Rem Koolhaas's research organisation AMO has partnered with car manufacturer Volkswagen to develop an electric tractor based on the companies' "shared interest in the countryside". More about AMO and Volkswagen propose electric tractor design for sub-Saharan Africa
London design studio Special Projects has developed an app that condenses important information such as contacts and maps onto a daily printout to help people live without their devices. More about Special Projects distills essential smartphone functions into a daily Paper Phone
In our latest competition, Dezeen has partnered with David Village Lighting to give away an Artemide Tolomeo Micro Bicolor desk lamp in one of four colours options. More about Competition: win a Tolomeo desk lamp by Artemide
Multiple European brands came together for MUT Design's Das Haus installation at IMM Cologne to create hybrid indoor-outdoor furniture prototypes that are now being put into production. More about MUT Design blurs line between indoors and outdoors with Das Haus furniture
This week on Dezeen, the Salone del Mobile fair in Milan was postponed until June as events across Europe were disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. More about This week, Salone del Mobile was postponed due to coronavirus
Air New Zealand has filed a patent application for the Skynest sleeping pod, which would allow economy passengers to stretch out and during long-haul flights. More about Air New Zealand developing bunk bed-style sleeping pod for economy flyers
The Geneva Motor Show has been cancelled, while the MIPIM property fair will happen despite numerous withdrawals, as coronavirus continues to disrupt events across Europe. More about Property fair MIPIM to go ahead as Geneva Motor Show cancelled
Leading designers have supported the decision to move Salone del Mobile from April to June due to the coronavirus outbreak, although some say the event should be cancelled for environmental reasons and others feel the Milan experience needs an overhaul. More about Tom Dixon, Ross Lovegrove and other leading designers respond to Salone postponement
Melbourne Design Week, Homexpo Israel, DesignMarch in Reykjavik and the Collectible design fair in Brussels are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this March. More about Architecture and design events in March 2020 from Dezeen Events Guide
Graphic designer Brian Roettinger has created psychedelic visuals for Kesha's album High Road, featuring an album cover depicting a candle made from a 3D scan of the pop star. More about Brian Roettinger creates Kesha-shaped candle for her High Road album
Product designer Alexander Lervik, broadcaster Li Pamp and designer Petter Thorne speak to Dezeen's Marcus Fairs about the line between art and design in this talk filmed for Aritco in Stockholm. More about Watch our talk on the line between art and design with Aritco
Creative agency Red Antler has designed a series of pragmatic emergency kits filled with first aid items, whistles and long-lasting food supplies. More about Red Antler creates "no-nonsense" Judy kits for emergency situations
The upset caused by the resignation of Cooper Hewitt director Caroline Baumann is the least of the design museum's problems, says Aaron Betsky. More about "I hope the Smithsonian uses this whole debacle to rethink the Cooper Hewitt"
Eindhoven graduate Diego Faivre has coated electrical plugs in brightly coloured, patterned clay, in a bid to inject some fun into these "boring and forgotten" objects. More about Diego Faivre gives extension cables a Memphis makeover
Danish firm BIG looked to its own architecture when designing the modular Voxel sofa system for Common Seating, making seats out of gridded pixel-like blocks. More about BIG designs pixel-like sofa based on its own architecture
Curators preparing events in Milan during Salone del Mobile are frantically revising their plans after the furniture fair switched from its traditional April slot to 16-21 June due to coronavirus. More about Milan's fuorisalone design events scramble to reschedule following Salone del Mobile postponement
Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele invited visitors backstage for the fashion brand's Autumn Winter 2020 show, which saw models stand like mannequins inside a rotating glass carousel. More about Alessandro Michele took guests backstage for Gucci A/W 2020 show
Long-term relationships between designers and clients are vital to creating sustainable design projects says design studio Formafantasma. More about "It's not enough to ask designers to be sustainable" says Formafantasma
Chinese architect Sun Dayong has created a conceptual design for a body shield that would protect a wearer during a coronavirus outbreak by using UV light to sterilise itself. More about Sun Dayong designs wearable shield to protect against coronavirus outbreaks
Spanish architect Marta Armengol has created a collection of lights and vases called the Four Folds for Brussels gallery Maniera, which are made of borosilicate glass that has been blown into imperfect shapes. More about Marta Armengol's glassware resembles amorphous bubbles