The medal for this year's best overall contribution to the London Design Biennale has gone to the Malta pavilion, which is presenting an expandable spherical urn designed to enshrine the ashes of multiple people together. More about Collective urns designed to "remove ego" from funeral process
Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 is full of untruths seeking to convince us that architects will solve more problems than they really can, writes Fabrizio Gallanti. More about "Fakery and deception is everywhere at Venice Architecture Biennale 2025"
Design studio Nendo has created a set of beer glasses for Japanese brewery Sapporo, featuring bell-shaped bases that make a cheerful clinking sound when they touch. More about Nendo designs bell-shaped beer glass to produce "the perfect cheers" sound
Architecture studio Nudes has used pink fluted concrete to clad an apartment building in the coastal suburb of Bandra, Mumbai, India. More about Nudes wraps Mumbai apartment building in pink fluted concrete facades
Artist Lauren Bon has embarked on an ambitious project to access water from the Los Angeles River. In this interview, she explains why she believes infrastructure should be treated like nature. More about Create "cyborg" infrastructure to save cities says Lauren Bon
German luggage manufacturer Rimowa and Swiss design company Vitra have collaborated on a toolbox and mobile storage stool informed by the companies' "mutual use of aluminium". More about Rimowa and Vitra collaborate on aluminium stool and toolbox
London firms Wet Studio and Studio Popelo put a contemporary spin on traditional Spanish aesthetics when designing La Camionera, a lesbian bar in Hackney. More about Lesbian bar La Camionera "reinterprets the traditional Mediterranean bar"
Dezeen can exclusively reveal a sneak peek of the British architect Peter Cook's Play Pavilion, which is nearing completion alongside this year's Serpentine Pavilion in London. More about Sneak peek of Peter Cook's Lego Serpentine pavilion revealed
Architect Simon Astridge has designed three vending machines for ceramics brand Solus and tile manufacturer Italgraniti that dispense porcelain tile samples and were showcased at Clerkenwell Design Week in London. More about Italgraniti and Solus unveil porcelain-clad Automatica vending machines
Architecture studio BIG has designed a residential structure with chamfered edges divided by a central outdoor space for the 175 Third Street residential building in Brooklyn, New York. More about BIG designs chamfered complex with "plethora of niches" in Brooklyn
Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has created a light-filled pavilion made from wood and polycarbonate panels for the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion. More about Marina Tabassum unveils segmented Serpentine Pavilion that "allows the park to flow in"
Architects should see themselves as providing a public service even when working on luxury apartment blocks, British designer Thomas Heatherwick tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "The tone in architecture is that the public is ignorant" says Thomas Heatherwick
Chinese studio DoDesign has perched the Drifting Stones pavilion on a rocky site in Chongqing, concealing a panoramic viewing area beneath a stepped roof of imitation stone. More about Imitation stone conceals glass viewpoint in Chinese valley by DoDesign
Construction work is wrapping up on Google's upcoming office in King's Cross, London, designed by the studios of architect Bjarke Ingels and designer Thomas Heatherwick. More about BIG and Heatherwick's landscraper revealed nearing completion in London
Astronauts could have a more joyful, Earth-like dining experience using Latvian designer Klinta Locmele's Zero collection of microgravity tableware made for eating in space. More about Microgravity tableware brings gastronomic pleasure to space
LA-based furniture design studio Willett has worked with interior design and development studio Ome Dezin to reimagine a 1960s residence in the hills of Laurel Canyon. More about Willett and Ome Dezin renovate mid-century CM G1 House in LA
Coastal homes perched on sloping and rugged terrain in Spain, the UK and the USA feature in Dezeen's houses of the month for May. More about Dezeen's top five houses of May 2025
Local design studio Mammoth has converted a former Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn into a farm-to-table restaurant informed by the paintings of North American painter Andrew Wyeth. More about Mammoth infuses Brooklyn restaurant with "bucolic essence of Upstate New York"
London studio Archmongers has updated and extended Ray House, a Victorian terrace in Hackney, to be a "celebration of craftsmanship", incorporating bespoke finishes including a decorative concrete frieze designed by its client. More about Archmongers updates London home to be a "celebration of craftsmanship"
New York design studio Earth to People has swapped synthetic glue for tree sap to bind its debut furniture collection, which features monolithic chairs hand-crafted from centuries-old cedar. More about Earth to People binds timber furniture with tree sap