Suspended wooden slats cast shadows like a sundial across the central living room of this hexagonal home in Toyota, Japan, by local office Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates (+ slideshow). More about Wooden slats create a sculptural ceiling inside Katsutoshi Sasaki's Koro House
Designers at Swedish fashion brand COS have created limited-edition shoes for its partnership with this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (+ slideshow). More about COS launches The Serpentine Shoes to coincide with pavilion opening
Behind the house-shaped windows of this nursery extension in Kashiwa, Japan, architect Soichi Yamasaki has slotted small square rooms between octagonal play areas (+ slideshow). More about Soichi Yamasaki's Japanese nursery features house-shaped windows and faceted ceilings
Adidas' second collaboration for Spring Summer 2015 is with Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons, who has created a range of trainers and updated classic designs for the sports brand (+ slideshow). More about Raf Simons and Adidas collaborate on trainer collection
News: one of the world's biggest architecture practices has split in two so it can focus on bringing Asian-style high-density urban design to Seattle, New York, LA and London (+ interview). More about Aedas dumps UK business to focus on "high-density urban high-rise"
Three concrete steps lead inside this combined patisserie and wine bar that Case-Real has completed amongst the high-rise blocks of Fukuoka, Japan (+ slideshow). More about Case-Real combines a patisserie with a wine bar in Fukuoka
News: following online retailer Fab's acquisition of Scandinavian design brand One Nordic, the two companies have announced the creation of a new furniture brand called Hem that will sell products by Form Us With Love. More about Fab and One Nordic announce new design brand Hem
Movie: Alberto Alessi discusses the popularity of Michael Graves' kettle with a bird-shaped whistle in the penultimate movie from our series of exclusive video interviews with the president of the Italian design brand. More about Michael Graves' kettle for Alessi was "a best-seller for 15 years"
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has confirmed it is adapting its design for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium, following budget changes and ongoing criticism – including a 500-person street protest last weekend. More about Zaha Hadid modifies controversial Tokyo Olympic stadium design
News: Peter Zumthor has drastically modified his plans to overhaul the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to prevent damaging the nearby tar pits that inspired his design. More about Peter Zumthor reworks LACMA proposal to bridge one of LA's busiest roads
News: the world "needs a food revolution" according to designer Marije Vogelzang, who is to head up a new food department at Design Academy Eindhoven (+ interview). More about Food is "the most important material in the world" says Marije Vogelzang
Berlin architecture firm Knowspace has created a pair of red brick residences and studios with ridged roofs for two artists in a creative community on the outskirts of Beijing (+ slideshow). More about Knowspace builds brick artists' studios and homes around a communal courtyard
Dutch design duo Scholten & Baijings have curated a colourful exhibition of their own work at French arts centre Villa Noailles (+ slideshow). More about Scholten & Baijings exhibit retrospective at Villa Noailles
A combination of curved and diagonal beams gives an asymmetric profile to this home in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, by Tokyo studio International Royal Architecture (+ slideshow). More about KHT House by International Royal Architecture is made up of two halves
Fashion designer Rick Owens' footwear line for sports brand Adidas features boots that combine blade-like soles with calf-high leather uppers (+ slideshow). More about Rick Owens pairs springy soles with leather for Adidas SS15 footwear
News: Google has devised a way for smartphone users to make their own virtual reality headset using household items. More about Google's thrifty virtual reality headset is built from cardboard
Opinion: it's easy to criticise the Design Museum for awarding Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Centre the Design of the Year prize, but there are plenty of other celebrated projects that should be attracting the same scrutiny, says Owen Hatherley. More about "What is it exactly we're protesting about?"
Movie: next up in our series of exclusive video interviews with Alberto Alessi, the Alessi president says that Aldo Rossi's La Conica espresso maker defies the key principle of 20th century design that form should follow function. More about Aldo Rossi "didn't believe that form follows function" says Alberto Alessi
London practice Adam Richards Architects has refurbished a museum in the English village of Ditchling, adding pitched-roof structures to connect the buildings with a converted cart lodge containing a new entrance (+ slideshow). More about Adam Richards Architects unites old and new at Ditchling art and craft museum
Patterns of woven natural fibres emerge from this milky resin furniture by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Wiktoria Szawiel (+ movie). More about Wiktoria Szawiel fossilises natural fibres in resin furniture collection