London Design Festival 2014: British designer Sebastian Wrong has added a number of fresh pieces to his collaboration with Danish design brand Hay, adding to the collection that debuted in London last year (+ slideshow). More
London Design Festival 2014: paintings in the V&A museum's Raphael Gallery are reflected in two huge mirrored structures in this installation by London design duo Barber and Osgerby. More
This wooden shed with one thatched wall and one metal-mesh wall is designed by Guinée*Potin Architectes to host a newly invented sport that borrows from football, table football and squash (+ slideshow). More
Helsinki designer Joanna Laajisto has devised a modular collection of storage units for Finnish furniture company Lundia with compartments that come in three different sizes (+ slideshow). More
Irish architect John McLaughlin incorporated sliding glass doors into the timber frame of this suburban house in Dublin to improve the relationship between the interior and the garden. More
Norwegian architect Tron Meyer has designed a spiral staircase made entirely from laminated wood carved into curving steps that optimise the space for walking on (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the next preview of our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition, we visit Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg at the RCA workshop where she's been making 112 miniature cars to create a "model ecosystem" of vehicles. More
Brutalism: as part of our series on Brutalism Dezeen invited Michael Abrahamson, editor of the F*ck Yeah Brutalism blog, to choose his favourite buildings. More
Brutalism: the seven-storey Trinity Square car park in Gateshead, England, was designed by Owen Luder and is the first ill-fated building in our Brutalism series (+ slideshow). More
Maison&Objet 2014: Oslo designer Hallgeir Homstvedt has created an oversized candle holder, intended to be moved around the home, for Danish brand Menu. More
Translucent polycarbonate panels reveal the frame of this renovated house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Italian architects Alessandro Armando and Manfredo di Robilant, which also features giant shutters on wheels (+ slideshow). More
London Design Festival 2014: British furniture brand Heal's has launched a range of furniture aimed at young home-owners with little space – the same target market Ikea identified for its latest PS1 collection – including shelves by legendary designer Kenneth Grange (+ slideshow). More
Music: tying in with our series on Brutalist architecture, this music video by director Callum Cooper follows British band Metronomy around London's Barbican Estate (+ movie). More
Brutalism: described by Queen Elizabeth as "one of the modern wonders of the world", the Barbican Estate in London is one of the largest examples of the Brutalist style and represents a utopian ideal for inner-city living. More
News: ecommerce giant Amazon has selected an office building by Foster + Partners for central London as its new UK home. More
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Stone tiles and horizontal cement boards were used to define the various volumes of this house in South Korea by architecture studio SPLK (+ slideshow). More
Apple launched a new mobile payment service, the iPhone 6 and its eagerly anticipated watch this week, prompting strong reactions from the design community. Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More
British designer Patrick Stevenson-Keating has reimagined the financial system to create a banking process intended to encourage users to think more about their purchases for this year's Designers in Residence programme at London's Design Museum (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen promotion: Dom Pérignon has collaborated with Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen to produce a limited-edition champagne box and 3D-printed sculpture, as part of its Power of Creation project. More