Sunset-hued counter welcomes customers at Tokyo cheese tart shop by Yota Kakuda
Japanese designer Yota Kakuda has combined industrial and citrus tones in his interior design for Bake Kitasenju, a cheese tart shop in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Lovefone turns UK's disused telephone boxes into tiny repair shops
The UK's iconic red phone boxes are being repurposed for a more contemporary telecommunications need: mobile handset repairs. More
RIGI designs waiting area "like a dining room" for dental clinic in China
Chinese studio RIGI Design has placed a dining table and kids' play area in the waiting room of a dental clinic intended to be warm and welcoming (+ slideshow). More
Muji to test prefab house by letting a competition winner live in it for free
Japanese design brand Muji has revealed the prototype for its latest prefab house, which it will test by having a competition winner move in rent-free for two years (+ movie). More
En Design Studio remodels new-build apartment in Israel to add character
Israeli practice En Design Studio made strategic interventions into this new-build apartment interior to give the home a "young and unique character" (+ slideshow). More
Geometric coat stands and book shelves feature in Kristina Dam's Sculptural Minimalism collection
Maison&Objet 2016: Danish design firm Kristina Dam Studio has created minimalist coat stands and book shelves based on intersecting geometric shapes (+ slideshow). More
Trent Jansen designs Tidal sunlounger to capture the mood of a 1970s Australian summer
Sydney designer Trent Jansen referenced the aesthetics of Australia in the 1970s to create this sunlounger for outdoor furniture brand Tait (+ movie). More
Bertrand Guillon fits petite delicatessen into 35-square-metre Provencal shopfront
French practice Bertrand Guillon Architecture has made the most of extra height at the front of this shop in Marseille when transforming the interior into an épicerie (+ slideshow). More
England's Premier League gets a minimal rebrand by DesignStudio
England's primary professional football competition has kicked off its 2016/2017 season with a significantly more minimal lion's head logo. More
Thin black lines frame details in renovated Tel Aviv apartment
Interior designer Maayan Zusman and architect Amir Navon have transformed a rundown apartment in Israel into an airy space punctuated by delicate black frames and furnishings (+ slideshow). More
Patricia Urquiola designs colourful Milan outpost for Room Mate Hotels chain
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has filled new Milan hotel Room Mate Giulia with a colour clash of custom furniture from Italian brand Cassina (+ slideshow). More
Dalí was "the most exciting and clever person I've met" says collaborator Oscar Tusquets Blanca
Architect and designer Oscar Tusquets Blanca was a close friend of Salvador Dalí and collaborated with the artist on a number of furniture pieces. He spoke exclusively to Dezeen about his career, parties with Dalí and his latest furniture based on the Surrealist's paintings (+ slideshow). More
10 popular furniture replicas that are now outlawed by UK copyright
New copyright laws in the UK have come into effect, banning replicas of some of the most-copied icons of 20th century furniture design – including pieces by Arne Jacobsen, and Charles and Ray Eames (+ slideshow). More
Luca Nichetto designs first ZaoZuo showroom in Beijing based on grid paper
Italian designer Luca Nichetto has opened the first physical store for ZaoZuo, the Chinese startup furniture brand for which he is creative director (+ slideshow). More
Tesla to merge with solar power company SolarCity
Business news: Elon Musk is moving closer to his vision for a "one-stop solar and storage experience", with the announcement that his company Tesla is set to buy solar panel manufacturer SolarCity. More
Wall-climbing mini robots build "entirely new structures" from carbon fibre
Graduate shows 2016: University of Stuttgart graduate Maria Yablonina has devised a new method of construction using mini robots that is cheap, fast and can create structures that would otherwise be impossible to build (+ movie). More
DArch creates plastic surgery clinic inside heritage-listed building on a Greek island
The old bones of a 1912 building have been preserved in its renovation into a plastic surgery practice on the Greek island of Rhodes (+ slideshow). More
Elon Musk unveils vision for self-driving electric buses and trucks in Tesla masterplan
Electric car brand Tesla will "expand to cover the major forms of terrestrial transport" and unveil autonomous buses and trucks next year, founder Elon Musk revealed in an updated masterplan posted to the company blog. More
Sebiha Macit creates colourful seating based on Turkish cafe culture
Graduate shows 2016: Bucks New University graduate Sebiha Macit has taken inspiration from her travels to Turkey to design this colourful stool that can be used both indoors and outdoors (+ slideshow). More
KLab creates smoothly curved interior for Santorini hotel
There's not a sharp edge in sight within Greek studio KLab's design for the Andronikos Hotel, which sits overlooking the Aegean sea on the volcanic island of Santorini (+ slideshow). More