The Met's Costume Institute announces "camp" as Spring 2019 exhibition theme
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has revealed that its major fashion exhibition next year will explore the ostentatious and humorous aesthetic of "camp". More
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Foster + Partners' Bloomberg HQ wins Stirling Prize 2018
Bloomberg's European HQ designed by Foster + Partners has been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2018, the third time the practice has won the prize for the best building in the UK. More
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Francesc Rifé Studio designs greyscale Avianca Lounges at Bogotá airport
Spanish firm Francesc Rifé Studio has chosen a minimal grey palette to decorate Colombian airline Avianca's lounges at Bogotá airport. More
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Plugin House built in Boston to demonstrate potential for use in US backyards
Chinese studio People's Architecture Office is using a pop-up pavilion to show how a prefabricated home designed for China's hutongs could be used by cities in the US to help tackle the housing crisis. More
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Watch our discussion on smart design and wellbeing
Dezeen spoke to designers including Irina and Olga Sundukovy and Natali Canas del Pozo about the future of wellbeing in this talk hosted by ceramics brand Villeroy & Boch in Barcelona. More
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Paperthin stool celebrates "the essence of the classic tin can"
The "desirable" aesthetic of a standard mass-produced tin can has informed the shape of this stool designed by Lennart and Lauren Leerdam. More
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Plans to overhaul New York's JFK airport updated
The governor of New York has released more details of plans to transform John F Kennedy International Airport in Queens into one of the "finest in the world". More
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Faye Toogood assembles moving-in box for design-conscious homebuyers
British designer Faye Toogood has teamed up with estate agency The Modern House to curate a moving-in box, with six objects designed for the modern homebuyer, including a keyring and an apron. More
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Cabana and pool by CDM cut into rocky slope on Mexico's coast
Mexican firm CDM has embedded a beachfront cabana and swimming pool into a rugged hillside covered in vegetation and overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More
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Chile's Guggenheim-inspired "caracoles" captured in photos by Cristobal Palma
Architectural photographer Cristobal Palma has taken a series of photos revealing the 46 spiralling shopping centres built across Chile in the 1970s and 80s. More
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"Let's start designing the future that gives us a future"
The United Nations says we have 12 years to take action against climate change, to avoid global disaster. It's the greatest design challenge in history, says Nicolas Roope. More
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Responsive Furniture expands and contracts according to users' needs
Design Academy Eindhoven graduates Christian Hammer Juhl and Jade Chan have created a series of whimsical furniture items that respond to people's changing requirements. More
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Darkened wood and concrete form moody interiors of Chaps & Co barbershop in Dubai
Nicholas Szczepaniak Architects has combined smoked timber joinery, huge sheets of steel and raw concrete to create the brooding interiors of this men's spa and barbershop in Dubai. More
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Facett hearing aid takes inspiration from precious gemstones
The mineralogy collection at the Melbourne Museum inspired Australian designer Leah Heiss' Facett hearing aid, which aims to shift talk "from disability to desirability". More
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Dyed concrete walls surround Swiss embassy in Nairobi by Roeoesli Maeder Architekten
Swiss studio Roeoesli Maeder Architekten has built anembassy for Switzerland in Nairobi, Kenya, as an extension of the dyed concrete boundary wall that surrounds the compound. More
