News: British industrial designer James Irvine, who founded his studio in Milan nearly 30 years ago, has died aged 54. More »

Milan-based designer James Irvine has designed an I-beam shaped stool for Italian design brand Discipline to be exhibited during Helsinki Design Week this month. More »

DezeenTV: earlier this year Dezeen teamed up with [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne to interview 12 designers, including several whose careers have been launched at the young designers' showcase. To kick off the Dezeentalks at [D3]Design Talents series, Cologne regular James Irvine discusses sweaty armpits, car bonnets and Jasper Morrison's buckets. More »

Japanese brand Muji and German furniture manufacturers Thonet have collaborated to produce two collections of tubular steel and bent wood furniture. More »