Dutch architecture studio Mecanoo has unveiled its design for Amstel Design District, a development in Amsterdam that will include housing, public outdoor spaces and a museum.

UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled the first flagship Apple Store in India, which has a ceiling made from 450,000 pieces of oak.

More work is needed to improve the sustainability of trade fairs like Salone del Mobile, designers told Dezeen at Milan design week.

Promotion: tubes of hand-blown crystal with tiny sparkling bubbles are combined into clusters to form the Crystal Grid modular pendant light by Czech design company Preciosa Lighting.

BIG, Gehry Partners and Perkins&Will are among the five studios that have been selected as finalists in a contest to design the future National Museum of the US Navy.

Niger-based Atelier Masōmī has unveiled a library in Monrovia, for which South African architect Sumayya Vally will design exhibitions.

Giant robots informed by South Asian temples and a "cyber-physical" sculpture are among the installations at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California.

Design studio Alsar Atelier and designer Oscar Zamora have created a structure in Bogotá, Colombia, that can collect 200 litres of water per week for the local community using a structure draped in fabric.

Designers Salomé Bazin and Giulia Tomasello aim to break down taboos with Tides, a sex toy created especially for older women.

Italian architect and Dezeen Awards judge Paola Navone created an exhibition at Milan design week that saw her give away hundreds of eclectic pieces she has collected to the general public.

Microsoft has unveiled a special edition Xbox controller made partly from recycled plastic, including surplus old controller parts that have been reground.

French designer Ronan Bouroullec describes his expressive, abstract artworks as "totally opposite" from his design practice. In this interview, he reveals why he has combined the two for the first time.