Design festivals and conferences started to recover after the pandemic this autumn. With the fair season coming to an end for another year, here are the 10 most popular events of 2021 according to visitors to Dezeen Events Guide. More about The 10 most popular architecture and design events of 2021 according to Dezeen Events Guide visitors
Artists and designers are turning away from working on projects that damage the planet and instead exploring ways to benefit it, according to Es Devlin. More about Designers "would rather make gardens" to avoid harming the environment says Es Devlin
A 3D-printed brace and hugging chair were among the pieces on show at this year's Global Grad Show and MENA Grad Show, as design students react to the coronavirus pandemic and global activist movements. More about Global activism informs student projects at Dubai Design Week
Dezeen has teamed up with Danish furniture brand Muuto for our latest competition, which offers readers the chance to win essential products for their home office. More about Competition: win a table lamp, tray and desktop storage system by Muuto
Australian rug brand Armadillo has teamed up with British interior design studio House of Grey to create a collection of minimal rugs that references the tones and textures found in nature. More about Armadillo's Ellipse rug collection is designed to "evoke a sense of tranquility"
Swiss architecture office Herzog & de Meuron has released a plans for an earth- and glass-clad building overlooking the Mississippi River that will house the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils design for art museum facing the Mississippi River
Textile-and surface-design studio Kukka has designed five graphic, woven tapestries that can be experienced by people with different forms of colour vision deficiency (CVD). More about Chromarama is a collection of vibrant tapestries designed for people with colour blindness
Day eight of the Dezeen 15 digital festival featured a live interview with curator Beatrice Galilee, who explained why she thinks our understanding of design needs to expand to include culture created by people outside the profession. More about Beatrice Galilee shares vision for the "radical architecture of the future" in live interview for Dezeen 15
A grassroots community group in Somerset, England, has built a seaside art centre featuring an eclectic design by architecture office Invisible Studio. More about East Quay arts centre in Watchet takes cues from ad-hoc harbour buildings
The time when architecture and design involved creating new buildings and products is over, argues Beatrice Galilee in a manifesto written for the Dezeen 15 digital festival. Instead, the discipline must expand to include the systems and people it has long overlooked. More about "The most exciting design comes from those on the sidelines" says Beatrice Galilee
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes the Architects Declare practice guide, a RIBA and AIA talk, and the UK's electric vehicle charging network. More about Architects Declare launch practice guide at COP26
BMW has used recycled and recyclable materials to create the i Vision Circular, a concept car designed in line with circular economic principles to be easily disassembled at the end of its life. More about BMW designs parts of i Vision Circular concept car to "fall apart" at push of button
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani discusses the Aurora installation he created to coincide with the Design Museum's Waste Age exhibition in this video produced by Dezeen for Dassault Systèmes. More about Aurora installation at the Design Museum empowers circular designers says Arthur Mamou-Mani
The next finalists in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion are Amaury Garay, Paola Alvarez and Mauricio Trujillo, who envision a world where humans live in harmony with nature in small, technologically advanced villages. More about Amaury Garay, Paola Alvarez and Mauricio Trujillo imagine holistic world where humans live in "techno communities"
Want to further your education in interior design? Check out nine postgraduate interior design courses in the UK, USA, Switzerland, Italy and Spain listed on Dezeen Courses. More about Nine interior design degree courses on Dezeen Courses
Dezeen promotion: British brand Lunar Artefacts has created a computer mouse as part of its range of hand-crafted computer peripherals and gadgets. More about Lunar Artefacts aims to bridge the gap between design and technology with hand-crafted computer mouse
American sportswear brand Nike looks set to create a range of digital fashion products after filing a range of trademark applications for virtual trainers and clothes. More about Nike set to develop virtual trainers
Local studio Lehrer Architects has built a community of brightly coloured tiny houses on a narrow strip in Los Angeles for the city's homeless residents. More about Tiny home village by Lehrer Architects provides temporary shelter for LA's homeless
In this week's comments update, readers are horrified by a university dormitory where most rooms have no natural light and discussing other top stories. More about Commenter says building with windowless student dorms "looks just like the dorm in Squid Game"
British designer Es Devlin has created the Conference of the Trees as the venue for The New York Times Climate Hub, which is running alongside the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. More about Es Devlin creates indoor forest as venue for COP26 events