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Seoul designers HawaSoo have designed a clothes rail, a lamp and a stool that are styled like components of a bicycle. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris 2012: get yourself organised with these colourful accordion-pleated document wallets by Copenhagen brand Hay, presented at Maison & Objet in Paris last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Walls of Corten steel and timber surround this house by McAllister Alcock Architects on a vineyard in Mornington Peninsula, Australia (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Kanye West's domed low-cost housing prototypes have been demolished on his property in Calabasas, California, following reports that the musician failed to secure a building permit. Read more

Swiss artist Zimoun has used motors to add jostling and spinning motions to three installations made up of cardboard boxes (+ movies). (more...) View the full article

US studio The New Design Project has decorated this West Village cookie shop with speckled terrazzo, beige tiles and creamy walls to reference the baked goods for sale. Read more View the full article

Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Viktor Westerdahl has devised a fantasy scenario where the discovery of a new liquid energy cues construction of a remote city in the middle of the Indian Ocean. (more...) View the full article

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has designed a light blue flag with a white footprint, to raise awareness about the importance of human rights. Read more

Chilean architecture duo Pezo von Ellrichshausen has installed a mirrored structure within Milan's Palazzo Litta, creating disorientating reflections of its baroque architecture. Read more

Fashion designer Sun Min and architect Christian Taeubert have renovated a neglected cottage set around a courtyard in rural China. Read more View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes the conversion of a Foster + Partners-designed college building, open-source hoods and optimism from Spain. Read more View the full article

New York interior designer Sasha Bikoff has designed furniture that takes cues from looks in Versace's old fashion campaigns for an exhibition in Miami. Read more View the full article

Swedish studio Tham & Videgård Arkitekter has unveiled plans for a row of high-rise apartment blocks constructed from timber that will tower over an old harbour in Stockholm. (more…)

Fashion designer and 3D printing pioneer Iris van Herpen tells us how printing and scanning technologies could transform the fashion industry in an exclusive interview for our print-on-demand publication Print Shift (+ transcript). (more...) View the full article

Thanks for all your Christmas cards – here’s our selection of the best (and strangest) including this one from Studioilse. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A bathroom doubles as a meeting room in this live-work space created by Jonathan Tuckey Design for Egg fashion boutique inside a small mews house in Knightsbridge, London. Read more View the full article

Glass screens fold across the front of this house in Yamanashi, Japan, to transform a covered garden into an indoor dining room. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rotterdam studio MVRDV has revealed its design for a shopping centre with a pearlescent facade, which is on target to complete this summer in central Beijing. (more…) View the full article

Mycelium pendant lamps dangle above recycled-plastic dining tables inside Silo, a zero-waste restaurant in east London designed by studio Nina+Co. Read more View the full article

The Miami-Dade Police has worked with architecture students at Florida International University to create a 3D-printed model of the Hard Rock Stadium to prepare for the Super Bowl this weekend. Read more View the full article

Milan 2016: bathroom brand Axor has worked with architects and designers including Front, David Adjaye and GamFratesi to create a range of unusual faucets (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Furniture design studio ATRA has created a modular sofa system upholstered with a hemp-based fabric. Read more View the full article

Mexican design studio Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica and architects Rodrigo Valenzuela Jerez, and Camilo Moreno have completed this concrete business school on a lush site near Mexican city Aguascalientes. Read more

American firm Lever Architecture used weathering steel and original timber in the adaptive reuse of two factories built over 70 years ago for a hay bale manufacturer. Read more View the full article

French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a set of diamond-shaped coloured vases for Finnish design brand Iittala (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article