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This multi-level dwelling by Californian firm John Maniscalco Architecture rises high above a San Francisco street, enabling the homeowners to enjoy ample natural light and expansive views. Read more

Milan 2015: dark surfaces appear to be slipping off these glass furniture pieces by Japanese studio Nendo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish studio BIG has completed a sculptural, glass-walled building containing three schools beside a fjord in the Faroe Islands' capital Tórshavn. Read more

News: a transparent computer that allows users to reach "inside" the screen and manipulate content with their hands was unveiled at the TED conference in Los Angeles last week. (more...) View the full article

Reclaimed cardboard tubing from fabric rolls used by the nearby fashion district line the walls of this Los Angeles store for skincare brand Aesop. Read more View the full article

As technology and artificial intelligence become more integrated into our lives and homes designers have invented ways to avoid surveillance and keep data private. Dezeen assistant editor India Block picks out six of the most interesting. Read more

Designers including Philippe Starck, Patricia Urquiola and Nendo have reinterpreted the Bourgie table lamp produced by Italian plastic brand Kartell to mark the design's tenth anniversary. (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Gothenburg-based Studio Esinam to give readers the chance to win one of five monochrome prints showing elevations of iconic structures from different cities. (more…) View the full article

New York's Museum of Modern Art has announced the addition of the original 176 emoji set to its collection of "humble masterpieces". Read more View the full article

News: designers and architects including Zaha Hadid, Konstantin Grcic and Miuccia Prada have been named category winners for the Designs of the Year 2014 awards, organised by London's Design Museum. (more...) View the full article

Design student Ken Nakagaki has adapted a traditional stationery implement to work with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, creating a tool that enables users to replicate digital files on paper (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Seattle architecture firm Olson Kundig included pivoting doors and sliding shutters in this waterfront home in the Pacific Northwest, designed for a resident with a large art collection. Read more

Dezeen has gone daily! Today we're launching a new email service bringing you all the headlines from Dezeen every day. And we're calling it - guess what? - Dezeen Daily! (more...) View the full article

San Francisco-based Avava Systems has created a prefabricated micro dwelling with components that are shipped in flat-packed boxes, to enable easier transportation and assembly (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This tiny stone cottage by Patterson Associates provides a remote honeymoon retreat on the rugged coast of a New Zealand peninsula (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The trend for extreme cantilevers continues with this house in Croatia by architect Idis Turato, where one floor dramatically overhangs the other. (more…) View the full article

Studio Morison's yellow PVC pavilion provides visitors to a Dutch art festival with the chance to sleep in one of the darkest places in the Netherlands. Read more View the full article

These four house-shaped volumes may look like individual homes but they actually define different areas of the same residence, designed by Shuhei Goto Architects in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture. (more…) View the full article

Adult video website Pornhub has filmed a movie on a litter-filled beach to raise money to remove plastic from the world's oceans. Read more

Apple has debuted a series of new interior features at its latest store on San Francisco's Union Square, designed with UK architecture firm Foster + Partners (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has renovated a cafe inside the Louvre in Paris, adding modern pink acrylic light fixtures that contrast with their historical surrounds (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a product designer/design engineer at Michael Anastassiades, whose lamps strung between walls on fine cables for Italian lighting brand Flos are pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Construction is now underway on a Zaha Hadid-designed cultural complex on the edge of a lake in Changsha, China (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Volcanic stone walls feature a geometric pattern of copper-leaf triangles inside this restaurant and nightclub on the banks of the Seine river in Paris (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architect André Fu has used pieces from his homeware collection to furnish a model apartment inside the Jean Nouvel tower rising above the city's Museum of Modern Art. Read more