Dezeen teamed up with kitchen appliances brand Gaggenau to host and film a talk about reduction in design with representatives from Zaha Hadid Architects, SOM and Industrial Facility during Milan design week 2024. More about "Less is more is back" says panel during Gaggenau talk at Milan design week
Furniture brand Takt has begun using a new kind of lifecycle assessment for its products that was devised by the European Commission and considers a product's full impact on nature and human health. More about Takt chair is first furniture piece to receive EU's "more transparent" sustainability score
Rental platform Airbnb has announced the addition of its Icons program, a category that provides a range of experiences including a stay in the house from Pixar's Up and an overnight stay in the Musee D'Orsay in Paris. More about Airbnb creates rentals from films including Up house suspended from crane
Dezeen Showroom: named after a crystalline mineral, the Selenite Maximum surface collection by Italian brand Fiandre Architectural Surfaces brings an iridescent quality to interiors. More about Selenite Maximum surfaces by Fiandre Architectural Surfaces
Dezeen Showroom: flooring company Milliken has created dappled carpet tiles that take cues from both gardening and flower displays seen at the Chelsea Flower Show. More about Painted Garden flooring by Milliken
Milan design week seemed to show that the industry has given up on reducing its planetary impact and creating products for regular people, writes Max Fraser. More about "Has Milan design week become a victim of its own popularity?"
Swiss studio Kosmos Architects has designed Dice, a multifaceted piece of oak furniture that can be used as a stool, a coffee table, a lamp or a footrest. More about Dice furniture changes function depending on how you "throw" it
Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma aimed to rebrand linoleum and establish a new visual language for the misunderstood material with the Flaxwood tiles she has created for manufacturer Dzek. More about Christien Meindertsma develops linoleum tiles that can be remolded "like playdough"
Dezeen Showroom: four different-shaped tiles in twelve different colours make up Japandi, a range of ceramic tiles by Spanish brand Cobsa. More about Japandi tile collection by Cobsa
Design thinking should be substituted for "food thinking" to enable humans to create properly holistic systems that no longer cause ecological chaos, writes Sophie Lovell. More about "Food production is an ideal place to start rethinking how we design"
Dezeen Events Guide has launched its guide to NYCxDesign 2024, highlighting the key events in New York City from 16 to 23 May. More about Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to NYCxDesign 2024
Work by Lina Bo Bardi and José Zanine Caldas was on view at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York City as part of an exhibition on modernist Brazilian furniture. More about Carpenters Workshop Gallery exhibits modernist furniture design from Brazil
Dezeen Showroom: a semi-totem design, a pleated relief pattern and a wide choice of colours meet in the Delia Zero washbasin by Spanish bathroom brand Acquabella. More about Delia basin by Acquabella
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Vondom has launched a collection of outdoor furniture pieces called Luna, designed by architect Ramón Esteve with chunky, curving forms. More about Luna outdoor furniture by Ramón Esteve for Vondom
Dezeen Showroom: teak frames support the Tradition collection of modular outdoor seating, conceived by designer Povl B Eskildsen for Danish furniture company Fritz Hansen. More about Tradition outdoor furniture by Povl B Eskildsen for Fritz Hansen
An aluminium alloy made from 100 per cent recycled waste will be a game-changer for the furniture industry, according to Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland. More about Recycled aluminium "is a material we'll be using for the next 100 years" says Lars Beller Fjetland
Lisbon, Melbourne and Clerkenwell's design weeks are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this May. More about Six architecture and design events in May from Dezeen Events Guide
Local studio Hemingway Design collaborated with designer James Shaw to transform a London store interior for charity retailer Traid, which features colourful furniture created from leftover second-hand clothes. More about Hemingway Design and James Shaw create furniture from recycled clothes for Traid
Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge closes for entries at midnight CEST (Central European Summer Time) tonight. Enter before the deadline for the chance to win up to £5,000. More about Last chance to enter Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge
Dezeen Showroom: designed by Tesseraux & Partner for German brand Bette, the BetteCurve and BetteLiv washbasins combine a delicate thinness with the strength of titanium steel. More about BetteCurve and BetteLiv washbasins by Tesseraux & Partner for Bette