Promotion: Swiss elevator and escalator brand Schindler has unveiled the Schindler X8 at Milan design week 2025, which aims to give architects more creative freedom. More about Schindler's new X8 elevator "marks a new era of elevators"
A protest is taking place at Milan design week over the use of a normally closed University of Milan courtyard for an installation by architecture studio MAD. More about Amazon-funded MAD installation hit with student protest at Milan design week
Dezeen Showroom: Czech lighting brand Bomma worked with glassmakers Studio Dechem to release a pendant light that features a fringe of multicoloured glass. More about Fragment Line lighting by Studio Dechem for Bomma
Dezeen Showroom: Australian brand Ross Gardam has created a pendant light defined by its teardrop-shaped shade, which is made using traditional glass blowing techniques. More about Solace pendant light by Ross Gardam
Architecture firm Sp(r)int Studio has restored, extended and added polycarbonate roof panels to a 1950s timber structure protecting a Viking-era archaeological site in Iceland. More about Sp(r)int Studio shelters Viking ruins in Iceland with polycarbonate roof
At furniture fair Salone del Mobile, designers used unusual materials, such as ventilation tubes and firewood, to create the standout seating designs in this roundup. More about Five funky chairs by emerging designers at Salone Satellite
Dezeen Showroom: surfaces brand Forbo Flooring has expanded its Furniture Linoleum material collection with a range of new colours, released during Milan design week. More about Furniture Linoleum by Forbo Flooring
Conservation group Twentieth Century Society has announced its 2025 Risk List of UK buildings under threat of demolition or neglect, which includes "millennium-era buildings" for the first time. More about UK's most under threat buildings revealed by Twentieth Century Society
Stark white minimalism takes centre stage at Hermès's latest installation for Milan design week, which was created as a pensive backdrop for the brand's contrastingly colourful homeware collection. More about Hermès in "quest for the object" with 2025 Milan design week homeware installation
A splash-shaped installation and a glass light imprinted with a tree branch feature in this video edited by Dezeen for Czech glass brand Lasvit as part of Milan design week. More about Lasvit unveils Soaked in Light exhibition at Milan design week
Five outcomes from the inaugural edition of the Shakti Design Residency are on show as part of the Alcova exhibition at Milan design week, including a lighting collection informed by Mughal architecture and hand-woven rugs bejewelled with glittering metal. More about Shakti Design Residency celebrates Indian craftsmanship at Alcova
French designer Pierre Renart has created an American walnut and leather bench and a set of chairs for luxury brand Longchamp at Milan design week. More about Pierre Renart creates "fluid and dynamic" bench for Longchamp's first furniture collection
Dezeen Awards launched a new collectible design category this year. We've rounded up six limited-edition designs that could be entered into our new category. More about Six statement pieces that blend modern aesthetics with traditional craftsmanship
Promotion: as part of Fuorisalone, which takes place as part of Milan design week, Gucci has unveiled an exhibition exploring the "enduring legacy of bamboo" within its design history. More about Bamboo takes centre stage in Gucci's Milan exhibition
French-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque and São Paolo firm Architects Office have completed AGE360 in Brazil, a residential skyscraper with a load-bearing concrete "exoskeleton". More about Concrete exoskeleton wraps skyscraper in Brazil by Triptyque and Architects Office
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a private residence in Switzerland by Diébédo Francis Kéré. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about An "unexpected yet very beautiful" Swiss chalet features in today's Dezeen Debate
Fragrance brand Marc-Antoine Barrois has created a Milan design week exhibition where visitors navigate through a "forest" of thin ropes before emerging in front of a glowing orb based on a red star. More about Marc-Antoine Barrois and Antoine Bouillot surround orb with "forest" of ropes in Milan
British designer Samuel Ross has unveiled the Transposition installation for whiskey brand The Balvenie to provide a soothing refuge during the busy Milan design week. More about Samuel Ross creates waterfall installation for "peace and contemplation" in Milan
Dezeen Showroom: architect Pierro Lissoni drew on the sturdy workbenches of metal workshops when designing this sleek table for Italian furnituremaker Porro. More about Tablo table by Piero Lissoni for Porro
Clothing brand A-Poc Able Issey Miyake and design studio Atelier Oï have unveiled delicate lighting at Milan design week, fashioned from wire and a single piece of off-white cloth. More about A-Poc Able Issey Miyake crafts pleated lighting for Milan design week