American artist Phillip K Smith III has added mirrors to the walls of a desert shack in California to create the illusion that you can see right through the building (+ movie). More about Lucid Stead installation by Phillip K Smith III makes a desert cabin appear transparent
These wooden storage boxes by Japanese designers Torafu Architects stack up to make little trolleys (+ slideshow). More about Koloro-wagon stacking wooden storage boxes by Torafu Architects
Movie: Julia Borghesi of design studio Hassell discusses the hybrid aesthetic of advertising agency Clemenger BBDO's office in Sydney, which topped the office category at last month's Inside Festival. More about Office for a Sydney advertising agency combines "the New York loft with Scandinavian design"
Extravagant outfits and hats from the wardrobe of the late stylist and fashion muse Isabella Blow have gone on display in London (+ slideshow). More about Fashion by McQueen and Treacy in new exhibition of Isabella Blow's collection
Japanese designer Yasutoshi Mifune has created a clothes stand with Y-shaped coat hangers that slot into the base when not in use. More about Clothes stand with Y-shaped coat hangers by Mifune Design Studio
Just when we thought things couldn't get much weirder than last week, we featured human cheese, humans giving birth to dolphins and bees that can sniff out cancer this week. Read on for more architecture and design news from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Movie: in this exclusive interview, Rem Koolhaas tells Dezeen why the colossal new De Rotterdam tower is the most visible OMA skyscraper yet. "Nobody will be able to avoid" seeing it, he says. More about De Rotterdam is a "dynamic presence in the city," says Rem Koolhaas
News: condoms made by combining latex with new wonder material graphene would be "thinner, stronger, safer and more pleasurable," according to scientists developing uses for the ultra-thin material. More about World's thinnest, strongest material could mean "more pleasurable" condoms
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a senior designer at Martha Schwartz Partners, whose design for the grounds of Qatar Petroleum headquarters is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Holidaymakers can now spend nights sleeping beneath the surface of the ocean at this partially submerged hotel suite in the Zanzibar archipelago (+ movie). More about Underwater hotel room opens off the coast of Zanzibar
News: Dezeen was named Digital Service of the Year at the IBP Awards in London last night - our third major accolade in two weeks. More about Dezeen wins third award in two weeks
This New York loft conversion by local architect Ali Tayar is divided using bespoke prefabricated panels based on a Swiss modular housing system from the 1960s (+ slideshow). More about New York loft conversion based on a 1960s modular Swiss house by Ali Tayar
This headquarters for an oil and gas company in Mexico City features a square pool of reflective oil in the centre of the lobby (+ slideshow). More about ON Headquarters with a pool of oil in the lobby by LSA Arquitectos and BLANCASMORAN
French fashion brand Lacoste has enlisted graphic designer Peter Saville to reinterpret its famous crocodile logo for a range of polo shirts. More about Peter Saville interprets Lacoste's crocodile logo for Holiday Collector polo shirts
Here's a set of images by photographer Hélène Binet showing Zaha Hadid's recently completed Heyder Aliyev Center that rises from the surface of a plaza in Baku, Azerbaijan (+ slideshow). More about Heydar Aliyev Center by Zaha Hadid photographed by Hélène Binet
News: architect Rem Koolhaas' studio OMA has completed its colossal "vertical city" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More about OMA completes De Rotterdam "vertical city" complex
Movie: in our next exclusive video interview from Inside Festival, interior designer Joyce Wang discusses the custom-made fittings and furniture she designed for Ammo bar and restaurant in Hong Kong. More about Hong Kong museum restaurant by Joyce Wang features "spiral staircase" chandeliers
Colour-coded meeting rooms and private workspaces are tucked behind wooden arches at the Google offices in Madrid by London practice Jump Studios (+ slideshow). More about Google's colourful Madrid headquarters by Jump Studios
Cheeses made of human tears and snot, Kanye West's address to Harvard design students and Zaha Hadid's stadium for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup feature in our newsletter this week, along with news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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News: Dutch office UNStudio has won a competition to design a residential and office complex in the German city of Munich. More about UNStudio wins competition to design 60-metre tower for Munich