Mother-and-daughter design studio Konekt has coloured the walls of its new showroom in New York City dark blue to provide a bold backdrop to its sculptural lighting and furniture designs. More about Konekt debuts chainmail lighting in dark-blue Manhattan showroom
London design studio JamesPlumb has reused twisted steel rebar and concrete rubble salvaged from demolition sites to create a series of delicate structures that hold candles. More about JamesPlumb transforms demolition waste into collection of chandeliers and candelabra
The LA Design Festival 2019 kicked off yesterday with an exhibition spotlighting the city's top talent. US editor Eleanor Gibson selects six local designers and studios from the showcase to watch. More about Six design studios shaping the Los Angeles design scene
Dezeen promotion: Italian ceramic tile manufacturer Iris Ceramica Group has transformed an office space in Clerkenwell, London, into its first showroom in the UK. More about Iris Ceramica Group opens first UK showroom in London's Clerkenwell
Curator Aric Chen has explored how we will use materials in a new geological age, in the headline exhibition for this year's Design Miami/Basel. More about Design Miami/Basel explores the anthropocene with Elements: Earth exhibition
Designer Yinka Ilori invites visitors to the Cannes Lions festival to "tap into their inner child" at his colourful, geometric-patterned playground installation for Pinterest. More about Yinka Ilori covers adult playground in Pinterest's most pinned colours at Cannes Lions
Filipino designer Kenneth Cobonpue has joined forces with the Star Wars franchise to interpret iconic characters from the cult series as a collection of armchairs, footstools and lamps. More about Kenneth Cobonpue and Disney create Star Wars furniture collection
An EU court has told Adidas it cannot hold a trade mark for the use of three stripes "in any direction". More about Adidas loses bid for three-stripe trade mark in the EU
Dezeen promotion: the biannual Shift Automotive exhibition and convention will be returning to Berlin in September 2019 to explore how technology will affect the future of transport. More about Shift Automotive conference returns to Berlin to explore the future of mobility
Royal College of Art fashion student Laura Kraup Frandsen has refused to present a physical collection at her graduate show as a protest against overconsumption in the climate crisis. More about "There is no fashion on a dead planet" says RCA grad who refused to make final collection
Top prize at this year's DBA Design Effectiveness Awards has been awarded to a toothbrush developed for the rural Indian market. More about Low-cost toothbrush for use in rural India wins 2019 DBA Design Effectiveness Awards Grand Prix
Michelin is partnering with General Motors to bring its airless tyre prototype to the roads, potentially saving 200 million punctured car tyres from the scrap heap annually. More about Michelin and GM to bring airless tyres to cars
Graphic designer Fallon Kesicier has installed New York's "largest Pride flag" on the steps of the Louis Kahn-designed Four Freedoms State Park to celebrate Pride Month. More about Louis Kahn's Four Freedoms State Park coloured with rainbow flag for Pride Month 2019
The Cell Furniture project sees product design students at London's Central Saint Martins create flexible furniture for prisons, which will be made by the inmates. More about Central Saint Martins students design prison cell furniture
New York industrial designer Lindsey Adelman's latest light comprises a series of glass orbs that appear to dangle precariously together on a gridded metal frame. More about Lindsey Adelman presents "precarious and vulnerable" light at Design Miami/Basel
Dutch airline KLM has teamed up with TU Delft to create the Flying-V aircraft concept, which is designed to consume 20 per cent less fuel than Airbus' A350. More about KLM and TU Delft aim to make aviation more sustainable with V-shaped aircraft
London designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has collaborated with laminate brand Abet Laminati to create a three-piece collection of unusually shaped and boldly coloured furniture for Camp Design Gallery. More about Adam Nathaniel Furman's latest furniture collection is a "bourgeois nightmare"
Forty gold angels sitting on swings have been installed by KHBT and Ottmar Hörlwatch to watch over commuters near St Paul's Cathedral in London. More about Lunch Break angels swing above commuters passing St Paul's Cathedral in London
French design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have worked with US manufacturers Skyline Design on a collection of glass panels emblazoned with colourful geometric patterns created using code. More about Colour and pattern intersect in Bouroullec brothers' glass panel collection
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen will team up with Samsung to run a reader competition to design new graphics and accessories for Samsung Galaxy smartphones, which the electronics brand first launched 10 years ago. More about Dezeen and Samsung to launch design competition exploring the future of Galaxy mobile devices