Dezeen Showroom: designer Maja Ganszyniec and Swedish brand Abstracta have created a soft seating range called Akunok, intended to provide acoustic seclusion in open environments. More about Akunok acoustic seating by Maja Ganszyniec for Abstracta
Mass rural-to-urban migration in India will put pressure on the country's architects in the coming years, Morphogenesis co-founder Sonali Rastogi tells Dezeen in this interview. More about Morphogenesis co-founder Sonali Rastogi "anxious" about future of Indian cities
Dezeen has announced the sustainability shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes designs by Mater, Tengbom, Kvadrat and Kirkby Design. More about Dezeen Awards 2024 reveals 35-strong sustainability shortlist
Models, sketches and photos of works by architects and designers including Neri&Hu, Büro Ole Scheeren, Paul Priestman and FOG Architecture feature in Dezeen's Global China: Connecting The World Through Design exhibition in Shanghai. More about Dezeen's Global China exhibition spotlights cultural collaboration
Film director Luca Guadagnino's interior design studio has turned a historic palazzo in Rome, Italy, into a luxury hotel. More about Luca Guadagnino transforms Roman palazzo "steeped in history" into boutique hotel
Local designers Andrea McLean Studio and the Airey Group have teamed up to create a light, urban beach house with open roof decks and a folding screened facade in Vancouver, British Columbia. More about The Airey Group and Andrea McLean open Vancouver beach house with folding facade
A stepped facade and a level almost completely wrapped in glass feature in the design of an arts and technology centre in New Mexico by architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs art centre with "super lobby" in New Mexico
Beverage company PepsiCo has unveiled a rebrand of its Mountain Dew drink with a new logo and packaging focused on its mountain roots. More about Mountain Dew aims to "reclaim its legacy" with mountain-focused rebrand
Rows of arches and barrel vaults reference Shanghai's historic alleyways at New Bund Performing Arts Centre, completed by local architecture studio Neri&Hu. More about Neri&Hu captures "spirit of traditional alleyways" at Shanghai arts centre
Curtain walls and an exposed steel structure define Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in central London by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. More about Renzo Piano Building Workshop completes "big cube" in Paddington
Mid-century modern furniture design endures because it is the "peak" of American furniture design says author Cara Greenberg, whose book popularised the term, in this interview for our mid-century modern series. More about "Mid-century modern is classic, it's never going away" says Cara Greenberg
Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed its design for Refuge de Barroude, a hiker stop with a curving form that will be nestled in the Pyrenees National Park in France. More about Snøhetta designs hikers' refuge in Pyrenees mountains with swooping grass roof
Dezeen Showroom: nature-informed patterns and a rich depth of colour characterise HBF Textiles' Moments of Wander collection of indoor-outdoor fabrics, created by designer Christiane Müller. More about Moments of Wander textiles by Christiane Müller for HBF Textiles
The first Design Biennale Rotterdam will take place across the Dutch city from 20 February to 2 March 2025 to address the "clear gap" in local events dedicated solely to design. More about "City of no nonsense" Rotterdam to host inaugural design biennale
Dezeen has announced the design shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes designs by Arper, Joseph Joseph, Snøhetta and Humanscale. More about World's 59 most outstanding designs shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2024
Eight innovative designs have been shortlisted for Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Competition, which called for pioneering proposals that reimagine the way future generations live over the next 100 years. More about Eight designs shortlisted in Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Competition
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has designed a platinum watch named Ipsomatic for Swiss jeweller and watchmaker Gübelin. More about Santiago Calatrava "inspired by the idea of time" for Gübelin watch
Promotion: commercial furnishing company Visplay is launching its Omnio Office modular furniture system at Orgatec 2024 in Cologne, Germany. More about Visplay launches modular furniture for "modern workplace planning"
Local studio Delve Architects has added rear and side extensions to a pair of semi-detached houses for next-door neighbours in Surrey, UK. More about Delve Architects transforms pair of houses with light-filled extensions
New York architecture studio WORKac has completed an office building with a white, layered facade at the Mission Rock development in San Francisco. More about WORKac completes San Francisco offices with "dynamic sense of topography"