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News: analysing trends and listening to what consumers want will ultimately result in bad design, says Spanish designer Jaime Hayon. (more...) View the full article

News: US architects including Richard Meier and Daniel Libeskind have attacked British proposals to suspend Israeli architects from architecture's international governing body over the construction of settlements in the West Bank. (more...) View the full article

New York product design studio Visibility has unveiled prototypes for its first homeware collection, which includes a series of slip-cast porcelain kitchen tools with built-in ridges for grating, grinding and gripping food (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

All the items for sale at this east London corner shop run by designer Lucy Sparrow are made from felt (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Following Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's recent London Design Medal triumph, we've created a Pinterest board filled with the French design duo's work. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more projects by the Bouroullec Brothers View the full article

Opaque glass cladding on this south London house by Ian McChesney reflects the brick and stucco facades of neighbouring Victorian properties and foliage from a park next door (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Book of Interviews: in the next extract from our latest book, British designer Thomas Heatherwick discusses some of his studio's most high-profile projects including the UK Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 and updating London's iconic red buses. (more…) View the full article

Audi has teamed up with design studio Kram/Weisshaar to capture the "deathly fear" and "complete excitement" of passengers experiencing their first journey in a car that can drive itself at speeds of up to 220 kilometres per hour (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Colourful chocolate bars are displayed in a transparent chest of drawers in this Tokyo shop designed by Japanese studio Nendo for a Belgian chocolatier (+ slideshow). (more…)

This house in Princeton, New Jersey by New York studio Levenbetts is organised around a courtyard, offering views of a private garden as well as out to the surrounding woodland (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a planning and design manager with Friends of the High Line, the non-profit organisation behind New York's elevated park on a disused railway line (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Tiny porthole windows pierce this concrete extension to a Grenada primary school by Elisa Valero Arquitectura – a protective measure against stray balls from the adjacent sports court (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Tokyo architect Fumihiko Sano used Japanese design brand Muji's popular steel shelving system to create this room-like installation for an exhibition exploring standard units of measurement (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Composite materials and adhesives could "revolutionise" construction and lead to entire towers being glued together, according to American architect Greg Lynn. (more…) View the full article

A kitchen concealed behind a pivoting wooden wall is one of several interventions made to transform an old agricultural warehouse in Almenar de Soria, Spain, into a community events space (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This movie shows the installation of MVRDV's Crystal Houses – a Chanel store featuring a traditional facade replicated with glass bricks that are "stronger than concrete". (more…) View the full article

A geometric facade formed of hollow concrete blocks allows breezes to naturally cool the interior of this house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, by local firm VACO Design (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

America may no longer be home to the world's tallest building, but the country that invented skyscrapers is still pioneering their design with skinner, greener and more unusually shaped structures. We're celebrating this 4 July – US Independence Day – with a look back at some of the most recent examples, including Rafael Viñoly's already iconic 432 Park Avenue and Herzog & de Meuron's "Jenga tower" (pictured). See more US skyscrapers » View the full article

French design company Petite Friture's newest products include playful pendants shaped like sausages and lighting based on laundry (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: today is the last day of our temporary watch store at designjunction in London – and readers can save ten per cent on any watch by showing this article on their smartphone when they buy! (more…) View the full article

Each apartment in this crisply detailed concrete and glass block in Mexico City features a full-width balcony lined with sliding glass doors. Read more View the full article

Any cat owner knows their pet is the true ruler of the household. That's particularly so in these six homes with feline-friendly features – including elevated walkways, stepping-stone shelving and discrete doorways. Read more View the full article

Studioshaw has won an ideas competition for the Scottish city Dundee with its plans for a sunken courtyard to race drones and prototype virtual reality games. Read more View the full article

Nike's decision to unveil its new Pro Hijab for female Muslim athletes on International Women's Day provoked a mixed response from readers in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

A timber-clad garage rests on top of partly submerged living spaces at this house in Poznań, Poland, which opens up towards the landscape on its lower level. Read more View the full article