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Also currently on show at the Hayward Gallery in London is this bed curling round on itself by Cuban artists Los Carpinteros, part of an exhibition of work exploring interior design. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week London's Design Museum revealed its Design of the Year 2014 nominations, which includes Zaha Hadid's undulating cultural centre in Baku (pictured) and Dave Hakkens' modular mobile phone concept. More architecture and design news follows. (more...) View the full article

Fashion designer Iris van Herpen collaborated with New York company .MGX by Materialise and artist Daniel Wright to create this 3D printed breastplate. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Product news: whether you fancy the Frenchman, the Millionaire, the Tennis Coach or the Fireman, the characters in this range of designer sex toys have been created in response to stereotypical female fantasies. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2011: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola presented this series of beech furniture for Italian brand Moroso at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York studio Milev Architects have designed this range of jewellery and clothing made from rubber bands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Polish firm Neostudio Architekci have added a timber-clad extension to this farm building in Poland to create a residence. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German design collective ART+COM have installed over a thousand rising and falling metal raindrops in Singapore’s Changi Airport (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

London Studio Doshi Levien have designed this min-spa for Italian brand Glass Idromassaggio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Simple plaster surfaces and grey stone floors help create a gallery-like setting inside the Valextra store in Milan, which has been overhauled by British designer John Pawson. Read more

The chunky quartzite walls of this library on the outskirts of Paris are faceted to accommodate the span of a century-old walnut tree at the centre of the site (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Spanish studio Eneseis Arquitectura have inserted this glass-fronted box housing a cultural centre into a town square in Alicante, Spain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This tree-top hotel room by Swedish architects Cyrén & Cyrén, is accessed via a bridge leading from the hilly forest to an entrance on the roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Zaha Hadid completed a concrete building for the American University of Beirut. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Here’s another new watch from our 2012 Dezeen Watch Store collection. The stainless steel BN0042 is a square-faced timepiece from the Braun range. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week: Vienna designers Dottings presented a series of coffee cups made of recycled aluminium coffee capsules for coffee brand Nespresso in Vienna last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh have completed a see-through church in Limburg, Belgium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: today at Dezeen Platform, Portuguese designer Manuel Netto presents a lamp that can only be turned on by moving the bulb. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An inflatable pavilion with a trampoline on top has been installed in east London by Paris architects Atelier Zündel Cristea (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

DezeenTV: in this second movie in our Dezeentalks at [D3]Design Talents series, London designer Tomás Alonso talks about being an exhibitor as part of [D3]Design Talents at imm cologne, his favourite projects and making a mess at OKAY Studio. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Comments update: Italian architect Renzo Piano, designer of The Shard in London, unveiled a new skyscraper proposal for the city last week – and readers weren't impressed. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. (more…) View the full article

Swedish architects Johannes Norlander Arkitektur have renovated this 1950s island cottage near Gothenburg. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York graphic designer Cardon Webb collects fliers and hand-written notices from his neighbourhood and replaces them with his own re-designed versions. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: six pared-back watches from new Australian watch brand Stock are now available to pre-order at Dezeen Watch Store. (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Spaceworkers has inserted a house-shaped cultural centre inside a nineteenth-century schoolhouse in Parades, northern Portugal. (more...) View the full article