Cartoonists and graphic designers from around the world have responded to yesterday's attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. More about Illustrators respond to Charlie Hebdo magazine attack
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Gothenburg-based Studio Esinam to give readers the chance to win one of five monochrome prints showing elevations of iconic structures from different cities. More about Competition: five Landmarks and Elevations posters to be won
"Less is more" and "form follows beauty" are some of the famous architect quotes reimagined as roadside advertisements in this set of illustrations by Italian graphic designer Federico Babina. More about Federico Babina creates "a Las Vegas of architecture" with famous quotes
Two designers from different sides of the globe have used a fictional design company to launch a new version of Comic Sans, with added spurs to lend it a "vintage, Mid-Western American aesthetic". More about Comic Spurs typeface is Comic Sans with added irony
Interview: ahead of his talk at London's V&A museum on Friday, typographer Vincent Connare has defended the reviled Comic Sans font he created, saying its detractors "don't know anything about design". More about "People who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design"
Ingredients are displayed like fabric samples to help western readers recreate traditional Japanese sweets with common foods, in this cookbook by designer Moé Takemura. More about Minimal cookbook presents Japanese sweet ingredients as colour swatches
News: the typeface used on the recently unveiled Apple Watch has been made available to download alongside a kit of tools for developers who are customising apps for the device. More about Apple releases San Francisco typeface for watch-app developers
News: Oslo-based Neue Design Studio has won a competition to redesign Norway's passports and ID cards, a month after graphics by Snøhetta were chosen for the country's new bank notes. More about Norwegian travel documents given a minimal makeover
Movie stars including Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Marlon Brando make themselves at home in Modernist masterpieces by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto and more, in this illustration series. More about Federico Babina imagines film stars living inside famous architect-designed houses
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: a typeface created specifically for dyslexic people by Dutch designer Christian Boer is on show at this year's Istanbul Design Biennial (+ slideshow). More about Christian Boer designs typeface for readers with dyslexia
Dutch Design Week 2014: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Merel Witteman has created a photo series that includes images of stepping in poo and a dead rodent skewered on a fork to explore our fascination with being disgusted. More about Merel Witteman's Aversive Aesthetics photos are designed to trigger disgust
Music: the story of Adam and Eve is told through acid-colour graphics in this music video for electronic artist Zhu by director Tomek Ducki. More about Tomek Ducki animates Adam and Eve's sinful story like an "underground party"
Design agency Pentagram has used a simple grid of squares to create a new visual identity for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s research centre (+ movie). More about Pentagram rebrands MIT Media Lab with grid-generated glyphs
Dutch Design Week 2014: Dutch designer Lianne Polinder has created a textile based on the pixels of an LCD screen as part of her Design Academy Eindhoven graduation project (+ slideshow). More about Lianne Polinder's Technomimicry textiles are based on LCD screens and solar panels
News: today's Google Doodle celebrates what would have been the 382nd birthday of British architect Christopher Wren with an animation showing the rise of St Paul's Cathedral. More about Google animates St Paul's Cathedral to celebrate Christopher Wren's birthday
Fashion and design studio Eley Kishimoto has collaborated with tailor Timothy Everest and graphic design firm New Future Graphic to produce a range of shirts that are hand screen printed with geometric shapes (+ slideshow). More about Eley Kishimoto creates six geometric prints for menswear collaboration
News: graphic designer Neville Brody has reorganised his London studio and rebranded it as Brody Associates because "people didn't really understand" its former name, Research Studios (+ interview + slideshow). More about Neville Brody rebrands studio: "Clients weren't quite clear on what we were offering"
Competition: Dezeen has partnered with UK designers Dorothy to give readers the chance to win one of five prints of forgotten architectural monuments. More about Competition: five Lost Destination prints by Dorothy to be won
The silhouettes of architects including Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright and Zaha Hadid are each depicted within a window from one of their buildings in these new illustrations by Federico Babina. More about Architect silhouettes pose inside iconic windows for Federico Babina's Archiwindow series
Music: a "spirit animal" slinks around after dark in director Fons Schiedon's music video for SBTRKT's track New Dorp. New York. More about SBTRKT's animated music video follows a creature through urban dystopia