New York design studio Trueing has intended to put "an interesting spin on the familiar" with the bold hand-formed coloured glass chain links that feature in its latest collection of lighting. More about Trueing's Cerine lighting hangs from chunky coloured glass chains
Dezeen promotion: Italian architect Piero Lissoni has created a modular sofa system for B&B Italia, which can be reconfigured with 84 different components. More about Piero Lissoni designs modular Dock seating system for B&B Italia
Curator Klaus Littmann imagines a future where forests only exist inside stadiums, like animals in a zoo, in his upcoming installation, For Forest. More about Klaus Littmann to plant 300 trees inside Wörthersee football stadium in Austria
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh addresses the issue of rising sea-levels in an installation of sinking furniture on show during this year's Venice Art Biennale. More about Virgil Abloh presents sinking furniture at Carpenters Workshop Gallery show in Venice
Dezeen promotion: architects Ludovica Serafini and Roberto Palomba have designed a collection of outdoor furniture for Spanish brand Expormim, in tribute to Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor. More about Expormim pays homage to Elizabeth Taylor with Liz outdoor furniture
The set and lighting designers behind UK rapper Dave's Psychodrama tour took the lights on the audience's phones into account when creating the show. More about Mobile phones at gigs impacted design of rapper Dave's recent live show
The interaction between light and the architecture of John Pawson's Oxfordshire home influenced this collection of graphic blankets for Danish homeware brand Tekla Fabrics. More about John Pawson designs blanket collection for Tekla Fabrics
Designers of New York collective Colony have collaborated with artists of their choosing to create one-of-a-kind pieces for this exhibition during NYCxDesign. More about Colony "puts trust in the designers" for Pas de Deux exhibit in New York
This immersive installation in Brooklyn's Greenpoint, created by designer and engineer Nassia Inglessis, features a canopy that appears to magically move up and down as visitors tread underneath. More about Studio INI's morphing Urban Imprint installation opens in A/D/O courtyard
Louis Vuitton has launched versions of two of its monogram handbags with built-in flexible OLED digital screens at its Cruise 2020 show. More about Louis Vuitton premieres "cutting-edge" bags with flexible screens
Chatbots, facial recognition tech, deep-fake videos and newly commissioned installations by Es Devlin and Lawrence Lek are on display at The Barbican's sprawling AI: More Than Human exhibition. More about The Barbican dives deep into artificial intelligence with More Than Human exhibition
London's V&A shows what the future of food could look like in its latest exhibition Food: Bigger than the Plate, which takes visitors through a full food cycle from compost to plate. More about "We all have a stake in the future of food" say curators of V&A's Bigger than the Plate exhibition
A new generation of designers is reinventing aluminium, a material that is cheap, abundant and relatively easy to work with, for experimental one-off furniture designs. More about Young designers are making aluminium "more desirable" for collectors
A giant ombre wall divider that rotates to create a mirrored surface features in a new collection based on circular forms that marks the fifth anniversary of Brussels' Maniera gallery. More about Office KGDVS and Pieter Vermeersch create first collaborative furniture collection
New York's Cooper Hewitt is trying to tackle the global challenge of climate change with its sixth design triennial, Nature. Director Caroline Baumann picks out five of the most forward-thinking designs in the show, covering issues such as animal extinction and plastic pollution. More about Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial is a "call to action" against climate change
The Brexit Party will receive a lot of votes in the UK's upcoming European elections thanks to clever graphic design, says Ben Terrett, the designer behind the award-winning gov.uk website. More about Brexit Party logo "a very clever piece of graphic design" says Design of the Year winner
London studio Pearson Lloyd marries the convenience and economy of flat-pack furniture with quality materials in a chair designed for new Copenhagen brand Takt. More about Pearson Lloyd gives flat-pack furniture an upgrade with Cross chair
New York studio Snarkitecture has filled a Manhattan gallery with 168 white spherical orbs that light up in a blue hue when touched. More about Snarkitecture fills New York gallery with lights that resemble "large lollipops"
The world's biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, is changing the infrastructure of design, manufacturing and retail around the globe, says Martina Muzi, co-curator of the Design Academy Eindhoven exhibition Geo-Design. More about Alibaba is redesigning the world's geography says Design Academy Eindhoven curator
Piero Gandini has resigned as CEO of Flos, the Italian lighting brand founded in 1962 by his father, following a clash of views with its new parent company Design Holding. More about Piero Gandini leaves Flos after 22 years following "different views" with new owners