Thai noodle bar with a forest-like wooden canopy by Moko Architects
A wooden canopy made of irregular timber lengths sprawls across the ceiling of this Thai noodle bar in Warsaw, Poland, by Moko architects (+ slideshow). More
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Gabriel Chandelier at the Château de Versailles by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Paris designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have installed a chandelier at the entrance to the Château de Versailles, France, comprising looping cords of illuminated crystal (+ movie). More
Mecanoo designs a pavilion with a spiral staircase underneath a garden in Warsaw
News: Dutch architects Mecanoo have won a competition to design a garden and an underground pavilion with a corkscrew staircase in the Polish capital, Warsaw (+ slideshow). More
BIG wins competition to design Museum of the Human Body in Montpellier
News: Danish architecture firm BIG has won a competition to design a new Museum of the Human Body in Montpellier, France. More
Honey bees can be trained to detect cancer "in ten minutes" says designer
Dutch Design Week 2013: Portuguese designer Susana Soares has developed a device for detecting cancer and other serious diseases using trained bees ( + slideshow). More
Renzo Piano completes extension to Louis Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum
Architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop has completed the extension to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, doubling the gallery space originally designed by American architect Louis Kahn (+ slideshow). More
Olafur Eliasson's tears used to make human cheese - redirect
Olafur Eliasson's tears used to make human cheese
Bacteria from personalities including artist Olafur Eliasson, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and chef Michael Pollan have been used to make human cheese as part of an exhibition about synthetic biology in Dublin. More
Sou Fujimoto designs masterplan featuring water cascading down towers of arches
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has released images of a conceptual masterplan for an anonymous Middle Eastern city comprising tapering towers of stacked arches cooled by waterfalls (+ slideshow). More
Tiny 3D-printed selfies can be ordered from your living room
News: Microsoft Kinect users can now scan their bodies with the motion capture device and order a 3D-printed miniature model of themselves without leaving the house. More
Competition: three FLAXX chairs to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Intier Automotive Eybl to give readers the chance to win one of three chairs moulded from flax. More
Häagen-Dazs Cloud ice cream by Front
Swedish design collective Front has designed a cloud-shaped ice cream in collaboration with dessert company Häagen-Dazs. More
Interactive music video for Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone
Dezeen Music Project: viewers of the first official video for American musician Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone can change channels that mimic TV formats to watch people lip-syncing to the 1965 track. More
Angular rusted-steel facade wrapped round an old house in a rural town by Möhn + Bouman
This office building in the Netherlands was designed for property developers called Orangerock, so architects Möhn + Bouman gave it a faceted orange facade made from sheets of pre-rusted steel (+ slideshow). More
People "will start becoming technology" says human cyborg
Technology will increasingly be integrated into the body "to extend our abilities, our knowledge and our perceptions of reality", according to Neil Harbisson, the first officially recognised human cyborg (+ interview). More
Run Colors trainer store by Mode:lina Architekci
A rainbow of coloured cords streaks across this trainer shop in Poznań, Poland, by designers Mode:lina Architekci (+ slideshow). More
Alec Issigonis "would be happy that MINI is alive and kicking" says BMW design chief
Interview: the designer of the original 1959 MINI "would have a lot of respect for the cleverness" of the latest incarnation of the car, according to Adrian van Hooydonk, head of design at MINI parent company BMW Group (+ slideshow + interview). More
Aesop Marylebone shop interior by Studio KO
Skincare brand Aesop's latest shop in Marylebone, London, by architects Studio KO features shelves that reference ladders used to collect fruit. More
To celebrate World Toilet Day, here are Dezeen's favourite unusual toilets
As it's World Toilet Day, here's a selection of our favourite toilets from the Dezeen archives, including a straw-bale urinal for rock festivals and a pissoir that straps to a tree. More
Kano computer kit by MAP
Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby's creative consultancy MAP has designed a build-your-own computer kit (+ slideshow). More