News: a call for submissions of events and activities for Cape Town's stint as World Design Capital next year was launched during the Design Indaba conference and expo in the city last week. More about Cape Town calls for submissions for its year as World Design Capital 2014
Bulging fabric sausages constrict the outfits in Italian fashion designer Sylvio Giardina's Autumn Winter 2013 collection, shown a few days ago during Paris Fashion Week. More about Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Sylvio Giardina
This family house in South Korea by Office 53427 has a curving white facade with extruded windows and square perforations. More about Pangyo House by Office 53427
An uncompromising grid of square rooms and courtyards makes up this dental clinic in Gunma, Japan, in our third story in the last week from architect Hironaka Ogawa (+ slideshow). More about Chiyodanomori Dental Clinic by Hironaka Ogawa
A curving slab-like roof oversails the glazed elevations of this new airport terminal in Gibraltar by London firms Bblur Architecture and 3DReid (+ slideshow). More about Gibraltar Airport by Bblur Architecture and 3DReid
Product news: these mirrors by London designer Mathias Hahn can be swivelled up and down with wooden handles sticking out the sides. More about Me mirrors by Mathias Hahn for Asplund
A mysterious dark tunnel leads into the boardroom of these offices in London by architects Studio Octopi (+ slideshow). More about 18 Feet & Rising offices by Studio Octopi
Product news: Swedish design consultancy Veryday picked up a Gold Award at the iF Design Awards last week for this wooden chair created for an art and design centre in Stockholm. More about November chair by Veryday
Slideshow feature: we've published a couple of projects that bring trees indoors this week so here's a slideshow of arboreal interiors from the Dezeen archives. More about Slideshow feature: indoor forests
UK firm Mole Architects extended a protected farmhouse in south-east England by adding an extension with a barrel-vaulted roof that references local agricultural buildings (+ slideshow). More about Hawthbush extension by Mole Architects
London-based Studio Swine has produced a set of gold and silver clip-on buttons inspired by the textures and shapes of modernist architecture (+ movie). More about Buttons by Studio Swine
This forest-like beauty salon in Osaka has birch trees wedged between the floor and ceiling (+ slideshow). More about Onico Hair and Nail by Ryo Isobe
This week we've been in Cape Town for the start of our Dezeen and MINI World Tour. Meanwhile, read on to catch up with what Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid and Philippe Starck have been up to this week and listen to the Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
Israeli ceramics designer Shlomit Bauman combined white porcelain with the very last batch of clay from a local pit to make these stretched and distorted objects (+ slideshow). More about Ran Out by Shlomit Bauman
Dutch design studio Tjep. has developed a concept for a self-sufficient retreat with a facade that opens like a cupboard and a moving "solar tree" on the roof (+ slideshow). More about Isolée by Tjep
News: a Stockholm architecture firm has completed a pedestrian bridge with a built-in heating system to keep it clear of ice and snow. More about Snow-free heated bridge opens in Sweden
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our first Dezeen and MINI World Tour despatch, Ravi Naidoo takes us on a tour of his home city and explains why he founded the Design Indaba conference that is taking place in Cape Town this week. More about Africa today is a place of "renewal, regeneration and growth"
Next week Dezeen will be at the SXSW technology conference in Austin, Texas, as part of Hackney House Austin, a showcase of the most exciting creative and digital companies from the London borough. More about Dezeen at SXSW
More from architect Hironaka Ogawa: the two trees felled to make way for this house extension in Kagawa, Japan, were reinstalled inside the living room (+ slideshow). More about Garden Tree House by Hironaka Ogawa
Milan 2013: London studio PearsonLloyd has designed a range of plastic stacking chairs with colourful metal legs for Danish brand HOWE. More about SixE stacking chairs by PearsonLloyd for HOWE