Dezeen Showroom: US brand Designtex has found a middle ground between minimalism and maximalism with its Racetrack and Emblem fabrics, which feature mini-checkerboard patterns. More about Racetrack and Emblem fabrics by Designtex
Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard have partnered to host a series of talks exploring water, wellbeing and design during Clerkenwell Design Week, where the winning Shaping Water Competition installation will also be unveiled. More about Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard to explore water, wellness and wellbeing at Clerkenwell Design Week
Google has quietly updated its logo, debuting a soft-focus version of the G icon first introduced by the tech company in 2015. More about Google's G logo receives first makeover in 10 years
Italian architect Giuseppe Porcelli sought to bend gender norms when transforming this Milanese apartment into an "intimate homoerotic" backdrop for his inaugural furniture collection. More about Garçonnière apartment approaches bachelor pads "from a gay perspective"
Brooklyn company Airco has teamed up with design studio Mythology to create a New York concept shop featuring a freeze-dried sandwich, space gear and a motorbike to showcase different aspects of carbon conversion technology. More about Airco creates pop-up store with futuristic pumping station to promote carbon conversion
Dezeen Showroom: Italian stone brand Antolini has released an unusually dynamic black-and-white marble named Cipollino GreyWave that is characterised by its monochromatic aesthetic. More about Cipollino GreyWave marble by Antolini
Dutch design studio Blade-Made has converted a section of a decommissioned wind turbine into a micro home featuring a simple, wood-lined interior and renewable solar-powered electricity. More about Blade-Made transforms former wind turbine into tiny house
The proliferation of touchscreens in cars is "dangerous" and designers will shift back to analogue switches, British architect Norman Foster tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "The touchscreen has been mindlessly applied to the automobile" says Norman Foster
Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has won the Shaping Water Competition with Harmonic Tides, an installation informed by the movement of water, which will be built at Clerkenwell Design Week later this month. More about Arthur Mamou-Mani wins Shaping Water Competition with wave-like 3D-printed installation
Japanese design studio We+ has developed a collection of furniture clad in colourful tiles made by combining powdered microalgae with natural resin. More about Multicoloured furniture by We+ shows "expressive potential" of microalgae pigments
Shelter by Afternoon Light, Frieze New York and NeoCon are among the current and upcoming architecture and design events in the US that feature in Dezeen Events Guide. More about Five US architecture and design events from Dezeen Events Guide
Design agency Koto has collaborated with online retailer Amazon's design team Amazon XCM in a rebrand of the company's distinct smile logo, while simplifying the identity of over 50 Amazon sub-brands. More about Amazon creates "more empathetic smile" for first logo update in 20 years
From exhibitions of historic design, such as designer Poul Kjærholm's furniture, to a collection of miniatures by Japanese retailer Muji and the much-talked-about freshman fair Shelter, here are 16 must-see events during this year's NYCxDesign. More about Sixteen key exhibitions to see during NYCxDesign 2025
Dezeen Showroom: these multicoloured coffee and side tables by Italian designer Matteo Zorzenoni for design brand Miniforms are made entirely from Murano glass. More about Striche tables by Matteo Zorzenoni for Miniforms
Dezeen Showroom: Italian manufacturer Marazzi explored the combination of cool tones and rammed-earth textures in this collection of porcelain stoneware tiles. More about Slow Cold tiles by Marazzi
Dezeen Showroom: designer Vincent Van Duysen looked to 1950s American modernism to inform this indoor-outdoor garden room for Spanish furniture brand Kettal. More about Pavilion V by Vincent Van Duysen for Kettal
Promotion: Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Norman Foster, academics Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley, artist Theaster Gates and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist are set to take part in the 24th edition of Triennale Milano International Exhibition. More about Triennale Milano's 24th International Exhibition to focus on Inequalities
Curators from the UK and Kenya have overhauled the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is revealed as part of our day of exclusive online openings, with installations that aim to reconnect architecture with the earth. More about British Pavilion cloaked in veil of clay beads at Venice Architecture Biennale
Fifteen designs have been shortlisted for the Shaping Water Competition, which invited ideas for a large-scale installation celebrating the essence of water for Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Fifteen designs shortlisted for the Shaping Water Competition
Design trade show Shelter has been organised to bring the "razzle dazzle" of Milan to New York during NYCxDesign, according to this exclusive interview with showrunners Deirdre Maloney and Minya Quirk. More about Shelter fair seeks to surprise even "jaded designers" during NYCxDesign