German artists Elmgreen and Dragset have installed a sculpture that looks like an U-shaped swimming pool outside the Miami Beach Convention Center. More about Elmgreen and Dragset builds a bent swimming pool in Miami
Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich has created sand-covered sculptures of 66 cars and trucks, which he has arranged to resemble a traffic jam on Miami Beach in a bid to raise awareness of the climate-change crisis. More about Artist Leandro Erlich creates sand-covered traffic jam on Miami beach
Swiss designer Céline Arnould has cast a series of ceramic vessels from the hair of her friends and family, as a contemporary take on the locks that Victorians used to keep as tokens of love or loss. More about Céline Arnould makes commemorative porcelain bowls from the hair of loved ones
London-based studio Nir Meiri has teamed up with Indian designer Vaidehi Thakkar to create a series of lamps with shades made from red cabbage leaves. More about Nir Meiri turns cabbage leaves into paper-like lampshades
Crosby Studios' founder Harry Nuriev has teamed up with Balenciaga to create a transparent vinyl couch filled with worn and discarded clothing from the French fashion brand. More about Harry Nuriev stuffs vinyl sofa with old Balenciaga clothing
With activities kicking off in Miami for this year's art week, including Art Basel and Design Miami, we've selected the exhibitions and installations not-to-be missed, including an inflatable bubble gallery and a sand-covered traffic jam. More about Five installations at Miami art week 2019
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a clock that becomes a perfect cube twice each day. More about Nendo's Cubic Clock only reveals "its true form" twice per day
For our review of 2019, deputy editor Augusta Pownall picks out ten trends that have preoccupied the design and technology industries this year, from the circular economy to the continued rise of China and a focus on privacy. More about Dezeen's top 10 design and technology trends of 2019
Danish architecture firm BIG has branched into smart home products with the Friday lock, which combines a minimal form and enhanced security features. More about BIG's Friday Smart Lock is its smallest ever product
Architecture studio Hou de Sousa has built three volumes, constructed rebar and covered in bright cords, to form "gateways, apertures and seating" in front of New York City's Flatiron Building for this holiday season. More about Hou de Sousa wraps rebar in colourful string for installation outside New York's Flatiron Building
Tesla's electric Cybertruck is billed as a radical redefinition of the car, but in fact draws on old-fashioned ideas of escape, argues Elizabeth Bisley, co-curator of the V&A museum's new exhibition about car design. More about "Cybertruck represents a highly conservative continuation of the status quo"
The body of Tesla's radical Cybertruck is made up of straight-edged facets. Here are some other examples of faceted architecture and design. More about 10 architecture and design projects that feature faceted surfaces
For his first footwear design, architect Kengo Kuma has created a trainer in collaboration with Japanese sports brand ASICS that draws on the craft of bamboo knitting. More about Kengo Kuma designs his first ever trainer for ASICS
Designer Shaakira Jassat has created a rain-catcher that is slim enough to fit on the outside of buildings in dense urban environments. More about Rain-harvesting panels would let people in drought-stricken cities catch their own water
Studio Sain worked with one of Austria's last remaining woodturners to develop this collection of hand-turned wooden products that feature moving parts or modular components. More about Studio Sain uses traditional hand-turning process to create products incorporating wooden ball joints
Italian timepiece manufacturer Lorenz has relaunched a clock that was designed by Richard Sapper in 1960 to utilise mechanisms salvaged from second-world-war torpedoes. More about Lorenz relaunches self righting clock that kickstarted Richard Sapper's career
An embroidered floor lamp and eel-skin clad cabinet are among the objects in a collection by US lighting studio Apparatus that took direction from musical scores. More about Apparatus designs Interlude furniture for "imagined, modernist concert hall"
A David Chipperfield-designed candle and a one-handed watch are among our selection of 16 gifts for interior designers this holiday season. More about Dezeen's Christmas gift guide 2019: interior designers
Dezeen promotion: design company Luminaire is hosting an exhibition at its Miami Design District showroom featuring works by industrial designer Konstantin Grcic, architect and designer Piero Lissoni and fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester. More about Luminaire to exhibit works by Konstantin Grcic and Piero Lissoni during Design Miami
After more than a year of prototyping, Savannah studio Donttakethisthewrongway has unveiled its design for a chair that consists of a single cardboard box. More about Savannah design studio reimagines cardboard box as chair