Technology company Donut Lab has created a range of doughnut-shaped motors that fit directly inside a vehicle's wheels and enhance performance by removing the need for traditional powertrain systems. More about Donut Lab's circular motors fit inside tyres for "out of this world" performance
This week on Dezeen we listed key examples of the influential art deco style, which is celebrating its centenary this week, ranging from the Chrysler Airflow car to ziggurats. More about This week we marked art deco's centenary
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Vondom and Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet have added a capacious sofa to their Africa outdoor seating collection. More about Africa sofa by Eugeni Quitllet for Vondom
Crank windows, plastic composite body panels and no radio feature in the first vehicle from automaker Slate, which aims to make a desirable truck in the US that's as cheap as possible. More about Slate strips out tech for "radically customisable and affordable" electric truck only available in grey
Dezeen Showroom: created by designer Philippe Malouin for Italian brand Quadro Design, this tapware collection is stripped of all excess and designed around the simplest of gestures. More about Hum tapware by Philippe Malouin for QuadroDesign
Industrial design studio PriestmanGoode has designed the first cabin interior for newly launched airline Riyadh Air, featuring a twisting, tensile pattern and built-in lighting intended to evoke the architecture of the Saudi capital. More about Saudi skyline informs PriestmanGoode's cabin design for Riyadh Air
Bird Buddy has created a compact, AI-powered camera that detects the movement of insects and birds and then turns its footage into a narrated "BBC Earth-style" mini documentary, part of the Wonder Blocks smart-garden system. More about Petal camera uses AI to produce nature documentaries of personal backyards
Dezeen Showroom: Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet has added an upholstered armchair to his Africa collection for outdoor furniture brand Vondom, evolving the classic monobloc design into soft seating. More about Africa upholstered armchair by Eugeni Quitllet for Vondom
Dezeen Showroom: cabinetry brand Fronteriors worked with American interior design studio Prime Projects on a range of cabinet fronts with arc-shaped details designed to be combined with IKEA storage. More about Curved cabinetry collection by Prime Projects for Fronteriors
NYCxDesign, Venice Architecture Biennale and Clerkenwell Design Week are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this May. More about Six architecture and design events in May from Dezeen Events Guide
Dezeen Showroom: from a lamp made from ocean-bound plastic to lights with rotatable shades, the following lighting designs have recently been published on Dezeen Showroom. More about Twelve glowing examples of lighting published on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: Dutch lighting design studio Brand Van Egmond aimed to capture the poetry of motion in this chandelier, which is composed of intertwining lengths of metal. More about Salsa chandelier by Brand Van Egmond
Artist Do Ho Suh has created a colourful, woven-together model of his former homes for the Walk the House exhibition, which opens today in London. More about Do Ho Suh explores how architecture is "an important element in forming your identity" in Tate Modern exhibition
Dezeen has teamed up with Bentley to run a global design competition seeking bold architectural proposals to modernise historic buildings while preserving their heritage. More about Bentley and Dezeen launch Radical Renewal Competition
Nigerian startup AllSpace has been recognised by both the Swarovski Foundation's Creatives for Our Future programme and The World Around's Young Climate Prize for its prototypes for modular shelters. More about AllSpace creates modular refugee shelters from recycled materials
Dezeen Showroom: designed by Spanish brand Apavisa, these tiles are decorated by metallic gold accents that simulate the natural patina created by oxidisation on cast iron. More about Erosion tiles by Apavisa
Today marks 100 years since the opening of the Paris exposition that introduced art deco to the world. Drawing on our recent Art Deco Centenary series, this handy A to Z guide provides an overview of the lost-but-loved style. More about Dezeen's A to Z of art deco
Dezeen Showroom: Canadian design studio Yabu Pushelberg looked to the streets of Brazil and the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer to design this lounge chair for Toronto-based brand Man of Parts. More about Rua Ipanema lounge chair by Yabu Pushelberg for Man of Parts
Designer Michael Anastassiades unveiled his Cygnet light, made from Japanese washi paper and informed by childhood memories of kite flying, at this year's Milan design week. More about Michael Anastassiades designs triangular Cygnet light to evoke sun-lit kites
Czech glassworks Moser has developed a series of hand-blown crystal vases featuring crisp lines and an atmospheric colour palette that evokes the design of brutalist buildings from the mid-20th century. More about Moser's Magnus vases "channel the essence of brutalism"