Happy new year from Dezeen! We'll be back tomorrow, but in the meantime, you can read about the biggest design and architecture stories of 2023 and our full review of the year. More about Happy new year from Dezeen!
Berlin-based designer Kimia Amir-Moazami hopes to tackle the issue of food waste with a container system that reveals if something is safe to eat or not. More about Vorkoster smart lid detects when food has gone off
Architect Patty Hopkins and lighting designer Michael Anastassiades have been awarded OBEs in King Charles III's New Year Honours list. More about Patty Hopkins and Michael Anastassiades recognised in King's New Year Honours list
As part of our review of 2023, Dezeen readers have voted the reissue of the Racine collection designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Steelcase as the best furniture design of 2023. More about Dezeen readers name Racine by Frank Lloyd Wright best furniture design of 2023
Merry Christmas! We'll be back tomorrow – in the meantime read our review of 2023 and enjoy this Christmas tree designed by British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori. More about Merry Christmas from Dezeen!
New York-based designer Kickie Chudikova worked with cannabis brand Gossamer to develop The Nesting Set, a glass ashtray, pipe and one-hitter that can be integrated stylishly into a user's home. More about Kickie Chudikova designs "sculptural yet unobtrusive" cannabis accessories
From the incisive to the intemperate, here are Dezeen's top 10 quotes of 2023, taken from the interviews and opinion pieces we have published this year. More about Dezeen's top 10 quotes of 2023
Creative team Luna Luna has re-installed a "forgotten" art theme park in a Los Angeles production studio that includes a Ferris wheel by Jean-Michel Basquiat, a carousel by Keith Haring and work by artists David Hockney, Kenny Scharf and more. More about Luna Luna installs "forgotten" art theme park exhibition in Los Angeles movie studio
Our review of 2023 pays tribute to the architects, designers and innovators who died in this year, including Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Viñoly and fashion pioneer Mary Quant. More about Remembering the architects and designers we lost in 2023
Dutch street artist Frankey has linked the upper floors of two Amsterdam buildings with a structure designed to look like one of the city's historic canal bridges. More about Frankey installs "world's tallest canal bridge" between two Amsterdam buildings
Italian architect Cristina Celestino has designed a coloured glass candle holder in Diptyque's signature oval shape for the brand's first refillable candle. More about Cristina Celestino designs coloured glass holder for Diptyque's first refillable candle
Mexican architect Javier Guzmán Cervantes has collected urban waste materials including cinderblocks and rebar to create a series of furniture for a show in Mexico City. More about Javier Guzmán Cervantes showcases furniture made from urban waste in Mexico
Italian studio Robocoop has created a temporary facade to blend into its historic surroundings and hide ongoing construction on a palace courtyard restoration in Rome. More about Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with "illusionary infill facade"
London-based Studio Indigo and craftsmen Little Halstock have created a sculptural gimbal decanter for whisky distillers The Glenrothes that can be used aboard a yacht to protect and pour its rare Demijohn 1969 spirit. More about Philos is a gimbal decanter designed for serving whisky on superyachts
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Australia's decision to ban engineered stone due to rising cases of silicosis. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Australia's ban of engineered stone
Next in our review of 2023 we round up 10 eye-catching car designs featured on Dezeen this year, including Tesla's Cybertruck, a muscular SUV by Rezvani Motors and David Beckham's designs for a pair of Maserati cars. More about Dezeen's top 10 car designs of 2023
Designer Manu Bañó used a single sheet of weathered steel to create OBJ-03, a sculptural lamp formed from "the fewest possible elements". More about Manu Bañó models oxidised-steel lamp on sheets of paper
Examples of practical and playful paper packaging were presented at this exhibition curated by designer Makoto Umebara as part of the Takeo Paper Show in Tokyo, Japan. More about Takeo packaging exhibition highlights "unique sensory properties" of Japanese paper
As part of our review of 2023, Dezeen's design and environment editor Jennifer Hahn has rounded up 10 of this year's most significant material innovations, including bricks made from toxic soil and a 3D printer for wool. More about Dezeen's top 10 innovative materials of 2023
Dezeen Showroom: a stool with a mottled finish reminiscent of terrazzo that is made from recycled plastic is among 11 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Stump Recycled stools by Derlot among 11 new products on Dezeen Showroom