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Danish studio Space Copenhagen has created bespoke furniture using stone, wood and leather to complement its interiors for this hotel in Manhattan's SoHo district (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These stackable containers by Taiwan designer Kenyon Yeh are all made in different materials and sizes, but combine to form a sculptural object. (more…) View the full article

Swiss watch brand Mondaine has introduced two new colours in its Stop2Go range that pay homage to its home country's iconic Railway Clock (+ buy now from Dezeen Watch Store). (more...) View the full article

Our weekly Dezeen Mail newsletter now has over 100,000 subscribers! This week's edition features Pharrell Williams and Zaha Hadid's collaboration for Adidas, a house designed for one of the world's richest families (pictured) and the first piece in our summer-long series on Postmodernism. Click through for our pick of the best news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 263 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

This plant-covered extension to a bungalow in Miami is supported by a spiral concrete core that was precisely calibrated to match the sun's path at the height of summer. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival: in addition to our Dezeen Super Store in the Seven Dials area of Covent Garden, Dezeen Watch Store will be popping up at two different locations from tomorrow: designjunction and 100% Design. (more…) View the full article

Japanese furniture brand Kamarq has launched in New York with a collection of products that users can rent monthly, but almost immediately pulled several of its designs amid plagiarism accusations. Read more View the full article

New York studio REX has designed a sunlight-responsive sculpture that would prevent glare from a curved glass tower in Dallas scorching a Renzo Piano-designed museum. (more...) View the full article

This wooden pathway installed over the Fonte Luminosa fountain in Lisbon enables visitors to get close enough to the cascading water to be soaked by its spray (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The shooting galleries for the London 2012 Olympic games are covered in spots that look the suckers of an octopus’ tentacles. (more…) View the full article

Plaster surfaces and paved stone floors feature inside this deli-cum-cafe in Melbourne, which Studio Esteta's co-director has designed to reflect her Italian roots. Read more

Rooflights, pale tiles and glossy flooring are among the tweaks that Apollo Architects & Associates made to a family home in Toyko to give it a light-filled living, kitchen and dining room. Read more View the full article

Photographer Tom Blachford has used extended exposure times and lens rotation to create an upside-down "impossible dystopia" from Melbourne's nighttime skyline. Read more View the full article

Danish firm BIG looked to its own architecture when designing the modular Voxel sofa system for Common Seating, making seats out of gridded pixel-like blocks. Read more View the full article

Membership club Soho House has launched a range of furniture and homeware in the US so that fans of its interior decor can deck their home's in the same fashion. Read more

Plant-lined courtyards separate the three single-storey volumes that form this family home designed by MIA Design Studio for a coastal city in Vietnam. Read more View the full article

Three large round windows puncture the facades of this home overlooking Austria's Rhine Valley, designed by Innauer-Matt Architekten. Read more View the full article

Salmon-coloured surfaces, curved furnishings and a cooking-themed wall mural appear inside high-end restaurant Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, which has been recently refreshed by Pierre Yovanovitch. Read more

Ornate paintings and decorative stucco ceilings appear inside the self-designed studio of architecture practice Aires Mateus, which occupies an 18th-century building in Lisbon, Portugal. Read more View the full article

Gingham and lace patterns have screen-printed onto the tables and shelves of this Breton crêperie in west London designed by Paul Crofts Studio. (more…) View the full article

Fashion brand COS turns 10 this year, and to celebrate it is releasing a capsule collection of 10 pieces inspired by Japanese silhouettes. Read more View the full article

News: Foster + Partners is exploring the possibilities of 3D printing buildings on the moon using lunar soil. (more...) View the full article

Amsterdam designer Quintus Kropholler has created this collection of nine products using asphalt concrete to highlight the impact of diminishing petroleum supplies (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

The Venice Architecture Biennale kicks off this week. Ahead of the opening, Dezeen architecture editor Jessica Mairs looks at some of the topics likely to dominate conversation, from the future of social housing to cruising culture. Read more View the full article

A small concrete structure once used as a house for doves has been transformed by Portuguese studio AZO Sequeira Arquitectos Associados into a garden playroom. (more…) View the full article