To kick off our Christmas gift guide series this year, we've compiled 15 presents ideal for architects and designers. They include sculptural jewellery, Bauhaus Dessau mini models and a pen made from Nespresso pods. More about Dezeen's Christmas gift guide 2019: gifts for architects and designers
Danish textile brand Kvadrat has worked with designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec on a roller blind that does more than just screen a window. More about Kvadrat launches roller blind that can reduce a building's energy consumption
From a trio of mirrors depicting Dubai's arid landscape to a set of sand-cast chairs by female artisans in Sharjah, Dezeen's Natashah Hitti has picked seven designs from Downtown Editions 2019 that celebrate regional traits. More about Seven designs from Dubai's Downtown Editions fair that celebrate the Middle East
Infographic and research project Anatomy of an AI System, which reveals the social and environmental consequences of voice-assistant devices, has won Design of the Year 2019. More about Anatomy of an AI System wins Design of the Year 2019 at The Design Museum
Jury members discuss the top-three winners of the Samsung Mobile Design Competition mobile accessories category in this movie Dezeen filmed at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Jose, California. More about Competition-winning mobile accessory designs showcased at Samsung Developer Conference 2019
An exhibition at London's V&A museum looks at the car as "a designed object", charting its 130 year-long impact on global culture from fashion and furniture to mass production and the built environment. More about No other design object has impacted the world more than the car, says V&A show curator
London design studio Sella Concept has launched its first furniture collection – a series of handmade stools featuring curvaceous forms inspired by the bathers at Hampstead Heath's Ladies' Pond. More about Sella Concept "masters the art of curves" with first furniture collection
Brooklyn company Air Co has developed a process for making vodka that converts carbon dioxide into alcohol. More about Air Co launches as "world's first carbon-negative vodka"
Turkish artist Refik Anadol has used artificial intelligence to turn millions of photographs of New York into the Machine Hallucination film. More about Refik Anadol uses AI to create mesmerising film of New York City
Eco-Visionaries at London's Royal Academy of Arts looks at how art and architecture can help us respond to environmental change, and is the latest in a line of recent large-scale exhibitions on the theme. More about Eco-Visionaries is the latest exhibition about our destruction of the natural world
In this Dezeen movie, jury members discuss the winners of the Samsung Mobile Design Competition wallpaper category, which were revealed last month at the Samsung Developer Conference in San Jose, California. More about Competition-winning mobile wallpaper designs showcased at Samsung Developer Conference 2019
Dezeen promotion: Silicon Valley design-build firm Katerra has launched a brand called KOVA that offers "simple, timeless" building products and materials. More about Katerra launches "elegantly simple" building products brand KOVA
Dutch branding agency Studio Dumbar has designed a new visual identity for the Netherlands featuring a logo that combines the letters NL with a stylised tulip. More about Netherlands replaces "tulip Holland" identity with "less touristy" NL logo
London studio Seymourpowell has designed concepts for a wearable collar and chaise longue powered by AI, which use atomised cosmetic products to protect city-dwellers from harmful pollutants. More about Seymourpowell's Atmosphère devices diffuse cosmetics at the user
Kazakhstani designer Enis Akiev has developed a method for turning single-use plastic packaging into tiles, by emulating the organic process of rock formation. More about Enis Akiev makes marbled tiles from post-consumer plastic waste
This collection of illuminated "totems" designed by Indian lighting brand Klove embodies an unconventional blend of art deco and tribal references. More about Klove's Totems Over Time lights take the form of art deco-style talismans
Creative agency Heimat Berlin used images of lettering graffitied onto the Berlin Wall to create this typeface commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the barrier separating East and West Berlin. More about Heimat creates typeface using street art from the Berlin Wall
London's Design Museum has unveiled its exhibition programme for 2020, with a major show about fashion brand Prada due to open in September. More about Design Museum will showcase Prada, trainers and electronic music in 2020 as visitor numbers rise
Charlotte and Clementine Fiell's book, Women in Design, highlights what made figures like Apple icon designer Susan Kare and architect Zaha Hadid revolutionary. The authors pick five women from the book who transformed design. More about Five female trailblazers who changed the field of design
Israeli designer Yaara Nusboim has developed a series of wooden toys in collaboration with child psychologists, that can help kids process difficult or repressed emotions as part of the therapeutic process. More about Yaara Nusboim designs therapy dolls for children struggling with emotional trauma