Bompas & Parr and John Booth are among the designers and artists commissioned to create a totemic sculpture for International Peace Day, which will then be auctioned off for charity Amnesty International. More about London designers create totemic sculptures for International Peace Day
Designers could revolutionise the health sector by helping patients take greater control of treatments, according to the curator of an exhibition at this year's Dutch Design Week. More about Open-source healthcare design "could make the world a better place"
We featured more than 500 weird and wonderful houses on Dezeen in 2017. For our review of the year, editor Amy Frearson recalls her top 10, including a bunker-like home in Poland, a glass house in Spain and a self-sufficient community in China. More about Dezeen's top 10 houses of 2017
Dezeen is giving away five copies of Design for Good – a book filled with architecture projects that aim to alleviate some of the world's most pressing problems, including accessibility to medicine and mitigating homelessness. More about Competition: win a book celebrating architecture that tackles global problems
One of Sydney's finest examples of brutalist architecture has been put on sale for £75 million by the New South Wales government, despite new evidence that shows the building may already be heritage listed. More about Sydney's Sirius building goes on sale for £75 million amid heritage register controversy
Dezeen and Haworth hosted a panel discussion in New York, which exploring the furniture brand's latest research that looked at how workplaces can be designed to encourage creativity and innovation. More about Watch Dezeen and Haworth discuss how to create workplaces that foster innovation
The American Institute of Architects has announced James Stewart Polshek as the recipient of its highest accolade, to be awarded next year. More about James Stewart Polshek to receive 2018 AIA Gold Medal
Dezeen hosted a panel discussion with Sonos on the impact of the Memphis movement, and its lasting influence on art and design. More about Watch our talk with Deyan Sudjic and Adam Nathaniel Furman about the impact of Memphis
Amsterdam-based Studio Drift has choreographed 300 drones to mimic a flock of birds over the beach during this year's art week in Miami. More about Studio Drift's swarm of drones illuminates Miami Beach
The most recent edition of Dezeen Mail contains Vector Architects' transformation of a disused sugar mill into a resort hotel in China and Archisutra, a humorous take on the Karma Sutra that references architecture and design. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
More about This week's Dezeen Mail features a sugar mill converted into a hotel and an architecture-inspired sex manual
Colour company Pantone has chosen a vibrant purple shade, named Ultra Violet, as its colour of the year for 2018. More about Pantone names Ultra Violet as colour of the year for 2018
Studies of how the brain works show that offices can only facilitate creative thinking if they offer spaces for both focused work and restorative activities, says furniture brand Haworth. More about Workplaces must include spaces for work and rest to foster innovation, finds Haworth
Modified shipping containers are being used to construct Fenwick Iribarren Architects' Ras Abu Aboud stadium in Doha for the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. More about Qatar's shipping-container football stadium can be taken apart and reassembled after the match
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dorota Gazy has created a range of conceptual furniture and clothing designed for people whose bodies have been deformed by their sedentary lifestyles. More about Dorota Gazy creates clothing and furniture for a lazy lifestyle
Granite is used throughout the exterior and interior of this house in Melbourne, where local studio B.E Architecture even had a bespoke bath and basin for the master ensuite carved out of the grey stone. More about B.E Architecture combines different textures of granite at monolithic Melbourne house
An employee of an international design awards programme has hit out at critics of its overwhelmingly male jury, accusing a female designer of highlighting the issue out of spite for not being shortlisted. More about Restaurant and Bar Design Awards employee defends "stale, male, pale" jury
Researchers from the National University of Singapore have created an underwater robot designed to move and look like a manta ray, better disguising the machine among its aquatic surroundings. More about MantaDroid offers "graceful" alternative to existing underwater robots
Dutch firm MVRDV has revealed plans to build a cluster of mixed-use towers in Abu Dhabi, featuring pixellated corners that will frame a public square designed by Danish studio BIG. More about MVRDV and BIG to create new neighbourhood in Abu Dhabi's Makers District
In a year filled with turbulent politics, humanitarian crises and environmental issues, designers have responded with imaginative concepts and solutions. Design editor Alice Morby continues our review of 2017 with her pick of the best. More about Dezeen's top 10 designs of 2017 that aim to create a better future
Three vaulted structures built using compressed soil-cement tiles form a canopy at this cricket pavilion in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, which looks out across the ground and a wetland valley. More about Light Earth Designs creates sustainable cricket pavilion of self-supporting parabolic roofs