Japanese designer Kodai Iwamoto uses glass-blowing techniques to remodel plastic pipes into vases, which he is showing at Milan design week. More about Kodai Iwamoto transforms plastic pipes into flower vases
While music acts like Beyoncé entertain throngs at this year's Coachella festival, visitors are also treated to large-scale sculptures and installations across the California desert site. Here are some of our favourites from the event this month. More about Installations and artworks headlining Coachella 2018
Sixties-style graphics, mirrored hallways and hysterical laughter are intended to confuse those navigating their way through this labyrinthine installation, which designer Rafael de Cárdenas has built inside car brand Cadillac's Lower Manhattan gallery. More about Bold patterns, mirrors and secret doors trick visitors to maze installation in New York
Dezeen promotion: abstract patterns and natural hues feature in German brand Walter Knoll's carpet collection, which is inspired by the continent of Africa. More about Walter Knoll's Legends of Carpets collection based on African landscapes
Dezeen has teamed up with Instagram to help launch its new @design account, which is now live. More about Dezeen teams up with Instagram to launch its new @design account in Milan
Phillip K Smith III is the architect-turned-artist behind this year's COS installation at Milan design week. Here, he sums up five of his most career-defining projects – from a house in the desert to a display at Coachella. More about Five key projects by artist Phillip K Smith III
American artist Phillip K Smith III has worked with fashion brand COS to install a faceted mirror structure in the courtyard of a 16th-century palazzo, as part of Milan design week 2018. More about Phillip K Smith III and COS create wall of mirrors in historic Italian palazzo
Hem is continuing to explore how high-end design can be flat-packed, with the launch of a sofa and a conference table that can be shipped in standard boxes. More about Hem's new furniture range included a sofa that can be packed into boxes
Cecilie Manz positioned pine slabs at 45-degree angles to match the cut-out door handles of this IKEA kitchen, customised for Danish brand Reform. More about Cecilie Manz hacks IKEA kitchen using steel and warm-toned wood
Canadian designer Matthew McCormick will present a collection of pendant lamps that feature pearl-like glass spheres balanced inside of oval metal frames during Milan design week. More about Matthew McCormick's Mila lights are "a study of reductionism"
Konstantin Grcic has created a range of metal cabinets and drawers for Magis, using manufacturing techniques he observed at a steel factory in northern Italy. More about Konstantin Grcic creates steel furniture for Magis using industrial methods
Italian furniture brand Driade has worked with Studio Nucleo to transform some of its most iconic pieces into 3D-printed versions fit for future life on the moon. More about Classic Driade furniture designs reinterpreted for the moon by Studio Nucleo
Parisian studio Secret d'Atelier has created a range of lacquered parquet flooring that references the hues featured in Le Corbusier's book on colour theory. More about Secret d'Atelier pays tribute to Le Corbusier's colour palettes with parquet flooring collection
Google and Instagram are among the leading global brands Dezeen is working with in Milan next week, in what is shaping up to be our busiest Milan design week ever. More about Dezeen to team up with Instagram, Google, MINI and many more for Milan design week
Dezeen promotion: huge wooden puppets and a retro American diner are among the exhibitions featuring in this year's edition of Ventura Centrale. More about Ventura Centrale to host giant puppets and a pop-up diner at Milan design week
For our latest competition, we're giving away a pair of limited-edition trainers by Swiss sports brand On, featuring rubber loops on the soles for extra cushioning. More about Competition: win a pair of limited-edition Cloud Edge trainers by On
A Milan design week exhibition by Dassault Systèmes will showcase concepts to reduce air pollution by designers including Kengo Kuma, as revealed in this movie Dezeen produced for the 3D software brand. More about Dassault Systèmes teams up with leading designers to tackle air pollution
SP-Arte may be best known as Brazil's leading art fair, but it also provides a platform for young designers. Contributor Benoit Loiseau selects his highlights of the ones to watch at this year's event. More about Five emerging Brazilian design studios to watch from SP-Arte
Furniture brands who work with female designers shouldn't expect them to only produce feminine objects, according to Danish designer Cecilie Manz. More about Brands "ask for you because you're a woman and not dead" says Cecilie Manz
Audi has transformed a virtual car design taken from video game Gran Turismo into a real-life racing vehicle. More about Audi makes the virtual reality with real-life Gran Turismo car