary structures by Foster + Partners and Daniel Libeskind, we've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to pavilions to show some of the best examples published on Dezeen over the last year.
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A four-storey concrete framework extends into a courtyard to mark the entrance to this new engineering faculty building designed by John McAslan + Partners for a university in northern England (+ slideshow). More about Concrete columns frame the entrance to John McAslan's Lancaster University building
Lake-flavoured water, tacos made from insects and "century-old eggs" were all on the menu at an experimental restaurant located in a Wrocław gallery (+ slideshow). More about Visitors try lake-flavoured water and insect tacos at Wrocław exhibition
Music: illustrator Emanuele Kabu used a variety of different paints and inks to create the hand-drawn sequences in this animated music video for alternative rock duo The Helio Sequence. More about Emanuele Kabu creates colourful animated music video with paint and marker pens
Ball-Nogues Studio created a sinuous orange and purple pavilion that towered over music fans at this year's Coachella music festival by blasting pigmented paper pulp over a string structure (+ slideshow). More about Coachella festival pavilion by Ball-Nogues Studio built using over a tonne of paper pulp
Parisian studio FREAKS freearchitects has covered a series of elaborately decorated galleries inside the Palais du Louvre with shiny plastic for an exhibition that brings together historic and contemporary design (+ slideshow). More about FREAKS freearchitects masks ornate decor inside the Palais du Louvre for design exhibition
Milan 2015: Dutch design duo Oskar Peet and Sophie Mensen have created a bench and two stools from synthetic stone that becomes malleable when heated (+ slideshow). More about OS & OOS moulds synthetic stone to create Arc seating collection
Gardens are slotted into gaps between the wings of this Beijing school by Open Architecture, and extend over mounds containing a subterranean swimming pool and an auditorium (+ slideshow). More about Open Architecture completes a "free-form" Beijing school surrounded by gardens
This week we continued our coverage of the Milan Expo, with pavilions by Foster + Partners, Daniel Libeskind and more. Click through for a roundup of architecture and design news from the past seven days, plus our regular featured music track. More about This week on Dezeen
This wedge-shaped cabin, installed by architect Todd Saunders in the garden of a Norwegian home, appears to have had a chunk cut away from its middle to create a garden terrace (+ slideshow). More about Tiny wedge-shaped cabin by Todd Saunders has a terrace puncturing its middle
Architecture firm Snøhetta has designed a series of new structures including a glass play tower with a faceted facade, as part of an expansion to the Swarovski Kristallwelten attraction in Austria (+ slideshow). More about Snøhetta designs new buildings for reopening of Swarovski's crystal theme park
Dezeen promotion: the first designjunction edit New York will open on the 15 May, presenting the latest furniture and lighting from leading international designers during NYCxDesign. More about Designjunction edit New York to make US debut during NYCxDesign
The American market for high-end design is "growing incredibly" according to European brands, who are opening showrooms and restructuring their US businesses to take advantage of booming sales. More about European design brands target America amid booming demand for luxury design
The Szczecin Philharmonic Hall in Poland by Spanish studio Barozzi Veiga has won the European Union's architecture prize, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. More about Szczecin Philharmonic Hall wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2015
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for experienced healthcare architects at Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, whose design for a research and development facility and corporate headquarters for pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Renzo Piano has designed a limited-edition bag for Italian fashion house Max Mara modelled after his latest project: New York's Whitney Museum, which opened to the public last week (+ slideshow). More about Renzo Piano designs handbag to match new Whitney Museum
Latticed and LED-illuminated climbing frames and a geometric-patterned sun seat are among the installations to be erected in the Nevada desert for the Burning Man arts festival this summer (+ slideshow). More about London architecture students design desert pavilions for Burning Man festival