Local designer Rafael Prieto has created a collection of furniture using cast-offs of a Tribeca facade for his latest exhibition at Emma Scully Gallery in New York City. More about Rafael Prieto creates furniture from fragments of New York buildings
Florida-based Nothing has created hot and cold paper takeaway cups with built-in lids that are designed to be compostable. More about Nothing wants to revolutionise the takeaway paper cup
Stepping stones lead across a reflective pool of water at Lech Mountain Mirror, a viewpoint in the Austrian Alps, designed by architecture studio Snøhetta to invite a moment of pause. More about Snøhetta "captures the magic of the mountains" with lookout in Lech
A distinctive roof maximises mountain views and prevents snow build-up at this timber-framed house in Japan's Shimane Prefecture, designed by Japanese studio Enter-Archi. More about Broken-pitch roof tops wooden House in Yakami by Enter-Archi
Experimental clothing brand Vollebak has made a one-off coat covered in over 50,000 half-centimetre-square pieces of slate. More about Vollebak creates Rock Jacket from 54,000 slate tiles
Why are AI companies opting for cute design? And why is New York building "jailscrapers"? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. More about We're scared of Meta's adorable AI device
A passage for migratory fish and a cycle route have been added to Afsluitdijk, an iconic dam in the Netherlands, in a recent revamp by Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel. More about Benthem Crouwel revamps "one of the Netherlands' most iconic waterworks"
Promotion: Spanish design brand Kriskadecor has clad the facade of Disneyland Paris's latest store in a striking aluminium chain system that reinterprets the visuals of "it's a small world" – one of the resort's most popular attractions. More about Kriskadecor nods to Disney's graphic heritage in colourful chain facade
Promotion: Danish eyewear brand Lindberg has presented a site-specific installation for the Armory Show in New York City, created with Italian artist Fabrizio Corneli. More about Fabrizio Corneli creates dramatic installation for glasses brand Lindberg
Mexican architecture studio Chain + Siman has created a weekend house with a series of contemporary gables that connects to a stone-clad bunkhouse in Valle de Bravo, outside of Mexico City. More about Chain + Siman balances "old and new" at gabled Mexican house
A structure made of bio-based thermoplastic and recycled broom heads is among the works featured in a mid-career retrospective of design studio Rael San Fratello at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. More about San Francisco exhibition explores the "radical imagination" of Rael San Fratello
Architecture studios Carmody Groarke, Atama and Re-st have completed the revamp of Design Museum Gent in Belgium, adding a geometric volume wrapped in waste-based white bricks. More about White-brick extension defines Design Museum Gent revamp
Danish studio CF Møller has completed the Mind Museum on the island of Funen in Denmark, guided by the "clear spatial structure" of the former psychiatric hospital it occupies. More about CF Møller transforms psychiatric hospital in Denmark into museum
Dezeen's editorial team has been trawling design weeks across Europe this month to seek out some of the best new furniture and lighting. Below, we've compiled ten favourites from London Design Festival, Helsinki Design Week, Currents and beyond. More about Dezeen's favourite furniture and lighting from September
British studio David Chipperfield Architects celebrates 15 years of the Hepworth Wakefield and Turner Contemporary in this short film, shared exclusively with Dezeen. More about David Chipperfield Architects celebrates two of its "most important projects" in short film
Archtober, Design Week Lagos, Designblok and Design Week Mexico are among the key events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this October. More about Eight architecture and design events in October from Dezeen Events Guide
With Britain's universities in dire straits, a radical rethink of how these institutions manifest as physical infrastructure is long overdue, writes Owen Hopkins. More about "Reinventing higher education requires architecture to reinvent itself too"
Start-up Freckle has created an AI-powered mobile phone for kids, designed around exploration to provide a break from parental restrictions and surveillance. More about Freckle phone aims to send kids outside to play and engage with the world
Thomas Heatherwick's campaign Humanise has embarked on a £1.5 million research project that will explore how the UK's streetscapes can be beautified to improve wellbeing. More about Heatherwick's Humanise campaign forms research partnership to combat UK's "blandemic of dull development"
Dezeen School Shows: a flesh-like installation where "body, material, object and environment" work in mutual dependency is among the innovative projects by students at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK). More about Sculptural installation among projects from Royal Academy of Art, The Hague