Dezeen Showroom: Finnish brand Nikari collaborated with designer Pekka Koivikko on a stackable chair made from solid birch that is designed to be painted. More about Kumu chair by Pekka Koivikko for Nikari
Dezeen Showroom: acoustic treatment brand Autex Acoustics has developed an acoustic ceiling and wall system designed to absorb sound in busy open-plan spaces. More about Frontier acoustic ceiling and wall system by Autex Acoustics
With trade shows falling on hard times, this year Stockholm Furniture Fair set itself on a new path. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser explores whether other fairs can learn from the Swedes' approach. More about Stockholm Furniture Fair "created a testbed for new ideas"
London-based start-up Nothing is trying to upend the consumer-tech industry. In this interview, the company's design director, Adam Bates, discusses how. More about Tech designers "forgot new ideas" after iPhone says Nothing's Adam Bates
Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980 and Theaster Gates: Wonder Working Power are among the current and upcoming architecture and design events taking place in the US that are featured in Dezeen Events Guide. More about Five US-based architecture and design events from Dezeen Events Guide
Cardboard furniture by Max Lamb and an oversized screen in the shape of "a curled up woman" by artist Saelia Aparicio are among the works displayed at a Gallery Fumi exhibition that coincides with the Frieze LA art fair. More about Gallery Fumi combines "refined with the quirky" for US debut exhibition in Los Angeles
As Dezeen completes its editorial series on the role of stone in architecture, we've rounded up eight pieces listed on Dezeen Showroom that demonstrate how the material is used in interior design. More about Eight products and furnishings informed by the natural properties of stone
Dezeen Showroom: acoustic product brand Autex Acoustics has released a series of sound-dampening panels, tiles and baffles made to imitate the appearance of timber. More about Acoustic Timber products by Autex Acoustics
Former US president Donald Trump has launched a trainer collection including golden high-top sneakers, designed for "true Patriots", that are said to have already sold out. More about Donald Trump launches gold "Never Surrender" trainers that quickly sell out
The fictional mega-estate in sci-fi film The Kitchen was designed to "flip the idea of dystopia on its head", says director Kibwe Tavares, who is also a co-founder of VFX studio Factory Fifteen. More about Factory Fifteen envisions London's last remaining housing estate for movie The Kitchen
You can still be listed in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to Milan design week, which spotlights the key events from the 2024 edition of the festival. More about There's still time to feature in Dezeen's digital guide to Milan design week 2024
Designer Job Smeets has collaborated with Firmship – the yacht brand of former Moooi CEO Casper Vissers – to create a limited-edition Land Rover Defender defined by the same stark minimalism and historic references as its ships. More about Job Smeets brings styling of Firmship boats to Land Rover Defender
Design studio Nendo has created a glass for Japan's oldest beer brand Sapporo with a lopsided profile that affects how the beverage interacts with the palate of the drinker. More about Nendo designs beer glass that provides "three different mouthfeels"
Design collective Panorámica has created a machine that utilises artificial intelligence and a set of prompts to generate unique pieces of furniture based on a repository of Mexican design styles during Mexico City art week. More about Panorámica's interactive-AI machine lets "anybody be a Mexican designer"
Designers Michael and Martellus Bennett are brothers who both used to play in the NFL, but in this interview they reveal that their creative approaches are vastly different. More about "You're always a football player" to some people, say Bennett brothers
The Design Space AlUla gallery is set to open this weekend in a Corten steel-latticed building designed by Italian architects Giò Forma Studio in the town of AlUla, Saudi Arabia. More about Design Space AlUla launches with exhibition on local architecture, graphics and jewellery
One of the main trends at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair was the use of pine, with designers using heat-treated pine for outdoor furniture, creating lighting from pine veneer and reevaluating waterlogged pine. More about Pine makes comeback at Stockholm Furniture Fair as designers embrace "underdog" wood
Architect and designer Manu Bañó explores the reflective qualities of copper with his OBJ-08 mirrors, launched as part of the Unique Design X fair at Mexico City art week. More about Manu Bañó forms sculptural mirrors from single sheet of copper
Biomaterials have the potential to significantly cut carbon emissions but designers should approach them with caution to avoid creating a whole new set of problems, warns Sioban Imms. More about "The allure of the 'bio' prefix must be taken with some healthy scrutiny"
Designer Fernando Laposse has created a 40-metre-long tapestry in avocado dye and a cabinet with avocado skin to raise awareness of the social and ecological impacts global avocado consumption has in Mexico. More about Fernando Laposse draws attention to impact of "conflict avocados" in Melbourne exhibition