Dezeen School Shows: sex toys for older women are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Lucerne School of Art and Design. More about Lucerne School of Art and Design spotlights 15 design projects
Dezeen Showroom: designed by Italian designer Paolo Cappello for Miniforms, the Superpop tables have a colourful, terrazzo-like surface created from recycled plastic. More about Superpop tables by Paolo Cappello for Miniforms
Czech studio Chybik + Kristof has completed the Mendel's Greenhouse exhibition space in Brno, which celebrates the work of 19th-century biologist Gregor Mendel. More about Chybik + Kristof unveils steel-framed pavilion dedicated to "father of genetics"
MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong has unveiled The City of Time installation and events space on the beach in Aranya, northern China. More about Ma Yansong creates maze-like performance space for Chinese festival
Rental website Airbnb has created Barbie's Malibu Dreamhouse, an all-pink California mansion with an outdoor disco, infinity pool and Western-themed bedroom. More about Barbie and Ken unveil bright-pink lifesize dollhouse in Malibu
Complexity Science Hub Vienna researchers Rafael Prieto-Curiel and Daniel Kondor have calculated the mobility issues that The Line linear city in Saudi Arabia is likely to experience. More about Researchers propose Saudis turn The Line into The Circle to improve mobility
Architecture practice Studio Mutt and researcher Neighbourhood have been awarded the 2023 Davidson Prize for Helping Hands, a concept for independent living facilities in Liverpool. More about Davidson Prize awarded to project addressing homelessness in Liverpool
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish studio MUT Design has created a geometric rug collection for the brand Gan, which is informed by the patterns of a spirograph toy. More about Giro rugs by MUT Design for Gan
Artificial Intelligence acted as a "creative collaborator" in a project by IKEA's research lab Space10 and design studio Panter & Tourron to reimagine the couch as a lightweight and foldable seating design. More about Space10 counts AI as collaborator on Couch in an Envelope prototype
Fashion brand Loewe has opened a store in Osaka that, for the first time, is specifically dedicated to the repair and preservation of its leather goods. More about Loewe ReCraft store in Osaka finds ways to let leather live on
Interiors studio Atelier Caracas has brought industrial influences and offbeat materials into this apartment in Caracas, designed around the restrictions posed by Venezuela's recent political and economic crisis. More about Atelier Caracas imbues apartment in Caracas with 1980s industrial edge
Local studio Reims 502 has unveiled an expansive residence in Querétaro, Mexico with warm walnut and dark basalt finishes and a rooftop pool and garden area. More about Reims 502 places pool atop basalt-clad Mexican home
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created The Canyon, a housing complex in San Francisco that marks its first completed project on the United States' West Coast. More about MVRDV unveils The Canyon tower with "public ravine" in San Francisco
Dezeen School Shows: a project that transforms ski lifts in Switzerland into tourist attractions during off-peak seasons is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Lucerne School of Art and Design. More about Lucerne School of Art and Design showcases 11 spatial design projects
Promotion: an installation informed by the stars and their distance to Earth is included in a number of projects by students at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), which focus on the use of light. More about Istituto Europeo di Design students use light to "tell complex stories"
A terraced landscape and dusty pink surfaces help to brighten Pigment House, a north London residence that has been renovated by local studio Unknown Works. More about Unknown Works brightens Victorian townhouse with dusty pink extension
Biodiversity should be promoted over aesthetics, says designer Sebastian Cox in this interview following the rewilding of a golf course as part of the Birch Selsdon hotel in South Croydon, UK. More about "Britain is one of the most nature-depleted countries on the planet" says Sebastian Cox
Using AI to help design cities of the future risks creating a regressive world like The Jetsons unless we recognise the technology's susceptibility to stigma and bias, write MIT scientist Fábio Duarte and Washington Fajardo. More about "AI tools are rapidly changing how we imagine the urban environment"
Design platform Alcova, which usually shows as part of Milan design week, has announced that it is expanding internationally, with its first overseas exhibition set to take place during Miami art week. More about Alcova launches first international edition at Miami art week
Over the past year, searches for sustainable fashion have grown in popularity on Pinterest. We round up 10 projects from our sustainable fashion board which feature items made from more environmentally friendly materials. More about Ten sustainable fashion designs that use biomaterials from Dezeen's Pinterest