Jennifer Hahn
V&A curator picks five highlights from Bags: Inside Out exhibition
The 19th-century equivalent of an activist's slogan tote and a portmanteau made from repurposed fire hoses feature in this roundup of V&A curator Lucia Savi's favourite pieces from the Bags: Inside Out exhibition. More about V&A curator picks five highlights from Bags: Inside Out exhibition
Adam Nathaniel Furman and Sibling Architecture design "super-camp" Boudoir Babylon installation
"Queer-oglyphs" and a "genderf*ck" colour palette feature in an installation designed by Adam Nathaniel Furman and Australian practice Sibling Architecture as part of the National Gallery of Victoria's NGV Triennial. More about Adam Nathaniel Furman and Sibling Architecture design "super-camp" Boudoir Babylon installation
Fuzl Studio designs Originals range of clip-together furniture
Dezeen Showroom: London designer Fuzl Studio has developed a range of flat-pack furniture consisting of birch-plywood panels that clip together with metal fasteners. More about Fuzl Studio designs Originals range of clip-together furniture
IKEA releases flat-pack Gingerbread Höme furniture kit
IKEA has developed instructions for how to assemble the Billy bookcase and some of its other seminal furniture designs using gingerbread and icing instead of screws and MDF. More about IKEA releases flat-pack Gingerbread Höme furniture kit
Stefano Boeri designs prefabricated vaccination pavilions for 1,500 Italian squares
Architect Stefano Boeri has designed prefabricated timber and fabric pavilions, which are set to house Covid-19 vaccination stations in piazzas across Italy from the first half of January. More about Stefano Boeri designs prefabricated vaccination pavilions for 1,500 Italian squares
Tamás Bene creates Hungarian houseboat to be "in harmony with its surroundings"
Hungarian architect Tamás Bene has designed a houseboat, which was informed by local fishing boats, as a holiday home on Lake Tisza for a young couple from Budapest. More about Tamás Bene creates Hungarian houseboat to be "in harmony with its surroundings"
Digital perfumery Sillages Paris receives radical technicolour rebrand
DAD Agency has eschewed the pared-back palette of traditional perfumeries in favour of kaleidoscopic colours and 3D graphics for its rebrand of independent fragrance start-up Sillages Paris. More about Digital perfumery Sillages Paris receives radical technicolour rebrand
Recycled 3D-printing waste oozes from monolithic furniture collection by Donghoon Sohn
South Korean designer Donghoon Sohn has pressed plastic slabs together like slices of bread for his latest furniture series, allowing primary coloured, recycled binder to bleed from the cracks as if it was melted cheese. More about Recycled 3D-printing waste oozes from monolithic furniture collection by Donghoon Sohn
Oskar Zieta's Ultraleggera is an inflated metal chair that weighs less than two kilograms
Dezeen Showroom: Polish designer Oskar Zieta of Zieta Studio has developed an ultra-light chair by welding together aluminium sheets and blowing them up as if they were balloons. More about Oskar Zieta's Ultraleggera is an inflated metal chair that weighs less than two kilograms
Dezeen's top 10 student and graduate projects of 2020
Continuing our review of 2020, we've rounded up 10 standout projects created by design and architecture students this year, from a high-altitude lavatory to ramen packaging that dissolves to flavour the broth. More about Dezeen's top 10 student and graduate projects of 2020
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named world's worst plastic polluters for third year running
For the third consecutive year, an audit by environmental initiative Break Free From Plastic has found The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé to be the companies creating the most plastic pollution. More about Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named world's worst plastic polluters for third year running
AirBird is a smart sensor that chirps to highlight indoor air pollution
GXN, the innovation arm of Danish architecture studio 3XN, has developed a twittering air-quality sensor that hopes to draw attention to the negative effects of air pollution within our homes and offices. More about AirBird is a smart sensor that chirps to highlight indoor air pollution
Ten predictions of how the pandemic will change the world
As part of our 2020 review, we've rounded up this year's most incisive opinions on how the coronavirus pandemic will impact our lives, courtesy of everyone from Norman Foster to Li Edelkoort and Rem Koolhas. More about Ten predictions of how the pandemic will change the world
Brecht Wright Gander designs lamp with rubber orifice that lights up when "turned on"
New York designer Brecht Wright Gander has created a light that is switched on by sliding a phallic conductor inside of a puckered, rubber opening, in the hopes of maximising the user's feelings of discomfort. More about Brecht Wright Gander designs lamp with rubber orifice that lights up when "turned on"
Lab-grown meat to feature on restaurant menu for first time after "breakthrough" approval
Chicken nuggets that US startup Eat Just created in fermentation tanks will soon be available in a restaurant in Singapore, as the first lab-grown meat in the world to be approved for sale. More about Lab-grown meat to feature on restaurant menu for first time after "breakthrough" approval
The Book of Homelessness is the first graphic novel created by homeless people
London charity Accumulate has released an "honest, painful and revelatory" book telling the stories of 18 different people and their experiences of homelessness. More about The Book of Homelessness is the first graphic novel created by homeless people
Latex "is a noble and natural material that does not kill animals"
Latex can help replace polluting materials such as leather and plastics, according to designers working with the plant-based material. More about Latex "is a noble and natural material that does not kill animals"
Yinka Ilori's first homeware collection turns functional items into artworks
Dezeen Showroom: London designer Yinka Ilori has translated the characteristic, joyful patterns that grace his large-scale installations into a limited-edition homeware collection. More about Yinka Ilori's first homeware collection turns functional items into artworks
Solar panels made from food waste win inaugural James Dyson Sustainability Award
Engineering student Carvey Ehren Maigue has been named the James Dyson Awards first-ever global sustainability winner for his AuReus system, in which waste crops are turned into cladding that can generate clean energy from ultraviolet light. More about Solar panels made from food waste win inaugural James Dyson Sustainability Award
OPPO X 2021 is a shapeshifting phone that grows to the size of a tablet
Chinese electronics company OPPO has revealed a concept smartphone, called the X 2021, which expands by rolling out its screen on a miniature conveyor belt. More about OPPO X 2021 is a shapeshifting phone that grows to the size of a tablet