Furniture brand Herman Miller is acquiring fellow manufacturer Knoll in a transaction that will see the two American design companies combined into one. More about Furniture brands Herman Miller and Knoll announce merger
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Dezeen promotion: Equitone has added a graphite-hued panel to its flexible [Tectiva] range of coloured fibre-cement facade coverings. More about Equitone's fibre-cement facade panels have "unparalleled design flexibility"
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has poured over a thousand mirrored balls into a pond and covered the trees of the New York Botanical Garden in polka dots as part of a park-wide exhibition. More about Yayoi Kusama wraps New York Botanical Garden trees in polka dots
For the penultimate article in our collaboration with Dom Publishers, the editors of the Sub-Saharan Africa Architectural Guide have selected their architectural highlights from countries in central Africa. More about Architecture highlights from central Africa include projects from Equatorial Guinea and Angola
This video of Dezeen Club's first metaverse meet-up on 7 April features speakers Space Popular, Andrés Reisinger, Amber Jae Slooten and Charlotte Taylor discussing the rise of virtual worlds. More about Andrés Reisinger, Space Popular, Amber Slooten and Charlotte Taylor discuss how "the virtual world and the real world will integrate"
A panel of experts discussed designing sustainable and socially responsible cities around the world in this live talk produced by Dezeen for engineering firm Buro Happold. More about Watch our live talk about designing equitable spaces
Interior design practice Universal Design Studio has incorporated seating areas and terrazzo tracks into the lobby of an office building on the former site of a railway station at 100 Liverpool Street in the City of London. More about Universal Design Studio uses terrazzo train tracks to guide visitors through City of London office lobby
Dutch designer Dave Hakkens has launched an online academy that teaches users how to fix "99 per cent of their clothing" in a bid to combat the mounting issue of textile waste. More about Fixing Fashion initiative hopes to patch up "broken" clothing industry
Bedrooms and living spaces at this thatch-roofed house in Vietnam's Cần Giuộc district open up to provide views across a pond that wraps around two sides of the building. More about AM House is a Vietnamese holiday home surrounded by a pond and tropical gardens
Bristol design office Taxi Studio has created a typeface that looks like intestines as part of the branding for Never Too Young, a campaign alerting young people to the dangers of bowel cancer. More about Taxi Studio designs human colon typeface for Never Too Young bowel cancer campaign
In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing Heatherwick Studio's concept for an electric car and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "Like when Homer Simpson designed a car" says commenter
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has designed an appropriately coloured office block for the Russian Copper Company in the city of Yekaterinburg, which is the studio's first project in Russia. More about Foster + Partners reveals copper-coloured office in Yekaterinburg
Designer Camille Walala has turned the London Design Museum's shop into a pop-up supermarket selling artist-designed foods. More about Camille Walala creates pop-up Supermarket food store at the Design Museum
Mangrove trees informed the design of the Shenzhen Airport East Integrated Transport Hub, which architecture firm Grimshaw has won a competition to build at an airport in China. More about Grimshaw models Shenzhen airport transport hub on mangrove trees
Elon Musk's SpaceX will develop the first commercial human lander for NASA as part of its Artemis program, which will carry the first woman to the moon. More about SpaceX wins NASA contract to design moon lander
A new retrospective of postmodernist architect Aldo Rossi's work has recently opened at Rome's MAXXI museum. Its curator Alberto Ferlenga picks ten designs that demonstrate the scope of Rossi's work and how it is still relevant today. More about Ten key Aldo Rossi projects that showcase the scope of his work
French design students Hugo Maupetit and Vivian Fischer have developed a method for collecting discarded chewing gum and turning it into colourful, recycled plastic skateboard wheels. More about Students turn discarded chewing gum into colourful skateboard wheels
Designer Gerardo Osio has woven the living branches of a weeping willow tree together to form a "living seat" along the Dommel river in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. More about Gerardo Osio weaves chair into weeping willow tree on the Dommel river
Architecture firm LOHA has incorporated terraces and covered balconies into a black-and-white student housing building that occupies an entire city block in West Los Angeles. More about LOHA creates Westgate1515 student apartment complex in Los Angeles
Danish architecture studio BIG has designed a research and development building named the O-Tower for Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO in Hangzhou. More about BIG designs "infinity loop" skyscraper for OPPO in Hangzhou