Copenhagen becoming "second biggest destination for design" says Enrico Fratesi

Design studio GamFratesi spoke to Dezeen about how festival 3 Days of Design is growing since it launched a decade ago, as it unveiled a speaker for Bang & Olufsen. More about Copenhagen becoming "second biggest destination for design" says Enrico Fratesi

"I always avoid designing something fashionable" says Shigeru Ban

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Shigeru Ban explains why he is tired of seeing architects use mass timber and how he wants to design a building that "changes its clothes" in this interview. More about "I always avoid designing something fashionable" says Shigeru Ban

James Turrell designs sculptural whisky decanter to celebrate 80th birthday

American artist James Turrell has created Eight Decades, a limited-edition glass decanter made with French glassware brand Lalique that draws on "Egyptian forms". More about James Turrell designs sculptural whisky decanter to celebrate 80th birthday

Eight calming bedrooms with minimalist interiors

For our latest lookbook, we've gathered eight minimalist bedrooms with peaceful designs, ranging from a Mexican bedroom with a concrete bed to a cosy space in a former girls' school in Puglia. More about Eight calming bedrooms with minimalist interiors

EBBA Architects transforms former jellied-eel restaurant into eyewear store

Local studio EBBA Architects has designed a store for eyewear brand Cubitts that preserves and draws on the original 1930s interior of the traditional F Cooke restaurant on London's Broadway Market. More about EBBA Architects transforms former jellied-eel restaurant into eyewear store

Keiji Ashizawa and Norm Architects design tactile interiors for "hotel in the sky"

Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa and Danish studio Norm Architects have unveiled their design for the Bellustar Tokyo hotel, which aims to evoke a sense of nature in the middle of Tokyo's urban Shinjuku district. More about Keiji Ashizawa and Norm Architects design tactile interiors for "hotel in the sky"

Applied Arts Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale aims to "complicate the history of tropical modernism"

A 36-metre-long brise soleil has been covered with screens showing the colonial history of tropical modernism at the Applied Arts Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Applied Arts Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale aims to "complicate the history of tropical modernism"

"We're recontextualising what a shoe is" says Nike VP Darryl Matthews

New manufacturing processes are pushing the boundaries of trainer design, says vice president of footwear design at Nike's Catalyst team in this interview. More about "We're recontextualising what a shoe is" says Nike VP Darryl Matthews

Yuma Kano creates terrazzo-like ForestBank material out of unusable wood

Japanese designer Yuma Kano has created a decorative material that resembles terrazzo from wood, foliage, bark, soil and seeds that was shown at Milan design week. More about Yuma Kano creates terrazzo-like ForestBank material out of unusable wood

Loewe turns classic stick chairs into "sculptural objects"

Fashion brand Loewe has worked with global artisans to create a collection of wooden chairs decorated with woven materials including foil, shearling and paper that was shown as part of Milan design week. More about Loewe turns classic stick chairs into "sculptural objects"