Dutch design brand Droog has opened a hotel in Amsterdam where guests who venture out from their rooms can attend lectures, visit exhibitions and shops or relax in a "fairy-tale garden" without leaving the building (+ slideshow). More about Hôtel Droog by Droog
London Design Festival: the family home of the future will feature mechanised floors and furniture that emerge from walls, floors and ceilings at the touch of a button, according to Yo! Sushi and Yotel founder Simon Woodroffe (+ slideshow). More about Yo! Home at 100% Design
In the most extreme example yet of QR codes used as decor, the new Hotel Modez in Arnhem has a room covered entirely in scannable codes that link to "pornography, pin-ups and other piquancies". More about QR-Code Hotel Room by Antoine Peters
London Design Festival: the first project by MAP, the new studio of designers BarberOsgerby, is the exhibition design of a digital laboratory at London's Science Museum, where visitors can interact with internet-users around the world using musical instruments and robots (+ slideshow). More about Google Web Lab by Universal Design Studio and MAP
London Design Festival: hundreds of intricate models by emerging Japanese architect Akihisa Hirata are pinned onto the looping walls of this installation at the Architecture Foundation in London (+ slideshow). More about Tangling by Akihisa Hirata
For those readers who asked to see more interiors from Zaha Hadid's Pierres Vives government building in Montpellier, here's a reading room lined with glowing bookcases by architect Stephane Hof (+ slideshow). More about Alphabet Library by Stephane Hof
A geometric sculpture grows from a column and branches across the ceiling of the new designer menswear space designed by architect Alex Cochrane for London department store Selfridges. More about Selfridges Men's Designer Space by Alex Cochrane
A large glass vitrine holds rooms like exhibits at the centre of this apartment in Singapore by Chinese architects Neri&Hu. More about Wu Residence by Neri&Hu
Surfaces of marble and hardwood spread through the rooms of this renovated apartment in Madrid by Spanish architects Schneider Colao (+ slideshow). More about Orfila Flat by Schneider Colao
London cyclists can hang their bicycles on the walls while they grab a coffee or browse at this Soho store for cyclewear brand Rapha by design studio Brinkworth (+ slideshow). More about Rapha Cycle Club by Brinkworth
A white desk folds up the wall and across the ceiling like a crumpled aeroplane wing in this apartment in Seoul by South Korean design firm AnLstudio (+ slideshow). More about HouseWING by AnLstudio
Cardboard tubes divide up an old factory in Melbourne to create new gentlemen's outfitters Epatant, founded by Dennis Paphitis and Lachlan Smeeton. More about Epatant by Dennis Paphitis and Lock Smeeton
The copper tubes that branch across the walls and ceiling of this Amsterdam barber shop by Ard Hoksbergen carry both water and electricity (though not in the same pipes). More about Barber Amsterdam by Ard Hoksbergen
Interior designers Matteo Bianchi Studio have installed a customised retro jukebox in the window of this estate agents in north London. More about Carlton Estate Agents by Matteo Bianchi Studio
A wireframe staircase leads to a new top floor inside this renovated apartment in Milan by architect Francesco Librizzi. More about Metal Staircase by Francesco Librizzi Studio
Russian studio Za Bor Architects have furnished the new St. Petersburg offices of internet company Yandex like the desktop of a computer, with pixellated backgrounds and huge icons (+ slideshow). More about Yandex Saint Petersburg Office II by Za Bor Architects
Fashion brand Louis Vuitton has collaborated with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama to create a collection of garments featuring Kusama's obsessional polka dot patterns for a concept store at Selfridges department store in London (+ slideshow). More about Louis Vuitton & Kusama concept store at Selfridges
The floors and ceilings are covered in the same boards in this tiny Tokyo apartment renovated by Japanese architects TANK. More about House D by TANK
Sheets of tarpaulin roll up to reveal shelves for pots and condiments at a Seoul restaurant inspired by street food stalls by Lim Tae Hee Design Studio (+ slideshow). More about Play Pot restaurant by Lim Tae Hee Design Studio
A continuous band of lighting shines down onto a long concrete table at a Japanese restaurant in Sydney refurbished by architects Facet Studio (+ slideshow). More about Uchi Lounge 01 by Facet Studio