Eyewear brand Cubitts has collaborated with nine artists to create unusual spectacles including a model with different-sized lenses by David Shrigley, which will be exhibited during London Design Festival. More about David Shrigley and Faye Toogood create quirky glasses for Cubitts auction
Architecture studios Snøhetta and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture have completed a renovation and expansion of the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha with the addition of a "weightless" pavilion. More about Snøhetta adds "weightless" pavilion to Nebraska's largest art museum
UK studio Foster + Partners has renovated the modernist Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper in San Francisco, USA, restoring elements from the original design and linking it to a redesigned adjacent park. More about Foster + Partners "restores the logic" of Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco
British artist Alex Chinneck has created a six-metre-high, looped canal boat on the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal in England as a "playful distortion of the familiar". More about Alex Chinneck unveils loop-the-loop canal boat in Sheffield
American brand Jell-O has released four brightly coloured inflatable chairs designed to incorporate "Y2K nostalgia and modern design". More about Jell-O creates series of inflatable chairs informed by "iconic molds"
French studio Atelier du Pont has completed an office building for the operating teams of Parc de la Villette in Paris, with an exposed, gridded timber frame designed to lend its interiors a woodland feel. More about Atelier du Pont creates "woodland atmosphere" for timber office at Parc de la Villette in Paris
Designer Sabine Marcelis has teamed up with Dutch stone supplier SolidNature to create a water fountain in Amsterdam's biggest and most famous park. More about Sabine Marcelis stacks reclaimed onyx slabs for fountain in Amsterdam's Vondelpark
A pinecone-shaped wildfire detector built out of wax and charcoal has won the UK James Dyson Award, recognising the best inventions by student and graduate designers. More about Pyri wildfire detection device melts in response to fire
Local design firm Fefostudio and architect Kamilla Csegzi have created a large table made from mycelium inset with openings for custom glassware for the Collectible design fair in New York. More about Fefostudio and Kamilla Csegzi create mycelium-based Ephemeral Table
From a canyon-like podium for the man effigy to a solar-powered battery library for artists, here are 10 large-scale installations from this year's Burning Man event in Nevada captured by photographer Gurpreet Chawla. More about Ten architectural installations from Burning Man 2024
Dezeen is co-hosting a series of events during London Design Festival this year, including talks with brands Buster + Punch, Molteni&C, Autex Acoustics and Ustwo, as well as a major exhibition with ASUS. Register here to attend! More about Dezeen to host major exhibition and several talks during London Design Festival
Architecture firm Studio Gang has completed the Verde tower, which is covered in green-glazed tiles and terraces that give the building "a rhythmic play of light", for San Francisco's Mission Rock development. More about Studio Gang wraps San Francisco skyscraper in green ceramic tiles
Construction is underway on a 206-metre-high skyscraper by US architecture studio Pickard Chilton in Nebraska, which is set to be the state's tallest when completed. More about "Tallest tower in Nebraska" under construction in Omaha
A huge steel spiral staircase has been installed on top of a warehouse in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as part of the Fenix Museum designed by Chinese studio MAD. More about MAD's huge steel Tornado installed on Fenix Museum in Rotterdam
SANAA founders Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa have been named the recipients of Le Prix Charlotte Perriand for 2025 by the Créateurs Design Association & Awards. More about SANAA's Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa win Le Prix Charlotte Perriand
Local architecture studio Archipelago has transformed a former brutalist post office in Belgium into a learning centre, stripping it back to reveal its "spacious, generous and luminous" interiors. More about Archipelago converts brutalist post office in Belgium into learning centre
Mexico-based Garza Studio has created a solid aluminium bench topped with two seating plates that move on top of a plane of steel bearing balls for the Collectible design fair in New York City. More about Garza Studio creates bench with seats that move on steel bearing balls
Developer Related Companies has released additional images of the SOM-master-planned Hudson Yards West development in New York, amidst an outcry from local advocates. More about SOM unveils renderings of Hudson Yards West skyscraper and casino development
In the run-up to this year's London Design Festival, we have selected 10 installations, exhibitions and other standout projects taking place across the city from 14 to 22 September. More about Ten must-see installations at London Design Festival 2024
Tech start-up Pentaform has devised a potential solution to e-waste: making gadgets that dissolve in water and leave behind only their electronic components for recycling. More about Aquafade water-soluble electronics provide way to tackle e-waste