Sweden's design scene is shining even as the country's economy struggles, with a trend for innovative, playful pieces marking its most important moment in a generation, Dezeen heard ahead of Stockholm Design Week. More about Swedish design is "bold, explorative, conscious and f***ing amazing"
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced that the cauldron balloon, a symbolic attraction of the Paris 2024 Olympics, will return to Paris every year until the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. More about Mathieu Lehanneur's Olympic "flying cauldron" to return to Paris
Ahead of Stockholm Design Week, Dezeen has asked some of the city's most prominent designers (and one architect) to share their recommendations for the best places to eat, drink and soak up culture across the Swedish capital. More about Stockholm designers share their favourite local spots and hidden gems
Pianos hang from the ceiling like carcasses in a slaughterhouse in an exhibition by Dutch designer Maarten Baas, at Galerie Ron Mandos in Amsterdam. More about Maarten Baas hangs pianos from hooks in Crescendo! exhibition
Festivals Stockholm Design Week and Madrid Design Festival are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More about Seven architecture and design events in February from Dezeen Events Guide
Sustainability-driven designers including Richard Hutten and Lilian van Daal have contributed to Rethink Softly – a project by Rianne Koens dedicated to creating seating that doesn't rely on polyurethane foam. More about Rethink Softly seating creates comfort without foam
Dezeen Showroom: a wall panelling system with integrated lighting, storage and electrical outlets is among nine new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about New Logica storage by Valcucine among nine new products on Dezeen Showroom
London-based OEB Architects has completed Lewisham Loggias, a colourful loft extension that takes cues from Italian palazzos and paintings. More about OEB Architects adds Italian-informed loft extension to south London house
The founders of New York studio BoND have renovated a mid-century house for themselves in Fire Island Pines, in which sightlines to private spaces are intentionally open. More about BoND turns Fire Island house into a "machine for voyeurism"
A "cathedral-like" timber ceiling shelters this pool house, which British studio Klas Hyllén Architecture has added to an existing Arts and Crafts-style home in Warwickshire. More about Klas Hyllén Architecture tops Malvern Pool House with skylight for stargazing
Few sofas are as instantly recognisable and enduringly popular as the Togo, designed by Michel Ducaroy for French furniture brand Ligne Roset. In this lookbook, we present nine different ways of using it in the living room. More about Nine living rooms that use Ligne Roset's famous Togo sofa
Architecture studio Brown & Brown and interior designer Sam Buckley have completed a house in southern Scotland, comprising stacked geometric volumes with large openings that look out onto tidal flats. More about Tidal House on Scottish coast opens up to reveal views of estuary
Shoe brand Veja's Brooklyn store by local studio Office JDY features lime-plaster walls and displays, exposed brickwork and an outdoor courtyard wrapped in red-coloured wood. More about Office JDY designs minimalist Veja store in Williamsburg
British studio Hugh Broughton Architects has completed a timber enclosure made of interlocking larch slats to screen off a pump house for west London's Kew Gardens. More about Hugh Broughton Architects conceals Kew Pumping Station with larch slats
For our latest lookbook, we've rounded up seven dental clinics from The Netherlands to Canada with interiors that were designed to make visiting them a more pleasant experience. More about Seven dental clinics that make going to the dentist less scary
This week on Dezeen, we reported that construction of the world's tallest skyscraper, the Jeddah Tower by Adrian Smith + Gill Gordon Architecture, officially resumed in Saudi Arabia. More about This week construction of the world's tallest building officially restarted
Architecture firm Estudio AMA has released designs for a 90-metre-high residential tower in Paraguay wrapped in balconies supported on a concrete grid. More about Estudio AMA designs gridded skyscraper for Paraguay capital
Dezeen School Shows: chairs made from flax fibres and PLA plastic are included in this School Show from the Royal Danish Academy. More about Nine student projects from the Royal Danish Academy
Promotion: IE University and JLL Project and Development Services (PDS) have launched a fully funded award for students to apply for its Master of Interior Design in Madrid. More about IE University and JLL launch interior design awards programme
A cat climbing frame and a cosy window seat are among the features of this colourful extension, added to Park House in London by local studio Office S&M. More about Office S&M extends Hackney house for "both human and feline residents"