Margaret Howell has spent decades as a staple on the London Fashion Week circuit but, in this exclusive interview, she says she is still trying to find her place in the design industry. More
In the first of two exclusive video interviews with Christo, the artist explains how the giant London Mastaba installation on the Serpentine lake is the culmination of over 60 years of working with stacked barrels. More
Nike is testing a host of tech-driven shopping features at a new store in Los Angeles, as part of the sports brand's major plans to "disrupt" retail. More
The megatall tower in new action movie Skyscraper was never expected to be a hit with architects, admits production designer Jim Bissell, but he wanted the building to be a "hero" nonetheless. More
In an exclusive interview, Stella McCartney sets out her environmental mission, and explains how it influenced her to design her latest store – with a little help from her dad. More
Governments are using culture purely as a promotional tool rather than recognising its social value – and this is contributing to the rise of popularism, according to artist Olafur Eliasson. More
Projects by Aldo Rossi, Paul Rudolph and Le Corbusier show how buildings on stilts can be used to covertly introduce public space onto private land, according to the curators of the Luxembourg Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Artist Christo has compared the creation of his work to building a skyscraper, or a highway, in an exclusive interview with Dezeen, following the unveiling of his floating London Mastaba installation. More
Studio Drift wants to show how the improbable can be made possible with its first major exhibition, at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, which features a floating concrete monolith and a light sculpture made from dandelions. More
Björk looked to classic Icelandic paintings and summer nights when designing the sets and costumes for her Utopia world tour, she explains in an exclusive interview with Dezeen. More
Eva Franch i Gilabert takes up her role as the first female director of the crisis-hit Architectural Association in London next month. In this interview, she explains her vision for the influential school and her views on the problems facing architecture. More
Designers in China are no longer copying the west as a new generation of home-grown talents emerges, according to Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Shanghai studio Neri&Hu. More
"Women are doing some of the most prestigious work in New York" but nobody knows who they are, according to architect and filmmaker Beverly Willis, who wants to change this with her new movie about the women who have shaped the city. More
Nike is putting new focus into sustainability, says chief operating officer Eric Sprunk, and has just created a new super material from recyclable natural leather fibre. More
After disrupting our online activities, Google's parent company now wants to disrupt how cities work. Dezeen spoke to Rohit Aggarwala, head of urban systems at Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs, as it gears up to redevelop a major chunk of Toronto. More
A new architecture triennial launching in the United Arab Emirates next year will challenge "pernicious" western views of Asian, African and Middle Eastern architecture, according to curator Adrian Lahoud. More
Architects can't solve the world's problems, but they can still make a significant impact, say Venice Architecture Biennale directors Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, who compare architecture to the slow-food movement. More
Forensic Architecture, the investigative team shortlisted for the Turner Prize for art, has expressed ambivalence about the accolade, which came in a week when it suffered several setbacks in its cases. More
UK culture secretary Matt Hancock has defended the government's support for the design industry, and has pencilled in a trip to Milan design week next year to champion UK designers. More
Furniture brands who work with female designers shouldn't expect them to only produce feminine objects, according to Danish designer Cecilie Manz. More