This week we returned to hyper-realistic visualisations with a top CGI artist claiming "no-one has realised" that most homeware catalogue images are renderings and we showed stunning pictures of a cafe that's yet to be built in Ukraine. Read on for more architecture and design news from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More
These hyper-realistic renderings by designer Michael Samoriz depict a cafe proposed for Ukraine with wooden beams criss-crossing over its ceiling. More
News: double-ended teaspoons commissioned as part of the recent renovation of Tate Britain's cafe have been so popular with visitors to the London gallery that they've been taking them home. More
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position working with French designer Philippe Starck (pictured) as a senior architect. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Eindhoven, Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi of Formafantasma show us their experiments with unusual materials including fish skin, cow bladders, animal blood and even lava. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More
The entire facade of this house in the Japanese town of Ōiso by Atelier HAKO Architects is clad in fibre-reinforced cement boards and punctuated by a series of scattered windows (+ slideshow). More
Architect Zaha Hadid has created a set of rings from lattices of gold filigree for Swiss jewellery brand Caspita. More
News: British architects Theis and Khan have been selected to design the new headquarters for the Royal Institute of British Architects at 76 Portland Place in London. More