The value of personal data in today's society was the subject of this Dezeen x Dutch Design Week 2020 talk, featuring designers Julia Janssen, Isaac Monté and Lei Nelissen. More about DDW designers join Dezeen for live discussion about privacy and the value of data
Among the 74 projects that have been shortlisted for this year's Beazley Designs of the Year awards is Tik Tok's viral Renegade dance, a steak grown from the eater's own cells and a 3D graphic of the coronavirus particle. More about Designs of the Year 2020 nominees include a Tik Tok dance and the CDC's coronavirus render
In this week's comments update, readers are debating visuals of the Guangzhou Show Theatre in China and sharing their thoughts on other top stories. More about Commenters praise "honest and dystopian depiction" of Guangzhou Show Theatre
Dezeen promotion: Vitra is offering a virtual tour of its Herzog & de Meuron-designed flagship store in Germany, revealing a new mural by Norwegian artist Oscar Grønner and a "surreal dream house" in the loft designed by Charlap Hyman & Herrero. More about VitraHaus celebrates its 10th anniversary with a virtual tour
Seetal Solanki, Christien Meindertsma and Aniela Fidler Wieruszewska joined Dezeen for the second talk in our collaboration with Dutch Design Week 2020. More about Dezeen and Dutch Design Week present live discussion about our relationship with products
Design studio March Gut has created a maple wood board for a hotel restaurant in the Austrian alps, which allows all dishes and cutlery to be served in one trip and while maintaining social distance. More about March Gut's socially distanced serving tray preserves the joy of eating out during the pandemic
Dezeen's collaboration with Dutch Design Week 2020 launched today with a live panel discussion featuring designer Victoria Ayo and architects Mark van der Net and Ali Tal'at Ali As'ad on the event's main theme, The New Intimacy. More about Dezeen and Dutch Design Week host live panel discussion about The New Intimacy
South African designer Porky Hefer imagined how polluted oceans might force marine animals to mutate when designing his five fantastical creatures, including a giant octopus made from hand-felted cigarette butts. More about Porky Hefer creates mutant sea creatures to warn of ocean pollution for NGV Triennial
Italian furniture designer and author Enzo Mari has passed away in Milan at age 88. More about "Giant" of Italian design Enzo Mari dies aged 88
Dezeen x DDW2020: Dezeen has teamed up with Dutch Design Week to present an exclusive virtual tour featuring emerging designers plus a live discussion each day this week exploring key design trends. More about Dezeen presents a virtual tour of Dutch Design Week plus five live talks with emerging designers
Shanghai-based graphic design studio Lin Shaobin has created packaging for tea that uses burnt paper to emulate traditional Chinese ink paintings of misty mountains. More about Lin Shaobin emulates mountainous scenes with burnt paper for Chinese tea packaging
This week on Dezeen, British architect Norman Foster said that the coronavirus pandemic will not fundamentally change cities. More about This week Norman Foster made predictions about post-coronavirus cities
Animal furniture design company LucyBalu has collaborated with Choupette, the beloved pet of the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, on a hammock-style cat bed called Swing. More about Karl Lagerfeld's pet Choupette collaborates with LucyBalu on Swing cat bed
To highlight sustainable and ethical substitutes for animal leather we've rounded up six materials that can rival its textural and performance qualities, from vegan pineapple leather to a leather alternative made of seafood shells. More about Six alternatives to animal leather made from plants and food waste
Dezeen Showroom: Andreu World's in-house design team has created the Status table collection, which features flat, "boat-shaped" tabletops supported by wide polyethylene legs. More about Status tables by Estudio Andreu for Andreu World
Tampons, matches and charging ports protrude from integrated openings in these Netina shoes, which Netha Goldberg designed to allow wearers to "assist while on the go". More about Netha Goldberg designs shoes with attachments for tampons and matches
Julia Koerner explains how she uses technology to apply architectural techniques to fashion and costume design in the first video of our Design for Life collaboration with Dassault Systèmes. More about 3D-printed fashion has "no limitations of form and geometry" says Julia Koerner
Dutch designer Richard Hutten worked with Lensvelt to create 27,000 new seats for Amsterdam's Schiphol airport that make use of the building's existing resources. More about Richard Hutten melts down airport's old chairs for "radical" new seating system
Christopher Patten has redesigned the mail-in envelopes for North Carolina ahead this year's US presidential election to make them clearer so the chance of votes not counting is reduced. More about Good design can reduce voter errors says postal vote envelope designer
Finnish brand Light Cognitive has created a circular LED skylight that gradually changes colour according to the time of day, in a bid to bring the benefits of natural light to a windowless retail space in Barcelona. More about Light Cognitive develops artificial skylight that mirrors the actual colour of the sky outside