Photo essay: photographer Nelson Garrido has travelled across Kuwait to document over 150 buildings, revealing the impact of 40 years of social transformation on the Arab state's built environment (+ slideshow). More
Hand-blown lamps are paired with herringbone wood flooring and blue-hued furniture inside this London restaurant, designed by New York studio AvroKO to reflect the Danish heritage of owner Anna Hansen (+ slideshow). More
German product designer Simon Frambach has designed a table light is dimmed by lowering the shade like a switch (+ movie). More
Flooring made from concrete, wood and two types of tile helps to define the various rooms inside this Paris apartment, which has been renovated by local architecture studio Septembre (+ slideshow). More
DesignMarch 2016: product design student Ari Jónsson has combined red algae powder with water to create a biodegradable bottle. More
Jean Nouvel has completed a tower with foliage bursting out of perforated walls and wide balconies, so we've added this and more verdant architecture to our Pinterest board dedicated to plants. It also includes Vo Trong Nghia's hotel with hanging gardens on its facades and a foliage-strewn house near Brussels by French botanical artist Patrick Blanc.
This corrugated metal and concrete office block by Santiago studio Umwelt has a slab and frame construction modelled on Le Corbusier's Maison Dom-ino prototype for customisable housing (+ slideshow). More
Wall panels fold up to create tables for this cafe in Sicily, which Italian architect Giuseppe Gurrieri created by converting the old ticket office of a sports arena (+ slideshow). More
Japanese firm Torafu Architects has designed a lightweight workstation that can be folded into itself for easy carrying. More
American company Under Armour has joined the list of sportswear brands incorporating 3D printing into shoes with the launch of lattice-soled trainers designed to be suitable for any sport (+ slideshow). More
This concrete residence in the state of São Paulo is split into a "night floor" and "daytime floor", designed by architects office RMAA to provide different levels of connection with a forest-facing patio (+ slideshow). More
This week on Dezeen: sportswear brand Nike unveiled its Back to the Future-style shoes this week and Thomas Heatherwick's controversial Garden Bridge moved one step closer to reality despite calls for the project to be scrapped. More
DesignMarch 2016: Icelandic designer Garðar Eyjólfsson has created a range of yellow ceramics by melting and moulding sulphur (+ slideshow). More
Los Angeles architecture firm wHY has completed an expansion of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, featuring facades of fritted glass and corrugated metal panels. More
DesignMarch 2016: students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts have created a range of materials including paper, glue and string by adding nothing but heat and water to willow (+ slideshow). More
Opinion: this year's SXSW technology conference may have had Barack Obama as its headliner, but the tone was still surprisingly sombre, says Kieran Long. Are the tech evangelists as worried about the future as the rest of us? More
Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garçons has relocated the London branch of its Dover Street Market store to a heritage-listed building on the city's Haymarket (+ slideshow). More
A mechanical babyfeeding arm and a soft dragon costume are among this collection of products, designed by a trio of students to help the next generation adapt to the presence of robots (+ slideshow). More
London's Design Museum has announced that its new John Pawson-designed home in the former Commonwealth Institute will open on 24 November 2016 – two years later than originally planned. More
Architect Kazuyo Sejima has unveiled her design for a Japanese commuter train with semi-transparent and mirrored surfaces designed to help it blend in with the surrounding landscape. More