Dezeen promotion: a four-day celebration of design kicks off in Los Angeles today, with exhibitions, talks, workshops and parties taking place across the city. More
When New York lighting studio Apparatus held a party themed around Tehran in the 1970s, guests turned up as camel salesmen and belly dancers. Designers should know better than to resort to such lazy cultural stereotypes, says Sina Sohrab. More
IKEA has revealed another new product in its hotly anticipated range with fashion designer Virgil Abloh, a rug that looks like a huge shopping receipt. More
IKEA has teamed up with Swedish tech creatives Teenage Engineering to design a set of mobile speakers and lights that make it easy to throw a party in any location. More
On the 150th anniversary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's birth, we continue our roundup of his most influential projects, by taking a look at the chair he created for the Argyle Street Tea Rooms. More
Italian architect Carlo Ratti and his company Makr Shakr have launched a mass-market robotic cocktail maker. More
Nike has released trainers for Pride Month that feature pink triangles, which have been met with criticism from LGBT advocacy group ACT UP. More
Kanye West and Kid Cudi have unveiled album artwork designed by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami for their upcoming collaboration Kids See Ghosts. More
In this competition, Dezeen readers have the chance to win one of five tournament wall charts to keep track of results during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in style. More
Dezeen promotion:Â A multicoloured pavilion with a wave-like ceramic facade is one of three projects that manufacturer Agrob Buchtal has named as winners of the Tile Award. More
Pentagram has given insurance tech company Cytora an animated visual identity that aims to demystify how the business works. More
In the next movie in our Bolon at Heart video series, Michaela Ljungdahl explains why the flooring brand invested in a vinyl-recycling plant for its factory in Sweden. More
Fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead at her New York apartment, where she reportedly took her own life. More
Dezeen promotion: designjunction, one of the key exhibitions for the London Design Festival, is moving to three new venues on the South Bank. More
Benjamin Hubert's design studio Layer has launched Trove, a digital wallet and app system that allow you to store your cryptocurrency without fear of loss or theft. More
A faux-sheepskin rug from IKEA and a "dolly wool" sofa from Anthropologie are among the winners in an awards programme that celebrates the UK's best vegan design for the home. More
Fashion designer Mary Katrantzou has created a series of dresses, jackets and other garments that juxtapose visuals from the modernist Bauhaus movement with those from the decorative Victorian era. More
Time magazine has sent a fleet of drones into the Californian sky to create a 100-metre-tall version of its cover, for a special report on unmanned aerial vehicles. More
Researchers at US university Carnegie Mellon have created a new electrically conductive material that can repair itself, presenting new opportunities for soft robotics and wearable technology. More
This year's Romanian Design Week featured a wide range of projects, from colourful book design to carefully crafted ceramics. Angel Trinidad picks eight of the best projects on show from local designers. More