Disused materials including tyres, burlap sacks and rope are recycled into footwear for the developing world in this project by Ravensbourne university students (+ slideshow). More about Student project creates template for turning old tyres into footwear
The remains of a former miner's residence in the Arizona desert provided the foundations for this tiny steel and concrete retreat by designer David Frazee (+ slideshow). More about Desert hideaway built among the ruins of an old miner's shelter in Arizona
Dutch designer Ilias Ernst has created a simple clock that rests on a corner extended from its cork frame. More about Cork corner stops Ilias Ernst's minimal clock from rolling away
Described by the architect as being "a bit like a treehouse for adults", this wooden house in rural Sweden boasts a triangular profile that allows the sloping facade to become a climbing wall (+ slideshow). More about Leo Qvarsebo designs himself a triangular summer house in the Swedish countryside
Design Indaba 2015: the Bombo stool is "the most copied design product in the world," according to its designer Stefano Giovannoni. More about Bombo stool by Stefano Giovannoni is world's "most copied" design product
News: a seven-mile-long skating rink proposed for the Canadian city of Edmonton could allow commuters to ice skate or toboggan to work and school during winter months (+ movie). More about Canadian Freezeway could become world's first curb-side skating lane
Cascades of water tumbled from scaffolding-supported troughs into a pool at the centre of the catwalk for British outerwear brand Hunter's London Fashion Week show (+ slideshow). More about Waterfalls flow over catwalk at Hunter fashion show
BIG's collaboration with Heatherwick Studio on Google's new headquarters, 74 designs for another new bridge across London's River Thames and an installation that mimics the northern lights feature in Dezeen Mail issue 242. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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News: a competition will be launched next week to design a new Bauhaus Museum in Dessau, where the famous German art and design school was based between 1925 and 1932. More about Design competition announced for new Bauhaus Museum
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: food designer Chloé Rutzerveld has developed a concept for "healthy and sustainable" 3D-printed snacks that sprout plants and mushrooms for flavour (+ movie). More about 3D-printing with living organisms "could transform the food industry"
A staircase runs up alongside a six-metre-high bookshelf inside this house in Ukraine, which also features walls that look like piles of logs (+ slideshow). More about Ukraine house by Sergey Makhno combines a staircase with a two-storey-high bookcase
Intended to encourage more austere worship for Buddhists, this stone shelter in a Vietnam city park was designed by a21studio – the firm behind the 2014 World Building of the Year (+ slideshow). More about Stone canopy by a21studio forms monastic pagoda in a Vietnam park
Designers Jean-François D'Or and Frédérique Ficheroulle have developed a modular system designed to let users create "a bathroom that does not look like a bathroom" (+ slideshow). More about Vika's modular bathroom range is designed to create comfortable wash areas
These two glass and steel pavilions erected by architecture collective De Kort Van Schaik Van Noten in the gardens of a disused presbytery form a community hall and youth club for a Belgian village (+ slideshow). More about Glazed pavilions form a community centre in the grounds of an old Flemish manse
Geneva Motor Show 2015: British supercar brand McLaren has released images of its 675LT road car that will debut at the Geneva Motor Show next week (+ slideshow). More about McLaren unveils designs for 675LT supercar
News: as construction of BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant continues in Copenhagen, a video has surfaced showing a successful trial for the building's smoke-ring-blowing chimney (+ movie). More about Video reveals trial of smoke-ring-blowing chimney for BIG's Copenhagen power plant
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has created a lighting installation that resembles the aurora borealis above a flood channel of the Netherlands' River IJssel (+ slideshow). More about Daan Roosegaarde's Waterlicht installation mimics northern lights in Dutch skies
Canadian designer Peter Boutakis claims to have created the world's smallest folding bike, which "folds down to the size of its wheels" (+ movie). More about Peter Boutakis' Helix bicycle folds down to the size of a wheel
News: BIG and Heatherwick Studio are collaborating on a new headquarters building for Google in Mountain View, California. More about Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick to design Google's new California HQ
News: Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher has called for the abolition of state-funded arts schools, branding them "an indefensible anachronism". More about "Stop all public funding" for arts schools says Patrik Schumacher