A disaster-proof chandelier from Lebanon and a towering sand dune-style stone installation feature in Arab Design Now, the main exhibition at the inaugural Design Doha biennial. More about Ten highlights from Design Doha exhibition Arab Design Now
American design studio Sized has arranged black cars around furniture for an exhibition in Los Angeles that aims to embody the city's "intrinsic" relationship with automobiles. More about Black cars surround furniture by Willo Perron and USM in Sized Selects exhibition
The late works of American artist and designer Wendell Castle have gone on display at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London, showing the evolution of his signature stack-lamination technique. More about Wendell Castle's stack-laminated furniture goes on display at Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Is it possible to stage a trade fair without producing excessive waste? Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson explores eight approaches that were all on show at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair. More about Eight ways that Stockholm Furniture Fair exhibitors cut down on waste
Belgian design collective Zaventem Ateliers has recreated a full furniture show in cardboard after the majority of the pieces it was to show at a Mexico City exhibition were stalled in transit from Europe. More about Zaventem Ateliers recreates furniture collection in cardboard after customs delays
Design collective Panorámica has created a machine that utilises artificial intelligence and a set of prompts to generate unique pieces of furniture based on a repository of Mexican design styles during Mexico City art week. More about Panorámica's interactive-AI machine lets "anybody be a Mexican designer"
Designer Fernando Laposse has created a 40-metre-long tapestry in avocado dye and a cabinet with avocado skin to raise awareness of the social and ecological impacts global avocado consumption has in Mexico. More about Fernando Laposse draws attention to impact of "conflict avocados" in Melbourne exhibition
Bijoy Jain, founder of Indian architecture practice Studio Mumbai, has created a series of structures and furniture made from natural materials for the Breath of an Architect exhibition at Paris's Fondation Cartier gallery. More about Bijoy Jain creates bamboo hut and stone furniture for Paris exhibition
Swedish furniture brand IKEA has released two images from a series of photographs taken by Annie Leibovitz, its first-ever artist-in-residence, showing people in their homes across the world. More about IKEA unveils "powerful" first photos by artist-in-residence Annie Leibovitz
Swedish design duo Folkform has presented a series of furniture pieces made using Masonite hardboard sourced from a factory that closed down over a decade ago. More about Folkform installs The Museum of Masonite at Stockholm Furniture Fair
A chunky rough-hewn coffee table made from discarded quarry sandstone is among a selection of furniture pieces by designer Carsten in der Elst, currently on display at Stockholm Design Week. More about Carsten in der Elst creates furniture by using industrial byproducts "a bit like Lego"
Chinese studio DUO has completed Nanchang OCT Contemporary Arts Centre, a series of exhibition spaces housed in stepped concrete forms with accessible green roofs. More about Hill-like concrete forms shape arts centre in China by DUO
Interior Design Show Toronto director Will Sorrell has curated an exhibition of speculative spaces, including a model for transitional housing by architecture studio SvN for sites in mid-development. More about Future Neighbourhood exhibition at IDS Toronto features timber transitional housing
The Transhumances III exhibition will see designers Andres Monnier, Morghen Studio, Elsa Foulon and Laura Pasquino present a selection of works they created in ancient cave dwellings in Cappadocia, Turkey. More about Works from "nomadic design residency" showcased in Turkish caves
Stools from local designer Caleb Ferris and design firm Prowl Studio were among the works displayed at a San Francisco exhibition centred around contemporary Bay Area design. More about San Francisco exhibition features "off-center" Bay Area furniture design
Taiwanese designer Pao Hui Kao has unveiled her first solo exhibition, featuring colourful furniture made out of rolls of tracing paper. More about Colour highlights the crinkled surfaces of Pao Hui Kao's paper furniture
Creative team Luna Luna has re-installed a "forgotten" art theme park in a Los Angeles production studio that includes a Ferris wheel by Jean-Michel Basquiat, a carousel by Keith Haring and work by artists David Hockney, Kenny Scharf and more. More about Luna Luna installs "forgotten" art theme park exhibition in Los Angeles movie studio
Mexican architect Javier Guzmán Cervantes has collected urban waste materials including cinderblocks and rebar to create a series of furniture for a show in Mexico City. More about Javier Guzmán Cervantes showcases furniture made from urban waste in Mexico
Examples of practical and playful paper packaging were presented at this exhibition curated by designer Makoto Umebara as part of the Takeo Paper Show in Tokyo, Japan. More about Takeo packaging exhibition highlights "unique sensory properties" of Japanese paper
California gallery Blunk Space has opened the exhibition 100 Hooks, featuring new works by designers including Jasper Morrison, Ilse Crawford, Anna Karlin and Bethan Laura Wood. More about Over 100 designers create hooks for exhibition in tribute to JB Blunk