Japanese manufacturer Sumitomo Metal Mining Co has showcased its heat-producing Solament material in a jacket displayed at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. More about The Down-Less Down Jacket converts infrared light to heat
Dezeen Showroom: designer Christophe Pillet has worked with Italian brand Mara to produce the Foil table, a metal desk refined to its simplest silhouette. More about Foil table by Christophe Pillet for Mara
Dezeen Showroom: Australian company Kaolin Surfaces has developed a technique for finishing and laying porcelain tiles that is able to replicate the continuous vein patterns of book-matched marble or stone. More about Endless Vein tiles by Kaolin Surfaces
Dezeen Showroom: Swedish flooring company Bolon has created a collection of rugs and woven flooring made from recycled vinyl but informed by traditional textile craftsmanship. More about Graphic flooring by Bolon
With a major retrospective of his work on show in Madrid, Catalan designer Miguel Milá talks Dezeen through the most personally significant pieces from his eight-decade career. More about Spanish design pioneer Miguel Milá picks nine of his key projects
Dezeen Showroom: Swiss furniture brand Vitra has created a task chair with a "distinctly non-technical appearance" distributed by Hong Kong-based office furniture collective JEB Group. More about ACX chair by Antonio Citterio for Vitra and JEB Group
Dezeen Showroom: Australian company Kaolin Surfaces has launched a range of customisation options for its tiles, allowing architects and designers to add different patterns and finishes to suit various interior schemes. More about Customisation tiles by Kaolin Surfaces
Dezeen Showroom: Australian designer Tom Fereday collaborated with lighting brand Rakumba on a collection of table and wall lamps that celebrate "the refractive nature of crystal". More about Port lighting by Tom Fereday for Rakumba
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has created a transparent watch for luxury brand Louis Vuitton informed by his Fondation Louis Vuitton and the Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul buildings. More about Frank Gehry creates transparent Fondation Louis Vuitton-informed watch
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish designer Ceci Ferrero worked with a leather alternative made from plants to produce distinctive pendant lamps for natural handmade decor brand Let's Pause. More about Couro pendant lights by Ceci Ferrero for Let's Pause
Methane data and dishonest oil company advertising are juxtaposed in Smoke and Mirrors, a new visualisation produced by artist and musician Beatie Wolfe in collaboration with visual effects studio Parliament. More about Beatie Wolfe visualises oil industry "disinformation" in Smoke and Mirrors video
Dezeen Showroom: described as both futuristic and elegant, the Mirror lighting collection by German designer Benjamin Hopf for Formagenda features flat, reflective shapes. More about Mirror lighting collection by Benjamin Hopf for Formagenda
Dezeen Showroom: inspired by rolling sand formations, German brand Moss' Dune light features a sculptural arrangement of aluminium shades. More about Dune light by Moss
Design research agency FranklinTill has compiled a list of principles to help designers, makers and brands avoid greenwashing when sourcing textiles. More about FranklinTill shares nine principles for a shift to regenerative materials
Collectible design gallery Objects with Narratives has opened its first permanent brick-and-mortar outpost inside a historic 1920s fur atelier in Brussels. More about Contemporary furniture meets beaux-arts interiors at Brussels gallery Objects with Narratives
Brutalism, septic tanks and a rejection of the sci-fi status quo informed the set design of the film Dune: Part Two, production designer Patrice Vermette tells Dezeen in this interview featuring exclusive images. More about Production designer Patrice Vermette put himself "in the position of the architect" for Dune
Dezeen Showroom: designer Sarah Dehandschutter has created a sculptural pendant lamp for her brand LLLL that acts as both a light source and a piece of "luminous artwork". More about LLLL.08 lamp by Sarah Dehandschutter for LLLL
Fashion brand Loewe's exhibition Crafted World and the second edition of Design Shenzhen are among the Chinese architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More about Five architecture and design events from China in March
Dezeen Showroom: clean lines meet mid-century detailing in the Hampton collection of sofas and chairs by British brand Morgan. More about Hampton seating collection by Morgan
Swedish mobility company Vidde has developed an electric snowmobile in partnership with Italian design studio Pininfarina that aims to minimise carbon emissions while being fun to drive. More about Pininfarina designs "world's cleanest snowmobile" for Vidde