This year's Milan design week was a noisy assault on the mind that often felt light on substance and heavy on commercial opportunism, writes Max Fraser. More about "The days of dressing up superfluous stuff and placing it amid vapid installations surely need to stop"
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz is hoping to redefine vans as luxury VIP shuttles with its Vision V concept, unveiled this week at the Auto Shanghai motor show. More about Mercedes-Benz unveils luxury van with integrated chess board and karaoke mode
Architects Annabelle Selldorf and Ma Yansong have been named on the Time 100 list of most influential people for 2025 by Time magazine. More about Ma Yansong and Annabelle Selldorf named world's most influential architects
A full-height void creates a passageway through the middle of the Gros Bao restaurant in Marseille, France, designed by architects Neri&Hu to reference Shanghai's traditional alleyways. More about Neri&Hu designs bao restaurant to evoke Shanghai's street life
French-German interior designer Tatjana von Stein, who recently joined the Dezeen Awards jury, aims to create a sense of harmony driven by local heritage and craft in her work. More about "My work is deeply rooted in how people feel" says Tatjana von Stein
Warm and earthy tones and materials were used to create Taiwanese fine-dining restaurant Logy, which architect Keiji Ashizawa designed for "intimate dining experiences". More about Taipei restaurant features lights resembling bamboo stalks
Promotion: US work furniture brand Humanscale premiered its comfort-focused Humanscale Living collection at Salone del Mobile last week. More about Humanscale grows its work-from-home offering with a new comfort-focused collection
Dezeen Events Guide has launched the 2025 edition of its digital guide to NYCxDesign, outlining key events at the festival, such as showrooms, installations, exhibitions, fairs, talks and product launches. More about Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to NYCxDesign 2025
The first 3D-printed store by coffeehouse chain Starbucks is nearing completion in Brownsville, Texas, featuring exposed layered walls overlaid with the brand's signage. More about First 3D-printed Starbucks nears completion in Texas
US agency Overseas Building Operations has released a memo asking its architect collaborators to remove language relating to "sustainability" and "climate". More about US government restricts "sustainability" language for its overseas architecture
Promotion: colourful ceramic lights and mathematically generated wall hangings are among the designs set to be shown at the Look Book exhibition at this year's ICFF in New York City. More about Fourteen furniture and object designers spotlighted at Look Book 2025 at ICFF
American studios SOM and Gensler have completed a headquarters for media company Disney in New York City that references the local architecture but uses stand-out terracotta cladding. More about Green terracotta covers Disney New York headquarters by SOM and Gensler
A vaulted bamboo structure forms The Juliet Centre in Pakistan, a community workshop and events space completed by Northern Irish architect Jack Rankin and UK practice Nyami Studio. More about Jack Rankin and Nyami Studio complete vaulted bamboo pavilion in Pakistan
A concrete dining room cast in situ and framed by red steelwork forms the heart of this Hackney home, remodelled and extended by London studio Archmongers. More about Archmongers revamps 1970s London home with rough concrete and red steel
The late Italian architect Italo Rota and American philosopher Donna Haraway are the recipients of this year's Golden Lion awards at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Italo Rota and Donna Haraway awarded Venice Architecture Biennale Golden Lions
Demountable houses and rarely-seen furniture by French modernist Jean Prouvé feature in a new book by Galerie Patrick Seguin. Below, the authors share 10 of his most important projects. More about Ten projects that illustrate Jean Prouvé's "pragmatic approach to design"
Design practice Studio TOOJ's illusory Duk furniture series features hard, unmoving forms that look like draped cloth but are made of wood and mycelium. More about Studio TOOJ uses mycelium to craft "dreamlike" Duk tables
Promotion: a furniture studio with a sun-filtering facade and a charcoal-coloured New York tower are among the buildings and structures that won the Brick in Architecture Awards in 2024. More about The Brick Industry Association spotlights ten award-winning brick buildings
The 1072 West Peachtree skyscraper, designed by architecture studio TVS, is under construction in Atlanta, USA and will be the "tallest building in the city in over 33 years" when completed. More about Tallest residential skyscraper in Atlanta under construction
Dezeen School Shows: a tower with a salt-infused facade that filters air is among the proposals by students at YACademy that reimagine the use of an old salt quarry in Sicily. More about Six proposals by YACademy students that breathe new life into salt mines