A latticed canopy overhangs the zigzagging glass facade of this riverside community hall near Stuttgart by German studio Ackermann + Raff (+ slideshow). More about Criss-crossing timber canopy extends over Ackermann + Raff's glass-fronted festival hall
Design Academy Eindhoven students Florence Louisy and Léo Schlumberger have developed a collection of glassware to coax users into drinking a glass of water for every alcoholic beverage they consume (+ slideshow). More about Alliance glass collection encourages drinkers to match wine with water
An irregular formation of geometric volumes and voids were designed by architecture firm Saraiva + Associados to break down the scale of this police headquarters building in Lisbon (+ slideshow). More about Lisbon police headquarters given monochrome geometric facades by Saraiva + Associados
While blogs and online magazines have come to dominate coverage of design news, the internet has also made it more feasible for anyone to launch a print magazine and created a demand for a more considered approach says Katie Tregidden, co-founder of Fiera magazine (+ slideshow + interview). More about New magazines: "A lasting record of the world of design at a point in time"
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has designed three residential towers to sit on a riverfront site in Brisbane, Australia, as part of a AUS$420 million development (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid reveals trio of skyscrapers for Brisbane's riverfront
London Design Festival 2014: Patrizia Moroso, the creative director of Italian design brand Moroso, spoke to Dezeen about her relationship with London and designers including Ron Arad, Ross Lovegrove and Tord Boontje, in this interview conducted to coincide with the Moroso loves London exhibition (+ slideshow). More about "It was Ron Arad's first experience of industrial design"
Nickisch Sano Walder Architects has deconstructed an Alpine log cabin to create the framework for a stark concrete hideaway with the same footprint and form as its predecessor (+ slideshow). More about Concrete house by Nickisch Sano Walder Architects built from remnants of a log cabin
Japanese design collective Bril has filled a circular cedar frame with leaves that gradually fade from green to brown over the course of a year to create an annual clock without using hands or numbers (+ slideshow). More about Bril’s Coniferous Clock is filled with leaves that take a year to die
Israeli designer Lou Moria has used a vacuum-forming process to create pairs of plastic slippers that can be produced quickly and cheaply (+ slideshow). More about Lou Moria uses vacuum forming to create recyclable shoes in seconds
News: British inventor James Dyson has revealed a design for an intelligent vacuuming robot that can be programmed remotely, which has been in development for the past 16 years. More about Dyson launches "most powerful" vacuum cleaning robot
Japanese design studio Nendo has created an ice cream cake, featuring a group of small chocolate houses intended to remind people of returning home for the holidays (+ slideshow). More about Nendo designs ice cream Village cake for Häagen-Dazs
Dutch firm Wiel Arets Architects has completed a water-traffic control centre in the town of Maasbracht with a curved glass upper storey that offers panoramic views over the surrounding waterways (+ slideshow). More about Rounded glass facades improve views from Wiel Arets' water-traffic control centre
The geometric patterns of bridge structures informed the shapes used to create this wooden furniture by Variant Studio (+ slideshow). More about Structural trusses influence Bridge furniture by Variant Studio
News: the six houses shortlisted for this year's RIBA Manser Medal have been announced, including a cliffside home on Scotland's Isle of Skye, an angular house extension in London and a Welsh countryside residence near the remains of a Celtic fort (+ slideshow). More about RIBA reveals shortlist for best British house of the past year
The most private rooms of this house by Japanese studio Airhouse Design Office are concealed within massive columns, leaving the surrounding double-height space to become an area for socialising (+ slideshow). More about Airhouse Design Office creates a hierarchy of rooms inside House in Ohno
Visitors to Venice's Palazzo Grassi become immersed within a space that appears to have no boundaries in an installation created by American artist Doug Wheeler in the gallery's atrium (+ slideshow). More about Doug Wheeler creates illusion of infinite white space inside Venetian palazzo
Japanese firm Torafu Architects used contrasting floor finishes to define the three distinct spaces of Snow Picnic, an experimental ice-cream shop in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Torafu Architects creates three-tiered interior for Japanese ice-cream cafe
Plants are interspersed amongst the raw industrial spaces of this lifestyle store in Osaka by Japanese firm Suppose Design Office, which combines shopping, dining and gardening (+ slideshow). More about Suppose Design Office pairs industrial fittings with plants at Biotop lifestyle store
Detroit studio Rootoftwo has installed weather vanes shaped like headless chickens on five buildings in Folkestone, England, which spin around and change colour in response to fear levels on the internet rather than the climate (+ slideshow). More about Headless rooftop chickens by Rootoftwo respond to internet panic levels
Maison&Objet 2014: Hem, the brand launched by online retailer Fab.com and Finnish design company One Nordic, has revealed its first collection of customisable furniture (+ slideshow). More about Fab.com and One Nordic reveal first collection under new design brand Hem