A forest of trees, artificial snow and a giant cuckoo clock provided the setting for dinners at a pop-up restaurant in Los Angeles, created by German designer Hendrik Müller for kitchen brand Gaggenau. More about Hendrik Müller recreates The Black Forest in LA warehouse for Gaggenau's Restaurant 1683
White-painted wooden shapes are set beneath grey and yellow resin to give a gradient effect to this furniture by Brooklyn-based Facture Studio. More about Facture Studio moulds resin over tiered wooden blocks to pattern Scale furniture
Dezeen promotion: a four-day celebration of design kicks off in Los Angeles today, with exhibitions, talks, workshops and parties taking place across the city. More about LA Design Festival spotlights city's "creative diversity and talent"
When New York lighting studio Apparatus held a party themed around Tehran in the 1970s, guests turned up as camel salesmen and belly dancers. Designers should know better than to resort to such lazy cultural stereotypes, says Sina Sohrab. More about "It is important to be mindful of how we use one another's cultures for our own entertainment"
The American Institute of Architects has announced the top small projects in the US as part of its 2018 awards programme, including a wooden playground in Massachusetts and a micro home that aims to address the housing crisis. More about AIA recognises the best small projects in the US for 2018 awards
Kanye West's Yeezy design brand has moved into a new studio in Calabasas, California, which local designer Willo Perron has given a bare aesthetic celebrating "utilitarianism and brutalism". More about Kanye West's stripped-back Yeezy Studio is based on brutalist aesthetics
New York's Museum of Modern Art is exhibiting the "extreme maquettes" of late Congolese sculptor Bodys Isek Kingelez, who modelled futuristic African cities with recycled cardboard, colourful paper and Coca-Cola cans. More about MoMA exhibits Bodys Isek Kingelez's fantastical models of African metropoles
Fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead at her New York apartment, where she reportedly took her own life. More about Fashion designer Kate Spade dies aged 55 in apparent suicide
American firm John Ronan Architects has completed a square-shaped, waterfront home in Michigan that features a wooden exterior and rooms organised around open-air courtyards. More about John Ronan's charred wood Courtyard House frames views of Lake Michigan
Time magazine has sent a fleet of drones into the Californian sky to create a 100-metre-tall version of its cover, for a special report on unmanned aerial vehicles. More about Time magazine recreates iconic cover using 958 drones
Kanye West's first foray into architecture is expected to be a prefabricated concrete affordable-housing project, which has emerged a month after he announced a new arm of his Yeezy fashion label. More about Kanye West expected to begin Yeezy Home architecture venture with social-housing project
American studio Feldman Architecture has renovated and expanded a cottage just outside of San Francisco, adding a two-storey extension, a pool terrace and a garage blanketed with a green roof. More about Feldman Architecture completes The Shack nature retreat for creative couple in California
Los Angeles-based Studio Unltd has used influences from Morocco to Turkey for the interiors of this Middle Eastern restaurant in the city's Arts District. More about Studio Unltd turns light-filled warehouse into Bavel restaurant in LA
Architect and hotelier Matthew Goodwin has aimed to capture the spirit of California at this coastal hotel, which was transformed from a run-down motor lodge into a beach house. More about The Surfrider hotel in Malibu receives refresh from Matthew Goodwin
Architecture firm Morphosis has revealed its design for a swooping, striated building that will house an art museum in Southern California. More about Morphosis unveils new home for Orange County Museum of Art in California
From a party bunkhouse to a hotel with a pool dropping to the ocean, we've rounded up 10 key projects by US architect Jim Olson, co-founder of Seattle architecture studio Olson Kundig, which feature in a new book celebrating 60 years of his work. More about 10 highlights from Jim Olson's six decades in architecture
Architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has reconstructed a high school in Los Angeles after it was destroyed by a fire, choosing a bright yellow finish for its aluminium facades. More about Yellow metal walls wrap Animo South Los Angeles High School by Brooks + Scarpa
Danish brand Menu has furnished a New York apartment with its range of products, creating a space for the company to launch new collections and hold events. More about Menu opens showroom apartment in New York
The top floor of this glazed housing complex in New York's Lower East Side, by architecture firm ODA, has a footprint twice the size of the ground level. More about ODA completes top-heavy residential tower in New York City
Colourful ridged-glass cleaning bottles, a black broom and a red washing line are among the tools for cooking, cleaning and organising created for a New York exhibition based on the American Shaker movement. More about Shaker-style tools for household chores feature in Furnishing Utopia's Hands to Work exhibition