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Architecture firm OMA has designed a luxury resort called Potato Head Studios in Bali around a plaza that is open to the public. Read more View the full article

Ahead of Valentine's Day, we've selected seven sex toys for solo pleasure, including a gender-neutral vibrator, a masturbation sleeve for trans men, and a sensation suit for disabled people. Read more View the full article

Portuguese studio Fala Atelier has used a mint green floor to brighten up the interior of a two-bedroom apartment in Porto. Read more View the full article

So what sets one organization’s waiting room apart from another? I recently talked with designers who offered up these suggestions: 1. Better layouts: Offer a variety of settings for different social experiences, including niches for professionals looking to do some work on their laptops to kid-friendly nooks where parents and kids can pass the time without disturbing others. 2. Good lighting: Having a variety of lighting sources (including overhead, tabletop, and decorative) and bringing in natural light with views to the outdoors are sure ways to improve the overall feel of a space. 3. Hospitable furnishings: Efforts to provide a comfortable place to sit …

London design duo Doshi Levien built a series of interconnected spaces filled with scaled-up versions of the models made in its studio for this year's Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. Read more View the full article

We've selected five interior design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week, including vacancies at London interior design studio Joyce Wang and French architecture firm Nicolas Laisné Architectes. Read more View the full article

A "beautifully understated" rear extension by Proctor and Shaw has been named as London's best new home improvement project at the 2020 Don't Move, Improve! awards. Read more View the full article

A colonial house in Mérida, Mexico has been revitalised into a cultural hub for the city's annual festival of lights by local studio Workshop Architects. Read more View the full article

New construction images of the Renzo Piano-designed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures have emerged, which actor Tom Hanks revealed at the Oscars will open this year. Read more View the full article

Tel Aviv architecture firms Pitsou Kedem and Baranowitz & Goldberg have used a sandy palette and sculptural details in this residence at the top of John Pawson's The Jaffa hotel. Read more View the full article

Are you exhibiting or holding an event in Milan this April? If so, get your event listed in Dezeen Events Guide, which is launching a special section dedicated to the world's biggest design fair. Read more View the full article

Samsung has brought the early noughties flip phone into the 21st century with its Galaxy Z Flip smartphone, which has a 6.7-inch flexible glass display that folds down to fit in the palm of your hand. Read more View the full article

Archways, chequerboard terrazzo, and sherbet hues feature in this 1970s house in London, overhauled by architecture studio Gundry & Ducker. Read more View the full article

Architect Patrik Schumacher and TV presenter Michelle Ogundehin will be joined by artist-designers Jaime Hayon and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg to judge the third edition of Dezeen Awards. Read more View the full article

The French government has announced plans for a sustainability law that will ensure all new public buildings are built from at least 50 per cent timber or other natural materials. Read more View the full article

Swedish designer Kajsa Melchior has created a collection of furniture and lighting with organic silhouettes, shaped like geologic formations using just pressure, water and air. Read more View the full article

A towering sculpture by Kaws and a graphic polka-dot print floor feature within this Budapest bar, which interior architect Roman Plyus has designed to be instantly Instagrammable. Read more View the full article

Advertising agency Leo Burnett has designed minimalist posters for McDonald's with just lists of ingredients in the Helvetica font and no mention of the fast food chain's name. Read more View the full article

In our latest competition, we've teamed up with Kip Hideaways to give readers the chance to win a two-night stay for four people at the Kingsbridge Hideaway in Devon, as well as a year's membership to Kip. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Bradley Van Der Straeten has extended and a house on a housing estate in Stoke Newington, London, by adding an additional half storey hidden from the street. Read more View the full article

The ground appears to have fallen away beneath this minimal house, designed by British architect Jonathan Burlow in Kent. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are in disagreement over the American Institute of Architects publicly protesting against an order that federal buildings be built in "classical architecture style." Read more View the full article

The "most radical" changes to civilisation come from the countryside rather than cities, according to architect Rem Koolhaas, who will explore the topic in a major exhibition opening at New York's Guggenheim Museum next week. Read more View the full article

A 1980s building designed by the late architect IM Pei to house Indiana University's art collection has received a sensitive update by Ennead Architects and architect Susan T Rodriguez that includes a new skybridge, entrance and facilities. Read more View the full article

Designers at Dezeen Day explained how young creatives have the potential to start their own businesses, with Dara Huang revealing that the secret to success as an entrepreneur is "finding people better than you". Read more View the full article