Behind the dark facades of these farmhouse-inspired cabins in northern Italy, designed by local studio Pedevilla Architects, is a pair of bright homes that combine traditional elements with modern detailing (+ slideshow). More about Alpine cabins by Pedevilla Architekten build on traditions of Tyrolean farmhouses
London Design Festival 2014: Turkish designer Bilge Nur Saltik has created a wall lamp from textured panels that rotates to form moving light patterns across its surface. More about OP-light by Bilge Nur Saltik creates luminous optical illusions
News: a spindly bus stop created by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto in Krumbach, Austria, has been unexpectedly closed to the public because it doesn't "follow the Austrian regulations for building safety". More about Sou Fujimoto bus shelter closed to prevent "possible accidents"
Wooden louvred sunscreens project from the rammed earth and glass walls of this Melbourne library by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp, protecting the interior from the harsh Australian sun (+ slideshow). More about Rammed earth walls surround Craigieburn Library by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Japanese architect Kotaro Horiuchi cut out profiles of gabled houses from large sheets of paper to create a tunnel inside a university gallery, forming the third installation in his Fusionner series (+ slideshow). More about Kotaro Horiuchi creates a paper hideout for Fusionner 3.0 installation
News: construction has begun on the Lego visitor centre in Billund, Denmark, designed by architect Bjarke Ingels, who told Dezeen that Lego bricks provide the ultimate tool for testing architectural ideas (+ interview). More about "Lego proportions are the golden ratio of architecture," says Bjarke Ingels
Australian designer Marc Newson has created a fountain pen with a retractable nib for French fashion house Hermès. More about Marc Newson designs Nautilus pen for Hermès
Two angular skylights funnel daylight into a kitchen and dining area at the rear of this renovated house in Sydney by local office Carter Williamson Architects. More about Faceted ceilings direct sunlight into Sydney home by Carter Williamson Architects
Maison&Objet 2014: Portuguese designer Miguel Flores Soeiro has shaped items in this cutlery set by twisting the stainless steel pieces where the handle meets the functional end (+ slideshow). More about Miguel Flores Soeiro twists metal to form Malmö cutlery
Jonathan Tuckey Design has refurbished the interior of a semi-detached house in London and added a dining room extension with a latticed wooden ceiling (+ slideshow). More about Doyle Gardens extension by Jonathan Tuckey features a criss-crossing wooden ceiling
London Design Festival 2014: British designer Jasper Morrison has designed a set of trays as well as updates to his Hal chair series for Swiss furniture brand Vitra, which will go on show during London Design Festival next month (+ slideshow). More about Jasper Morrison's latest products for Vitra to feature at London Design Festival
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Roland Lamb, inventor of the squishy-keyed Seaboard piano that won the Designs of the Year 2014 product category, claims we are on the cusp of a new generation of "multidimensional" digital musical instruments. More about Advances in digital interfaces will lead to a "new beginning in music"
Norwegian fashion brand HAiK and eyewear company Kaibosh have collaborated to design a collection of sunglasses that can be worn in two ways (+ movie). More about Two Way reversible sunglasses by HAiK and Kaibosh
News: a preservation order has been placed on Moscow's iconic Shukhov Radio Tower preventing its demolition, following a high-profile appeal by architects including Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaas and Elizabeth Diller. More about Moscow's Shukhov Tower saved from demolition
For his first solo exhibition at Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has filled an entire wing with a landscape of stones meant to emulate a riverbed (+ slideshow). More about Olafur Eliasson fills modern art museum with "giant landscape" of rocks
A cedar-clad balcony spans the facade of this house designed by Hyde + Hyde, which is perched on the edge of cliff on the southern Welsh shoreline (+ slideshow). More about Welsh seaside home by Hyde + Hyde sits on the edge of a cliff
Agence Jouin Manku has upgraded the interior of a hotel and restaurant in the French monastic city of Fontevraud using a palette of wood, metal and fabric to complement the original stone building – a former priory (+ slideshow). More about Agence Jouin Manku transforms Saint-Lazare priory into modern hotel and restaurant
London Design Festival 2014: these brass plates, small vases and containers by Sheffield designer Daniel Schofield are mirror-polished on one half and untreated on the other. More about Untreated brass creates contrast in Daniel Schofield's Tarnish tableware collection
Behind the clean white facade of this building in Shiga, Japan, is a cafe filled with wooden furniture and plants, and an apartment where clothing rails and shelves take the place of walls (+ slideshow). More about Clothing rails function as partitions inside apartment and cafe by Alts Design Office
The strength of polyester, aluminium and steel dictated the size of tables in this series by Belgian architects Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen (+ slideshow). More about Office KGDVS explores strength of materials with prototype furniture