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LUO Studio has designed a tiny 9.6-square-metre office in Beijing, with seven movable desks so that it can be transformed from an office into an amphitheatre-style presentation room. Read more

Patent applications have been filed on behalf of a machine called Dabus that used AI to design a plastic food container and a flashing light. If successful it would be the first time a machine has been recognised as the owner of a design by patent offices. Read more

The size of a standard fibre-cement panel defined the proportions of this simple house in Sydney, designed by Studio Jackson Scott. Read more

AZL Architects has completed the BingDing Wood Kiln Factory in Qiancheng village, China, building a series of concrete arches over a traditional brick kiln. Read more

Flower Michelin Architects has rennovated and extended a house on the west coast of Scotland, adding a charred shingle-clad gabled cabin that references traditional Scottish Blackhouses. Read more

US studio JHL Design emphasised "the interplay of light and shadow" and other classic Japanese principles when turning a vacant penthouse in Portland into a tech firm's office space. Read more View the full article

Director Max Hattler has turned a series of photos of housing estates in Hong Kong into repetitive animations to create his film Serial Parallels. Read more View the full article

Hunters Point Library in New York's Long Island City by Steven Holl Architects has been hit with a class action lawsuit for its "total disregard" of people with mobility disabilities. Read more View the full article

Comme des Garcons designer Rei Kawakubo has created the costumes for a Vienna State Opera production of Virginia Woolf's Orlando. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: developer Scope has revealed designs for a new 2,500-square-metre clubhouse located inside its Scope Langsuan development in Bangkok, Thailand. Read more View the full article

US firm Mark Odom Studio has opened up the floor plan of a mid-century office building in Austin for insurance company BKCW. Read more View the full article

A relaxing yoga pose informed the serene aesthetic of this exercise studio in Dublin, Ireland, created by local studio Jordan Ralph Design. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: from sustainable materials to the rise of terrazzo, Spanish sintered stone manufacturer Neolith has released a breakdown of the trends that are set to dominate surface design in the year ahead. Read more View the full article

Curved walls and metallic details bring drama to this family house in southwest London, by architecture studio Eldridge London. Read more View the full article

Architects, designers and cultural institutions, including Foster + Partners, Dyson and the V&A, have created educational activities for children to ward off the boredom of coronavirus lockdown. Here are five of the most entertaining. Read more View the full article

October's Biennale Interieur furniture fair in Belgium has been postponed to 2021 while next year's Tallinn Architecture Biennale in Estonia has been pushed back to 2022. Read more View the full article

Mexican architecture firm RIMA Design Group has connected several structures made from rammed earth with wood pergolas to form an arts centre in Los Cabos, Mexico. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: British designers BarberOsgerby have collaborated with electronics brand Sony to present a series of conceptual products combining light and sound. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Artists Studio Job of Belgium have installed pieces from their iconic collections in the rooms of a Belgian stately home. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Bill Mitchell, former dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT and one of the world’s leading urban theorists, had died aged 65. MIT News has published an obituary. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Need a designer disguise? Estonian product designer Pavel Sidorenko has created this range of felt fake moustaches. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Richard Hardy has shared with us his short film imagining an autonomous, artificially intelligent, sustainable city (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: London designer Héctor Serrano will present these reconfigurable wooden figures at 100% Design this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wooden steps lead to an attic with irregular sloping walls in this residence for an artist in Shiga, Japan, by Japanese studio Tato Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: architects Claesson Koivisto Rune presented this layered lamp for Swedish brand Örsjö Belysning at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article