These retail display stands by Berlin designer Till Wiedeck have multiple shelves for presenting monochrome products in the stores of fashion brand COS (+ slideshow). More about Till Wiedeck designs multi-level display stands for COS
Audi has teamed up with design studio Kram/Weisshaar to capture the "deathly fear" and "complete excitement" of passengers experiencing their first journey in a car that can drive itself at speeds of up to 220 kilometres per hour (+ slideshow). More about Audi's super-fast driverless car is fitted with a mini film studio
American firm Choi + Shine Architects has created tube-shaped lighting modules that assemble into three-dimensional arrangements using magnets. More about Modular lighting system by Choi + Shine Architects sticks together with magnets
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has presented its third prototype for low-cost housing in Vietnam, which combines the lightweight structure of the first model with the durability of the second (+ slideshow). More about Vo Trong Nghia's latest low-cost house is "stable enough to withstand natural disasters"
Perrier-Jouët Small Discoveries: design duo Mischer'Traxler discuss their interactive installation featuring plants that sprout when nobody is nearby in this Dezeen movie for champagne brand Perrier-Jouët. More about Mischer'Traxler's kinetic Ephemerā installation "comes alive" when visitors walk away
A spiral staircase rises through the trough-shaped floors of this concrete residence in Japan by local studio Takeshi Hosaka Architects (+ slideshow). More about Spiral stairs puncture hilly floors inside Takeshi Hosaka's House in Byobugaura
News: OMA is set to transform part of a former shipyard in Shanghai into a 1,500-square-metre exhibition centre, after winning an international design competition. More about OMA scoops Shanghai exhibition centre competition
An aluminium and glass box sits over a long stone wall to form the facade of this mining heritage centre in the French village of Banca, by Toulouse studio V2S (+ slideshow). More about Mining museum by V2S contrasts a traditional stone wall with a metal box
Danish designer Henrik Thor-Larsen's retro-futuristic 1968 Ovalia Egg Chair is the 15th iconic seat design in our Christmas countdown this year. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Ovalia Egg Chair by Henrik Thor-Larsen
Triangular skylights set into a faceted stainless-steel roof direct daylight into the reading room of this library that Tank Architectes has completed in a converted police station in France (+ slideshow). More about Metallic polygonal roof tops La Madeleine library by Tank Architectes
Architects plan low-cost residences for all kinds of reasons, whether rehousing victims of natural disasters or creating affordable homes for people with low incomes. We've collected eight of the best examples, from a prefabricated home in Sweden to a bamboo dwelling in Vietnam (+ slideshow). More about Eight resourceful low-cost housing projects from around the globe
Australian company Run4 has launched a piece of fitness equipment designed to prevent running injuries that works like a bicycle and cross-trainer hybrid (+ slideshow). More about Bionic Runner combines cycling and jogging for "injury-free" running
More than 900 bamboo poles were used to construct this home, designed by architect Enrique Mora Alvarado for a site in a remote Ecuadorian rainforest (+ slideshow). More about Low-cost house by Enrique Mora Alvarado built using rainforest wood and bamboo
N is the next letter in our A-Zdvent calendar, represented by Emeco's lightweight aluminium Navy Chair designed for use on US submarines. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Navy Chair by Emeco
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A new timber and concrete cafe cantilevers out towards the swimming pool at this 1970s hotel in Portugal that has been renovated by Campos Costa Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More about Hotel cafe by Campos Costa Arquitectos projects towards a swimming pool
Eindhoven studio OS & OOS have unveiled a version of their Keystone chair upholstered in textiles from the Raf Simons collection for Danish company Kvadrat. More about OS & OOS upholsters Keystone chair in Raf Simons' Kvadrat textiles
Music: Australian studio Dropbear Digital used over 330 paper illustrations to tell the story of a wandering spirit in this stop-motion video for John Butler Trio's new single, Spring to Come. More about Dropbear Digital turns paper cut-outs into stop-motion music video for John Butler Trio
Squeezed between two existing buildings in Barcelona, this family home by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes features a steel frame, a timber facade and two street-facing balconies (+ slideshow). More about Alventosa Morell slots a four-storey house between two blocks in Barcelona
Helsinki-based Studio Puisto used hanging basket seats, strips of timber and potted plants for the interior of this 20-room hotel in Tampere, Finland (+ slideshow). More about Studio Puisto's Dream Hotel extends a popular hostel in a former warehouse