Four design industry events that were set to take place in Hong Kong over the coming weeks have been cancelled due to continuing clashes between protestors and police in the city. More about Hong Kong design events cancelled due to ongoing protests in the city
Fernando Mastrangelo, Lina Ghotmeh, Ashiesh Shah and Sanna Åkerlund Gebeyehu speak to Marcus Fairs about the power of design in this talk filmed by Dezeen for Aritco in Dubai. More about Watch our talk on the power of design with Aritco
London studio SmithMatthias has created a wooden bar stool for British design brand Deadgood featuring a simple structure held together by a visible lap joint that gives the product its name. More about Lap Stool by SmithMatthias highlights traditional joinery technique
This exhibition at the Judd Foundation in New York pairs together furniture by architect Alvar Aalto and paintings by sculptor John Chamberlain from late American artist Donald Judd's archive. More about Donald Judd's collection of works by Alvar Aalto and John Chamberlain go on show in New York
ÉCAL graduate Tuo Lei has created a fashion collection from abandoned festival tents, based on simplified patterns that can be replicated at home with just basic sewing skills and the accompanying instructions. More about Tuo Lei designs DIY streetwear from festival tents to be kept as souvenirs
Ceramist Ninon Choplin has designed a tubular, glass pipe influenced by the shape of water slides for smoking accessories brand Tetra. More about Ninon Choplin creates curved marijuana pipe from glass to "watch as smoke billows"
Portuguese artists João Pedro Vale and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira have erected a two-storey building inside the MAAT in Lisbon, filled with references to "dissident forms of sexuality". More about House installed inside MAAT gallery to draw parallels between queerness and incarceration
Tesla founder Elon Musk has unveiled the Cybertruck, a bulletproof electric vehicle clad in the same kind of steel being used to make SpaceX's Starship space craft. More about Elon Musk unveils Tesla's Cybertruck electric off-road vehicle
Brain disease research could be sped up using a smartphone-controlled "plug-and-play" neural implant invented by scientists from the USA and South Korea. More about Soft neural implant allows scientists to manipulate brain cells via smartphone
Musician Solange has sent us behind-the-scenes photos of the performance she directed at the Richard Meier-designed Getty Center in Los Angeles. In this interview she tells Dezeen why she's targeted major art museums with her music. More about Solange directs Getty Center performance to be "extension of Richard Meier's architecture"
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