Dezeen Book of Interviews: in the first extract from our new book, Israeli designer Ron Arad explains how his career began with the chance discovery of a car seat in a scrapyard. More about Ron Arad: "The Rover chair sucked me into the world of design"
London studio Featherstone Young Architects has designed a family of different-sized moveable tables as flexible workspaces for the atrium of art institution Central Saint Martins' King's Cross campus (+ slideshow). More about Giant tables by Featherstone Young Architects form workspaces at Central Saint Martins
Dezeen promotion: designjunction is set to host specialist lighting trade show lightjunction from 18 to 21 September 2014. More about Lightjunction to make second appearance at London Design Festival in 2014
Three houses, each just over five-and-a-half metres wide and 40 metres long, have been slotted into a plot in the north of Singapore by local studio Formwerkz Architects (+ slideshow). More about The Long Houses by Formwerkz Architects stretch down a narrow site
Waves of gold-coloured steel create a shell around this hotel in Swiss ski resort Davos by Munich architects Oikios (+ slideshow). More about Oikios completes Alpine hotel with "unbuildable facade"
Slatted timber panels break up spaces in this concrete-lined office for an advertising agency in Lisbon by local studio ColectivArquitectura (+ slideshow). More about Wooden screens divide TBWA/Lisbon offices by ColectivArquitectura
This home in the Mexican city of Monterrey by P+0 Architecture includes a series of outdoor spaces for entertaining guests and dogs (+ slideshow). More about Balconies, terraces and gardens occupy half of IPE House by P+0 Architecture
Design graduate Lilian van Daal has developed a conceptual chair influenced by plant cells that could be 3D-printed from a single material (+ slideshow). More about Biomimicry chair by Lilian van Daal replaces traditional upholstery with 3D-printed structure
This concrete house in the Portuguese town of Palmela by Lisbon office Paratelier was cast inside wooden panels that were then used to build its interior (+ slideshow). More about Paratelier's concrete house recycles external formwork inside
Lithuanian studio Inblum Architects has divided the Vilnius offices for IT company Wix into two working zones, adding bespoke furniture to create meeting rooms and breakout spaces (+ slideshow). More about Inblum Architects designs Wix offices in Vilnius with glazed meeting rooms
News: pieces by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami, British artist Tracey Emin and Australian artist Hany Armanious will be the first three artworks installed as part of Sydney's AUS$9 million City Centre Public Art Plan. More about Junya Ishigami and Tracey Emin design new public art for Sydney
Food design studio Bompas & Parr has created luminescent ice cream so cinema-goers can see their snacks in the dark. More about Cornetto ice creams by Bompas & Parr glow in the dark
News: Milton Glaser, the graphic designer behind the ubiquitous I heart NY logo, has launched a campaign to raise awareness of climate change. More about Milton Glaser designs It's Not Warming, It's Dying campaign to tackle climate change
Thousands of ceramic poppies have been planted around the Tower of London for tomorrow's centenary marking the start of the First World War (+ slideshow). More about Porcelain poppies surround the Tower of London to commemorate World War I
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architect Pernilla Ohrstedt's stand design for the Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition will visualise the 3D data driverless cars use to navigate, which she claims will gradually produce a "perfect" digital model of our cities. More about Driverless cars will "capture a virtual replica of the real world," says Pernilla Ohrstedt
This Barcelona apartment renovated by local firms Miel Arquitectos and Studio P10 contains two micro live-work spaces either side of communal kitchen facilities (+ slideshow). More about Miel Arquitectos and Studio P10 design Barcelona apartment for "shared micro living"
Italian studios ES-arch and Consalez Rossi Architetti Associati have added a timber guest house with an angular zinc roof to a villa in the Madesimo ski resort (+ slideshow). More about Faceted zinc roof connects uneven wooden gables of Casa FM guest house
A light source behind this mirror by graduate designer Hayo Gebauer is revealed through patterns on rotating disks that create a moiré effect. More about Hayo Gebauer's Moiré Mirror rotates to reveal changing patterns
This black-stained timber house in Auckland, New Zealand, by local studio Monk Mackenzie features a gridded plywood screen that allows filtered light to enter the interior (+ slideshow). More about Waiatarua House by Monk Mackenzie incorporates a wooden lattice
This space-efficient box by Swiss designer Till Könneker creates a separate sleeping area and compact storage solutions for studio apartments (+ slideshow). More about The Living Cube by Till Könneker saves space in micro apartments