Milan-based design platform Alcova showcased material and conceptual experimentation for an exhibition spread throughout the rooms of a historic property during Miami art week. More about Alcova brings experimental design to historic hotel for second Miami edition
Colour specialist Pantone has announced Mocha Mousse as its 2025 colour of the year – a chocolatey brown hue selected to reflect the importance of "little treat culture". More about "Unpretentious" Mocha Mousse named Pantone's colour of the year 2025
An exhibition at the 21_21 Design Sight gallery in Tokyo shows how human excrement and other types of waste can become more valuable to people and planet. More about Pooploop exhibition at 21_21 explores new uses for "waste and excrement"
Design studio Crafting Plastics has created a kinetic, car-shaped structure from 3D-printed bioplastics for Lexus based on the brand's AI-driven software that integrates multi-sensory elements into the driving experience. More about Crafting Plastics creates kinetic 3D-printed car from bioplastic for Miami art week
Swiss designer Yves Béhar has collaborated with Italian shipyard Rossinavi to create Solsea, a concept for an electric hybrid catamaran superyacht, which is capable of an 80 per cent electric transatlantic crossing. More about Yves Béhar designs electric hybrid superyacht "for silent ocean exploration"
Photos taken by Dezeen show the Jaguar electric concept car Type 00, unveiled during the Copy Nothing Reveal event at Miami art week. More about Exclusive photos reveal Jaguar Type 00 concept car at Miami art week
Dezeen Showroom: a range of bathroom fittings and fixtures by German bathroom brand Bette can be found on Dezeen Showroom, from slimline showers to minimalist basins. More about Bathroom products by Bette feature on Dezeen Showroom
The Coca-Cola Company – named the world's worst plastic polluter for six consecutive years – appears to have dropped its pledge to pivot to 25 per cent reusable packaging by 2030. More about Coca‑Cola accused of abandoning reusable-packaging target
Danish toymaker Lego has unveiled its first minifigures with Hidden Disabilities Sunflower lanyards, which signal that the wearer has a non-visible condition such as autism or dementia. More about Lego releases toy figures with sunflower lanyards to represent hidden disabilities
South African furniture brand Wunders has worked with designer Heath Nash to open its waste stores permanently to local Cape Town makers following a workshop and exhibition that showed the potential of reclaimed materials. More about Wunders offers furniture factory waste to makers in Cape Town MakeSpace
Architects and designers including Kengo Kuma, Konstantin Grcic and Shigeru Ban have unveiled doghouses and other pet-centric designs at the Architecture for Dogs exhibition at the ADI Design Museum in Italy. More about Kengo Kuma and Shigeru Ban design kennels for Architecture for Dogs exhibition in Milan
Promotion: design studio the Unlimited Dream Company used lighting, set design and visuals to delve into themes of "fatherhood and growth" for UK artist Loyle Carner on his most recent tour. More about Unlimited Dream Company uses spatial design to create stories on stage
Toronto-based designer Nicole Nomsa Moyo has unveiled a series of interactive sculptures that resemble oversized bracelets, necklaces and earrings informed by the jewellery of southern Africa's Ndebele tribe as part of Miami art week 2024. More about Nicole Nomsa Moyo creates "monumental and humbling" installation for Miami Design District
Dezeen Courses: from short courses in fashion design to summer schools teaching architecture, we've rounded up nine creative courses in 2025 that are ideal gifts for design and architecture enthusiasts this Christmas. More about Nine short courses that make for perfect gifts for design lovers this Christmas
Dezeen Showroom: "green steel" is used at no extra cost to customers in products by German bathroom brand Bette, which specialises in glazed titanium steel baths, shower trays and washbasins. More about Green steel bathroom products by Bette
British carmaker Jaguar has sparked controversy online after revealing its Type 00 concept car, with some people calling it a "design triumph" and others an "ugly, clunky behemoth". More about Jaguar divides opinion with "gobsmacking" EV concept
British automaker Jaguar has revealed images of its electric concept car, the Type 00, two weeks on from the launch of a rebrand that made waves online. More about Jaguar unveils concept car as "pure expression of new creative philosophy"
For the V&A museum's 2024 Make Good installation, design and research studio Material Cultures has developed alternatives to plywood and OSB made from underused woodland resources including pine needles and birch bark. More about Material Cultures transforms woodland waste into sustainable sheet materials
Dezeen Showroom: fine flecks of colour give a stylish, terrazzo-like appearance to the Micra tiles, created by Spanish brand Vives. More about Micra tiles by Vives
The recently released 50 Design Ideas You Really Need to Know book features essays tracking the evolution of design from the 19th century until now. Here, its author chooses five key design ideas. More about John Jervis shares five design ideas you really need to know