Japanese studio Nendo has designed a sliding-phone concept that can be folded down three times to the size of a credit card for smart device manufacturer OPPO. More about Nendo designs smartphone that folds down "like an inchworm" to the size of a credit card
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with Japanese lifestyle brand Muji to put together a Christmas gift guide for the design-conscious, featuring an architectural toy set and a range of super-minimal desk tidies. More about Muji's Christmas gift guide features stocking fillers and design classics
Dezeen Showroom: Irish brand Mullan Lighting has designed its handmade Osier pendant light to look as if it was aged by time. More about Osier ceramic pendant light by Mullan Lighting
Dezeen Showroom: London studio Pearson Lloyd has created the multifunctional PORTS Storage shelf for office furniture brand Bene. More about PORTS Storage system by Pearson Lloyd for Bene
As part of our review of 2020 we recall 10 of the most inventive and unusual fashion and costume designs from the past year, including fleshy bodysuits and a pair of inflatable latex trousers. More about Dezeen's top 10 unconventional fashion designs of 2020
Italian brand IOC Project Partners, office-furniture maker Bene and furniture brand Boffi De Padova are among brands showcasing products on Dezeen Showroom this week. More about IOC Project Partners, Bene and Boffi De Padova showcase products on Dezeen Showroom
Fuschia, violet and indigo lighting envelops users of these meditation chambers that multidisciplinary studio Office Of Things has designed specifically for workspaces. More about Meditation chambers by Office Of Things wash workers in colourful light
This week on Dezeen, we continued our review of the year by looking back at the most interesting cabins, houses and graduate projects of 2020. More about This week we reviewed 2020
Dezeen Showroom: Japanese designer Keiji Takeuchi has created the "unconventional and cosy" Ripamonti lounge chair for Italian furniture maker De Padova. More about Ripamonti chair by Keiji Takeuchi for De Padova
Dezeen Showroom: Sunset is a wood-frame and leather chair, created by Time & Style for furniture makers Boffi De Padova in homage to a 1960s seating design by Danish modernist Børge Mogensen. More about Sunset chair by Time & Style for Boffi De Padova
Dezeen promotion: Design brand Qeeboo has teamed with fashion photographer Elena Iv-skaya to create a series of colourful images to mark the four-year-old brand's coming of age and renovated its collections catalogue 2021. More about Fashion photographer Elena Iv-skaya makes Qeeboo products "the stars" in colourful photo shoot
US startup Aptera has developed a solar and electric vehicle with a range of up to 1,000 miles on a full battery, which it claims most drivers won't need to charge. More about Aptera unveils three-wheeled solar electric car that "requires no charging"
DAD Agency has eschewed the pared-back palette of traditional perfumeries in favour of kaleidoscopic colours and 3D graphics for its rebrand of independent fragrance start-up Sillages Paris. More about Digital perfumery Sillages Paris receives radical technicolour rebrand
Dezeen Showroom: Japanese brand Time & Style celebrates simple, straight lines in the design of its modular Horizontal Sofa, created for furniture makers Boffi De Padova. More about Horizontal Sofa by Time & Style for Boffi De Padova
Dezeen promotion: a selection of artworks featured in magazines Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair has been made available to purchase as prints by Fine Art America. More about Artwork from Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair transformed into prints by Fine Art America
Ultimate Gray and Illuminating, an "optimistic" hue of yellow, are the two shades that Pantone has named as its colours of the year for 2021. More about Pantone selects two shades as its colours of the year for 2021
South Korean designer Donghoon Sohn has pressed plastic slabs together like slices of bread for his latest furniture series, allowing primary coloured, recycled binder to bleed from the cracks as if it was melted cheese. More about Recycled 3D-printing waste oozes from monolithic furniture collection by Donghoon Sohn
Dezeen Showroom: Italian designer Raffaella Mangiarotti has collaborated with office furniture brand IOC Project Partners to create a chair with a curving, slender frame that resembles a line drawing. More about Magenta chair by Raffaella Mangiarotti for IOC Project Partners
Dezeen Showroom: wood, glass and lacquer merge to form the Brera25 desk, which American architecture firm Gensler has created for office furniture brand IOC Project Partners. More about Brera25 desk by Gensler for IOC Project Partners
Dezeen Showroom: Italian designer Raffaella Mangiarotti has collaborated with office furniture brand IOC Project Partners to create a versatile work desk called Sempione. More about Sempione table by Raffaella Mangiarotti for IOC Project Partners