Japanese studio Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects has created a smoking room that is designed to never be smoky inside a shopping centre on the outskirts of Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Smoking room designed by Hiroyuki Ogawa to offer clean air instead of fumes
A cage-like structure made from strips of mirrored metal and red plastic encases this Seoul office building by South Korean studio Wise Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Red mirrored lattice encloses South Korean office block by Wise Architecture
Design Indaba 2015: jewellery items in this collection by South African designer Ashley Heather are made from silver salvaged from discarded electronic products. More about Ashley Heather reclaims precious metal from circuit boards to create jewellery
A curving wall of rammed earth channels a stream of water around the edge of this horse riding centre near Melbourne, by London studio Seth Stein Architects and local firm Watson Architecture + Design (+ slideshow). More about Equestrian centre on Australia's south coast features a curving rammed-earth wall
German architect Frei Otto, who died on Monday aged 89, has been named the 2015 Pritzker Prize laureate. More about Frei Otto posthumously named 2015 Pritzker Prize laureate
Opinion: it's time for designers to start thinking more like businesspeople, says Bradford Shellhammer, creator of new design e-commerce site Bezar and co-founder of Fab. More about "You're a design entrepreneur, not a designer"
Geneva Motor Show 2015: car manufacturers are helping to change outdated perceptions of hybrid and electric vehicles by using the technologies in faster, sleeker cars, finds Dezeen's motoring correspondent Ross Bryant. More about Six of the best electric and hybrid car designs from the 2015 Geneva Motor Show
Eva Jiřičná, Richard Meier and John Pawson have been added to a growing list of architects creating designs for Oaks Prague, a major new housing and hotel scheme near the Czech capital (+ slideshow). More about Eva Jiřičná, Richard Meier and John Pawson recruited for village-like development near Prague
Voluminous origami-influenced garments and headdresses featured in Japanese fashion designer Junya Watanabe's catwalk show during Paris Fashion Week. More about Junya Watanabe folds textiles into mathematical patterns for Autumn Winter 2015
Comments update: Apple's newly launched MacBook computer and Will.i.am's comments on 3D-printing human bodies were the most discussed stories this week. More about "Apple is putting form over function"
London's Royal College of Art has been hit by more senior staff changes, with Ab Rogers (above) stepping down as head of the Interior Design programme, Clare Johnston retiring as head of Textiles and Jeremy Myerson departing as head of research institute the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design. More about "Changing of the guard" as more senior staff step down at Royal College of Art
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has completed a university building in Singapore made up of 12 towers that resemble giant parsnips (+ slideshow). More about Heatherwick's textured-tower university building completes in Singapore
Japanese studio Nendo has turned woven bamboo baskets into backrests for chairs and storage compartments for tables in this furniture range (+ slideshow). More about Nendo's Tokyo Tribal furniture incorporates bamboo baskets
Design Indaba 2015: designer Kathryn Fleming has presented prototypes for new organisms that could be created using synthetic biology, including a cat-dog hybrid with reflective fur and a tightrope-walking herbivore. More about Kathryn Fleming proposes engineering animals to thwart extinction
A grid of 12 regimented blocks forms this Seoul memorial centre designed by D Lim Architects to pay tribute to the life of Korean independence activist Ahn Jung-geun (+ slideshow). More about Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall honours a Korean independence activist
Swedish designer Stefan Borselius has created a modular sofa system for Fogia, based on the Tondo chairs he designed for the Swedish furniture brand last year. More about Stefan Borselius develops Tondo chair into sofa system for Fogia
Ole Scheeren's architecture firm has unveiled a new headquarters for China's oldest art auction house, which is now under construction just two blocks away from Beijing's Forbidden City (+ slideshow). More about Ole Scheeren combines an auction house and museum beside Beijing's Forbidden City
Tiny Shoreditch gallery Kemistry is rebranding itself as the UK's first public institution dedicated to graphic design, and is staging a retrospective exhibition as part of its funding bid. More about London gallery to re-launch as UK's first public institution of graphic design
Apple has revealed its latest laptop computer, which weighs only two pounds and comes in colours to match the tech giant's iPhone 6 (+ slideshow). More about Apple's thinnest and lightest MacBook comes in gold
Foster + Partners will design the stadium that will host the opening game and closing ceremony for the controversial 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar. More about Foster + Partners wins Lusail Stadium job for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup