UK furniture brand Swoon Editions has apologised to London designer Simone Brewster after producing one of her designs without her knowledge and without paying her. More
Director of the Architectural Association Eva Franch i Gilabert has lost a vote of confidence as students and staff at the UK school voted down her five-year plan for the institution, prompting outrage from academics and architects. More
Mississippi has voted to redesign its flag to remove the Confederate battle emblem, making it the last US state to remove the controversial symbol that was used by southern states during the American Civil War. More
Students and alumni of Harvard GSD have launched an online sale of items donated by architects and designers, including an IKEA chair signed by Virgil Abloh and a Sam Jacob painting, to fundraise for organisations that fight for racial equality. More
This week on Dezeen, Kengo Kuma's studio designed a blackened-wood chicken coop in Mexico, while Airbnb's co-founder declared that "travel as we knew it is over". More
Rapper Kanye West has revealed that his fashion company Yeezy has teamed up with the Gap brand on a 10-year partnership. More
London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that City Hall may be relocated from its Foster + Partners-designed home alongside the Thames to the docklands area of the city as part of coronavirus cost-cutting measures. More
The travel and tourism industries will be changed forever by the coronavirus pandemic with less focus on major tourist destinations, says Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky. More
Dutch architecture studio OMA and landscape architect LOLA have revealed the updated design for the 63,000-seater Feyenoord Stadium, which will be the largest stadium in the Netherlands. More
This week on Dezeen, Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch predicted we'll have pollution-eliminating biofabricated materials with the decade, and Arrival launched an electric bus. More
The coronavirus pandemic is increasing demand for plastic and delaying the drive towards sustainable alternatives, say designers. More
Research commissioned by the Creative Industries Federation has revealed that more that 400,000 jobs are set to be lost in the UK's creative sector in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. More
Offices will remain crucial places for creativity and combatting loneliness but will change dramatically in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to research by Vitra published today as part of VDF's collaboration with the furniture brand. More
Design London, the fair formerly known as 100% Design and a key component of September's London Design Festival, has been cancelled due to coronavirus. More
Electric vehicle brand Arrival has launched a zero-emissions bus aimed at making public transport viable in the coronavirus era. More
The Amanda Levete-designed Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon has reopened following coronavirus lockdown with architecture studio SO-IL's Beeline installation creating a shortcut through the building. More
Plastics will be replaced within ten years by biofabricated materials that eliminate waste and pollution, according to Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch. More
This year's London Design Festival will go ahead as scheduled in September, but with a more local focus and greater online activity in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. More
Boston architecture firm Machado Silvetti has been selected to preserve an 18th-century home in Virginia once owned by a signer of the Declaration of Independence. More
September's Maison&Objet interior design fair has been postponed and will instead take place online, while Paris Design Week is to go ahead. More
