Highlights
Good design is good for business, says McKinsey as it unveils new design division
Casa Salvatori in Milan brings together marble furnishings and flecked terrazzo floors
Sagrada Familia agrees €36 million payment after building for 136 years with no permit
WeWork opens co-working space inside Stirling’s No 1 Poultry
Superstar is a graphene wheelchair that promises strength and lightness
Julia Schwarz uses lichen to create food for after the apocalypse
Ten visually striking cafes to visit in cities all around the world
JW Anderson reimagines Converse’s Chuck 70 in felt
Five geoengineering solutions proposed to fight climate change
“Humans are clever. They can solve problems. There is hope”
Mecanoo completes world’s largest performing arts centre in Taiwan
Banksy’s shredded painting authenticated as original artwork
Knowhow Shop’s faceted white studio in LA is “built like a piece of furniture”
Eleven Finnish designers present ingenious products for small-scale living
World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge unveiled at Dutch Design Week
“Just because a building looks ugly, it doesn’t make it a bad building”
Three geometric volumes form Nelson Resende’s architecture studio
Watch our talk about design and the anthropocene at Dutch Design Week 2018
Chengdu plans to launch artificial moon to replace its street lights
Pure Minimalist furniture collection takes cues from beach landscape of the Hamptons
Álvaro Siza clads International Design Museum of China in red sandstone
Panasonic’s human blinkers help people concentrate in open-plan offices
Iridescent turquoise bricks front Damien Hirst’s new studio by Stiff + Trevillion