A stuffed lamb with a table on its back and a drawer in its side is the latest addition to a collection of furniture based on the paintings of Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. More about Taxidermy sheep cabinet joins Salvador Dalí furniture collection
Czech studio A1 Architects covered the walls of this cafe in Prague with a tactile mixture of black plaster, coal and pieces of straw, in a modern take on the clay plasters used inside traditional Japanese tea houses (+ slideshow). More about Straw and plaster-lined cafe by A1 Architects based on Japanese tea houses
Stockholm 2014: Danish design brand Menu has started producing this two-legged side table that rests against the wall by Taiwan designer Kenyon Yeh (+ slideshow). More about Yeh Wall Table by Kenyon Yeh goes into production
French visual artist Benoit Challand has combined the visual language of Le Corbusier's houses and Santiago Calatrava's sculptures to form a vision for a futuristic self-sustaining house on stilts (+ slideshow). More about Fantasy house by Benoit Challand perched on stilts in the Scottish highlands
Stockholm 2014: Berlin design studio Osko+Deichmann has extended its range of kinked tubular steel chairs for Swedish brand Blå Station. More about Osko+Deichmann extends kinked steel furniture range for Blå Station
The surrounding trees and sky will be reflected in a wide, shallow pool of water in this installation by Spanish architecture group Citylaboratory for a garden festival in Quebec, Canada. More about Reflective dish of water to be installed at International Garden Festival in Quebec
This black wooden house in Austria by Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher Architekten is raised off the ground on wonky metal stilts to frame views of the landscape and allow room underneath for a sheltered garden (+ slideshow). More about Black-painted S House by Hammerschmid Pachl Seebacher raised up on stilts
Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob investigates how flip flops from a street market have taken their place alongside placards and banners as objects of protest in the recent Bangkok election demonstrations. More about "These flip flops are politics disguised as leisurewear"
Stockholm 2014: architecture studio TAF has designed a light that resembles a poster tube for Swedish brand Zero. More about TAF designs light shaped like a poster tube for Zero
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Summit to give readers the chance to win a book full of projects by design duo GamFratesi. More about Competition: five GamFratesi monographs to be won
A lone computer-generated figure marches forward whilst morphing through an array of architectural structures that include geodesic domes pixellated blocks and complex lattices, in this animation by multimedia studio Universal Everything (+ movie). More about Marching figure transforms into architectural forms in animation by Universal Everything
Swiss designer Fabienne Felder has worked with University of Cambridge scientists Paolo Bombelli and Ross Dennis to develop a way of using plants as "biological solar panels". More about Moss used as "biological solar panels" to power a radio
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has created an ultra-lightweight carbon fibre chair formed around party balloons. More about Marcel Wanders wraps balloons in carbon fibre to create lightweight chair
Chilean studio MAPA referenced local vernacular building techniques by placing two sheds within a larger one for this family house in the forests of the Andes mountains in Chile (+ slideshow).
More about MAPA builds sheds within a shed for Chilean mountain hideaway
Huge round cushions in shades of mustard yellow and cornflower blue add colour to the pale concrete and timber interior of this kindergarten in western Austria by local studio Bernardo Bader Architects (+ slideshow). More about Kindergarten Susi Weigel by Bernardo Bader built from timber and concrete
News: the Design Museum in London has announced 76 nominations for Designs of the Year 2014, including a floating school in a Nigerian lagoon (pictured), a table that weighs just nine kilograms and a mobile phone made of detachable blocks. More about Designs of the Year 2014 shortlist announced
London studio Hayhurst and Co used pale white larch to wrap walls and furnishings both inside and outside this beach house-inspired extension to a family residence in Hampstead, north London. More about Hayhurst and Co adds beach house-inspired extension to London residence
Dezeen Music Project: Katia Mezentseva used time-lapse photography to capture the process of flowers and pine cones drying out to make this music video for Russian artist Cetranger. More about Time-lapse music video by Katia Mezentseva for Russian musician Cetranger's track How To Be
Dutch firm 8A Architecten has modernised a small labourer's house in Leiden by adding a large oak structure that incorporates a staircase, storage facilities and sofa (+ slideshow). More about 8A Architecten adds combined staircase and sofa to Leiden house
We've been reporting from Stockholm Design Week over the last few days, where a chair based on an obese human body and a pin cushion sofa were presented. See our highlights from the fair in a new Pinterest board »
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