A shelter protecting Viking ruins and playful designs for entertaining dinner guests were among the highlights of this year's DesignMarch festival in Reykjavík. More about Eight highlights from DesignMarch in Iceland
Dezeen Showroom: a series of tables with steam-bent, crimped wooden bases crowned by geometric tops is among nine new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Nami table by E-ggs for Miniforms among nine new products on Dezeen Showroom
Swiss bathroom brand Laufen has worked with designer Yves Béhar to craft the inaugural product made in a first-of-its-kind electric kiln at the brand's factory: a water-saving washbasin, now on display at Milan design week. More about Yves Béhar designs first Laufen sink to be made in electric kiln
Dezeen Showroom: furniture maker Nikari has reissued the Linea KVP11, a modular wooden table originally designed by its founder, Finnish designer Kari Virtanen. More about Linea KVP11 table by Nikari
Dezeen Showroom: recycled and recyclable aluminium forms the frame of this pared-back table and chair set, designed by Ronan Bouroullec for Spanish furniture brand Kettal. More about Passage tables and chairs by Ronan Bouroullec for Kettal
The founders of Milan design week showcase Alcova have opened a late-night bar and restaurant in an old slaughterhouse for the festival's 2025 edition. More about Alcova's debut pop-up bar doubles as a "nocturnal gallery"
UK studio Foster + Partners Industrial Design has revealed a bird feeder called Ori at Milan design week that is designed to reduce the spread of disease. More about Foster + Partners designs "highly functional" bird feeders to reduce disease transmission
The 24 Hours exhibition at Milan design week features 24 weird and wonderful clocks, all by different designers. We look at seven of the most imaginative examples. More about Seven surprising clocks from the 24 Hours exhibition in Milan
Dezeen Showroom: workplace furniture brand Humanscale is presenting a new iteration of its eFloat sit/stand desk at Salone del Mobile 2025 that blends seamlessly into home offices. More about eFloat Quattro desk by Humanscale
Furniture retailer IKEA's interactive exhibition focused on democratic design at this year's Milan design week, has been captured in this video produced for the brand. More about IKEA launches "democratic design" exhibition at Milan design week
Fashion designer Jil Sander has launched the JS Thonet collection at Milan design week, featuring reworked versions of architect Marcel Breuer's classic S 64 chair. More about Jil Sander takes Marcel Breuer's cantilevered chair "to the next level" for Thonet
Dezeen Showroom: the "ethereal beauty of clouds" was the visual reference for Aeris, a range of sculptural chandeliers designed by Melbourne studio Ross Gardam. More about Aeris chandelier by Ross Gardam
A chair shaped like a hooded cobra and a table that evokes a scarab beetle feature in designer Omar Chakil's Transcendence series. More about Omar Chakil's stone furniture collection references ancient Egyptian gods
This week on Dezeen, we published IKEA's plans to build a two-kilometre-long store on April 1st. More about This week we published IKEA's tongue-in-cheek plans for a two-kilometre-long store
A team of Virginia Tech researchers have developed the Sustainable Art Painting toolkit for kids, which converts food scraps generated by US schools into watercolour paint. More about Virginia Tech designers create kid's toolkit for converting compost into paint
New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority has released a redesigned map of its subway system, which maintains the colours of the prior one while "simplifying" it. More about New York City releases first new subway map in decades
Dezeen Showroom: porcelain textures are combined with natural earthy hues in the Terrae collection by Italian tile maker Casalgrande Padana, which includes a cool-toned Beige colourway. More about Beige Terrae collection tiles by Casalgrande Padana
Dezeen Showroom: curved paper lampshades can be angled to change the direction of light in this collection of lamps by designer Sebastian Herkner for German brand Midgard Licht. More about Loja lighting collection by Sebastian Herkner for Midgard Licht
Architects and designers including David Chipperfield, Daniel Libeskind, Audrey Large and Philippe Starck have created funeral urns for Il Tornitore Matto by Alessi's The Last Pot exhibition at Milan design week. More about Philippe Starck and Daniel Libeskind create funeral urns for Alessi
As British furniture brand SCP celebrates its 40th anniversary, its founder Sheridan Coakley reflects on the brand's journey over the past four decades. More about "You can't have your roots in modernism forever" says SCP founder Sheridan Coakley