Japanese design studio Gelchop has created a lamp for IKEA that takes the shape of an oversized Allen key in a nod to the company's flat-pack furniture legacy. More about IKEA unveils Allen key lamp in homage to "the most iconic IKEA item of all"
Social housing architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, founders of French studio Lacaton & Vassal, have been named the 2021 winners of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. More about Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal win Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021
Construction has completed on the M+ museum of visual culture in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron in collaboration with architecture studio Farrells. More about Herzog & de Meuron's M+ museum completes in Hong Kong
Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer has designed tactile packaging, a layered fabric face mask and the overall branding for Never Go Alone, a collection that aims to help protect against the coronavirus. More about Benjamin Hubert creates packaging and branding for wellness brand Never Go Alone
Architecture and design office Out of the Valley has completed a wooden holiday cabin on a farm in Devon, England, featuring a mono-pitched roof and sliding doors that open onto a sheltered veranda. More about Out of the Valley designs and builds a cedar-clad cabin on an English farm
The stainless steel-clad Luma Arles arts tower designed by Frank Gehry to evoke Van Gogh's Starry Night painting is nearing completion in southern France. More about Frank Gehry's twisted Luma Arles tower set to open in June
For this interior design lookbook we've chosen 10 stylish kids' bedrooms featuring bunk beds, raised beds and whimsical cloud-shaped lights. More about Ten contemporary children's bedrooms to inspire design-savvy parents
From a wearable survival kit to an underground bunker, here are eight homes, suits and kits designed to help people survive disasters such as climate change or asteroid strikes. More about Eight homes, suits and kits for surviving an apocalypse
A collage by American artist Beeple has become the most expensive digital image ever, with the blockchain-verified artwork fetching over $69 million at auction. More about Jpeg file by digital artist Beeple sells for over million at NFT auction
Two days before Covid-19 was declared a pandemic last year, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort predicted it would lead to a quarantine of consumption in an interview with Dezeen. In the third part of our series marking the anniversary of the pandemic, she discusses how it has changed the world. More about "The only things I miss are flirting, dancing and cuddling" says Li Edelkoort on the anniversary of the pandemic
One year ago today, the World Health Organisation officially declared coronavirus a global pandemic. Twenty one of the world's leading designers, including Thomas Heatherwick, Kelly Hoppen and Sevil Peach, gave us their views on how it has changed the world. More about Norman Foster, Virgil Abloh and more share their thoughts on the global impact of Covid-19
Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, adding a concrete and glass sphere to a 1930s building. More about Renzo Piano completes Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles
UK architecture studio Maccreanor Lavington has added a dining hall with a diamond-shaped glued-laminated timber structure to the Ibstock Place School in Roehampton, west London. More about Maccreanor Lavington adds timber dining hall with "sense of grandeur" to west London school
Snøhetta has unveiled its plan to redesign and extend the museum dedicated to Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo. More about Snøhetta to add sky-facing auditorium to Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo
To mark International Women's Day, we asked 22 of the world's most inspirational women architects and designers to nominate another woman who should be better known for their work. More about Twenty-two women architects and designers you should know
Architect Murray Barker and artist Esther Stewart renovated this two-bedroom 1960s apartment in Melbourne using colours and materials that pay homage to the original mid-century interior. More about Mid-century Melbourne apartment modernised with pistachio green kitchen
Designer Alex Proba hand-paints swimming pools with graphic murals, including the pools of two Palm Springs houses and a mural on the deck of a public pool on Manhattan's Roosevelt Island. More about Alex Proba's graphic swimming pools are "a celebration of colour and pattern"
As spring approaches in the northern hemisphere, it's time to start preparing for sunnier days and warmer evenings. For this lookbook, we've rounded up ten inviting spaces featuring outdoor furniture for relaxed al-fresco dining and socialising. More about Ten inspiring outdoor living spaces for dining and socialising this summer
Tokyo-based Klein Dytham Architecture has designed PokoPoko as a clubhouse and activity centre surrounded by forest for the Risonare Nasu hotel in rural Japan. More about Klein Dytham Architecture creates "fairytale building" for Japanese hotel
Makeshift roadblocks from Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests won the People's Choice category at the Designs of the Year awards because they could be made by anyone anywhere, says Design Museum curator Maria McLintock. More about Brick Arches roadblocks from Hong Kong protests resonate as "anyone can replicate"