Only two moves are needed to transform this children's seat into a rudimentary castle, in a project that has earned Irish furniture designer James Murphy one of the top prizes at London's annual New Designers showcase. More about Casul chair unfolds to become a children's play set
Local architecture studio CIAO has completed a 25-square-metre micro flat in Islington, London, separating the open interior with a room divider that incorporates a table, TV console and wardrobe. More about CIAO organises London micro flat around multifunctional plywood wall
Architect Cyrus Ardalan felt like he was "standing at the prow of a ship" on a visit to this Paris corner apartment, which he subsequently renovated with porthole-style openings and deck-like floors for DJ Louise Chen and her family. More about Cyrus Ardalan designs Paris DJ's plywood apartment to feel like a boat
David Chipperfield Design has developed a wooden bathtub for Italian bathroom brand Agape, featuring a pared-back form with an integrated seat, shelf and washbasin. More about David Chipperfield creates freestanding plywood bathtub for Agape
Dezeen Showroom: Ukrainian brand Babai has released a design-forward table and stool for children that aims to fit seamlessly into playrooms and adult living spaces alike. More about Button table and Stool X by Babai
Visitors to Dutch Design Week are invited to consider how the country houses its asylum seekers in a pavilion by De Wachtkamer, a local organisation aiming to improve their living conditions through design. More about De Wachtkamer hacks refugee beds to provide more privacy and dignity
South African sensibilities meet Scandi minimalism in the furniture of Johannesburg brand Daily, which just opened its first showroom as part of Design Week South Africa. More about Johannesburg design brand Daily transforms standard plywood panels into upscale furniture
Massachusetts-based designer and professor Iman S Fayyad has created a shelter from standard sheets of plywood, moulding it and fastening it with straps to form a "collective space" that is easy to assemble for the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More about Iman S Fayyad fastens plywood shelter with straps for Chicago Architecture Biennial
British studio Foster + Partners Industrial Design has collaborated with furniture brand Isokon on Join, a plywood collection launched during this year's London Design Festival. More about Foster + Partners "pushes the boundaries of what plywood can do" with Isokon furniture
British studio Pearce+ has created a temporary, inflatable structure for a pop-up restaurant as part of the RAW: Almond food festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. More about Pearce+ creates doughnut-shaped inflatable pop-up restaurant in Canada
Steven Holl Architects has utilised plywood interiors and playful details for Hudson L-House, a home for a client with an extensive design collection, including a 1910 Frank Lloyd Wright light fixture. More about Steven Holl Architects bridges "collectible furniture with built form" in Mark McDonald's Hudson house
Italian designer Mara Bragagnolo has created a flat-pack furniture collection that can be tailored to meet the diverse needs of children on the autism spectrum. More about Mara Bragagnolo designs puzzle-style furniture for autistic children
California studio Brooks + Scarpa has included roofs with exaggerated gables for the angular black-metal-clad Steeplechase house in the forests of North Carolina, USA, designed to merge modern and traditional elements. More about Brooks + Scarpa "revitalises traditional forms" with gabled North Carolina house
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a translucent toilet cubicle in Spain. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "excellent project of modern civilisation planted into the wilderness"
German architect Nico Goebel has built The Goodviewloo, an outdoor shower and composting toilet overlooking a tree-covered valley in Cantabria, Spain. More about Nico Goebel creates translucent toilet cubicle with a view in Spain
For the V&A museum's 2024 Make Good installation, design and research studio Material Cultures has developed alternatives to plywood and OSB made from underused woodland resources including pine needles and birch bark. More about Material Cultures transforms woodland waste into sustainable sheet materials
Vancouver-based creative studio Zenga Bros has created a series of furniture pieces that convert into skate ramps, rails and quarter pipes as a "radical way to transform office space". More about Zenga Bros creates convertible office furniture for skateboarding breaks
Plywood shelves lined with ceramics are slotted beneath the old oak trusses of Underwing Workshop, a pottery studio that British studio Ashton Porter Architects has created in an English barn. More about Ashton Porter Architects reworks 15th-century barn into tactile pottery studio
We've gathered interior projects that feature tactile plywood panelling for our latest lookbook, from a Swedish summer house to a London micro apartment. More about Eight homes where plywood panelling creates warm interiors
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a house in Melbourne with a curved roof and textured concrete walls designed by LLDS Architects. More about "Can't decide if it's out of place or fittingly random" says commenter