Stories by Natashah Hitti
Balenciaga’s Afterworld video game takes players to a secret rave in the forest
Front and Moroso’s Design by Nature furniture imitates mossy rock formations
Carlo Ratti Associati designs “world’s first fully compostable marker”
Beate Karlsson uses silicone to make claw shoes and wearable replicas of Kim Kardashian’s bum
Honext develops recyclable construction material made of cellulose fibres from waste paper
Judit Giró Benet develops home-testing kit for breast cancer
MINI’s Vision Urbanaut vehicle shifts between three interior layouts using a digital “token”
The Crown costumes move “from forensic accuracy to flights of fancy” says Amy Roberts
First human passengers travel in BIG-designed Virgin Hyperloop pod
Metalysis to extract oxygen from moon rock to support future lunar habitation
Neue’s minimal designs for Norwegian passports go into circulation
T Sakhi’s Reconciled Fragments tables emulate decomposing matter
Under Armour designs pilots’ spacesuits for Virgin Galactic’s first commercial spaceflight
Dezeen’s top 10 quirky furniture designs of 2020
Sam Jacob Studio builds raised forest of pyramidal trees for Electric Nemeton Christmas display
Santa Kupča creates duvet-style dresses for video calling during lockdown
Gridded steel frames slice through charred-timber bases for Lin table series
Rolf designs 3D-printed glasses made from castor beans
Hack Care is an IKEA-style catalogue of DIY adjustments for dementia-friendly homes
Older’s “playful” Wide Eye collection features inflatable chair and marble breasts
Elon Musk launches $250 Teslaquila following April Fools’ Day joke
Tadeas Podracky’s The Metamorphosis furniture rejects mass-produced design