Organisers of the Design Shanghai trade fair and the Festival of Design architecture conference have postponed their March 2020 events as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts travel and business in China. More about Design shows in China including Design Shanghai and Festival of Design postponed due to coronavirus outbreak
Italian ceramicist Paola Paronetto has unveiled two new vase designs, created using her distinctive "paper clay" technique. More about Paola Paronetto combines paper and clay to create delicate vessels
Modernism Week in Palm Springs, Stockholm Design Week and the Collect crafts fair and Surface Design Show in London are among the architecture and design events taking place this month and listed on Dezeen Events Guide. More about Architecture and design events in February 2020 from Dezeen Events Guide
Mumbai design studio MuseLAB has prioritised sensual appeal over a singular design language for its debut 13-piece furniture collection. More about MuseLAB's Hedonist collection is "non-conformist and non-contextual"
Apple has filed a patent for a desktop computer that would integrate both its keyboard and screen into a single pane of bent glass. More about Apple patents iMac housed in single sheet of curved glass
Swedish furniture brand Massproductions is set to release an outdoor sofa at Stockholm Design Week that mimics the welded steel barriers that are often erected at concerts to manage the crowd. More about Massproductions' modular outdoor sofa is an homage to crowd-control barriers
Contemporary art centre the Palais de Lomé has opened in Togo with a retrospective of one of its nation's creative stars, the industrial designer Kossi Aguessy, who died in 2017 at just 40 years of age. More about Infinity retrospective exhibition celebrates West African design talent Kossi Aguessy
Set designer Shona Heath's exhibition design for the Tim Walker exhibition at London's V&A reflects the many outlandish sets she has created for the fashion photographer. More about Shona Heath's design for Tim Walker show reflects their decades-long collaboration
The latest collection from Chinese furniture brand Maisondada includes a seating series that references a David Bowie track and an armchair inspired by sumo wrestling. More about Maisondada unveils new additions to its "gently crazy" product portfolio
French designer Camille Walala has created a life-sized toy house inside a series of shipping containers to mark the launch of Lego Dots, the toy company's latest product. More about Camille Walala decorates "kids' dream house" with more than two million Lego pieces
Dezeen's chief content officer Benedict Hobson spoke to designer Camille Walala and the Lego Group about the importance of fostering creative skills from an early age at the launch event for new product Lego Dots. More about Watch our talk with Camille Walala and Lego about childhood and creativity
MIT engineers have found a new way to create aerospace-grade carbon-fibre composites using only one per cent of the energy of current methods, and none of the ovens and autoclaves. More about MIT nanotube technique suggests greener way to make aeroplane parts
The official logo of the US Space Force, revealed by Donald Trump on Twitter, has proven controversial on social media with some calling it a Star Trek knock-off. More about Trump unveils divisive logo for new Space Force military branch
Layer has developed a concept for an autonomous ride-sharing service based on aeroplane cabins, that avoids the guilt of booking single passenger journeys without compromising on privacy. More about Layer's Joyn platform is a ride-sharing concept that "alleviates eco-guilt"
Jiggling bowls and musical plates feature in a collection of tableware, designed by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Teresa Berger to help diners reconsider how their food is produced and consumed. More about Teresa Berger's multi-sensory crockery rebuilds our connection to food
Valencia studio Masquespacio has created an upholstered chair with a back shaped like an eye and adorned with a tasseled fringe. More about Masquespacio's Wink chair is designed to resemble an eye
Birmingham-based surfaces manufacturer Foresso uses timber offcuts and plaster waste to produce this terrazzo-like sheet material, which shows off the grain of the wood. More about Foresso creates timber terrazzo using recycled materials
This week on Dezeen, the work of up-and-coming French designers, alongside sofas and rugs were on show at the Maison&Objet furniture and accessories fair in Paris. More about This week sofas and young designers were showcased at Maison&Objet
British designer Samuel Wilkinson has updated the classic director's chair, introducing a hidden mechanism that allows the fabric seat to be held in tension without any noticeable support. More about Samuel Wilkinson designs contemporary take on the director's chair
Designer Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed is showing a pavilion made of kelp and rattan at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, where world leaders have met this week. More about Julia Lohmann brings seaweed pavilion to Davos as climate-change warning