By choosing Peach Fuzz as its Colour of the Year Pantone has celebrated passivity – when what the world really needs in 2024 is bravery and honesty, writes Michelle Ogundehin. More about "Peach is the right colour, but for all the wrong reasons"
Australia has become the first country in the world to ban engineered stone, following rising cases of silicosis among workers who handle the material. More about Australia bans engineered stone due to silicosis risk
Promotion: acoustic partitions and furniture brand JEB have provided interior solutions for the University of Wollongong's new Tai Wai campus in Hong Kong, which aims to create an adaptable learning environment. More about JEB acoustic partitions and furniture create modern campus for UOW College Hong Kong
Dutch design brand Moooi has launched a pair of rugs based on artworks by Alf Bärbel Wit Peters, aged eight. More about Moooi launches carpets designed by eight-year-old
A video filmed at the Dezeen Awards 2023 ceremony reveals the Ceramophone, a musical instrument with keys made of porcelain tiles created by Solus Ceramics and Mirage. More about Ceramophone is a percussion instrument with keys made of porcelain tiles
Continuing our review of the year, Dezeen looks back at the most controversial stories to hit the world of architecture and design in 2023. More about The top 10 architecture and design controversies of 2023
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Pulkra has displayed a selection of products from its catalogue on Dezeen Showroom, which are made out of its patented concrete composite, Acron. More about Pulkra lists furniture and products made from concrete on Dezeen Showroom
With the holiday season fast approaching, Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson has picked out a selection of products for design-conscious gifting. More about Dezeen's Christmas gift guide for design aficionados
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Tesla's reveal of its long-awaited Cybertruck. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features the launch of Tesla's Cybertruck
Milan-based design exhibition Alcova has launched its Miami edition at Miami art week, meant to create a space for independent and experimental design studios at the annual event. More about Alcova presents "investigation of design" at exhibition in Miami motel
Dezeen Showroom: created by designers Pio and Tito Toso for Italian brand Pulkra, the Dome range is intended to bring the austere beauty of concrete into the bathroom. More about Dome bathroom suite by Pio and Tito Toso for Pulkra
Dezeen Showroom: Japanese office furniture manufacturer Okamura has added a slimline modular shelving system to its Lives collection of workplace furnishings. More about Lives Shelf by Okamura
Palestinian textile designer Areen has created Flowing Threads, a pink-and-red pavilion made from silk fabric that she unravelled by hand to showcase the threads that make up the textile. More about Areen unravels silk fabric for Flowing Threads installation at Dubai Design Week
Promotion: Swiss designer Yves Béhar and American brand Herman Miller's decade-long collaboration has yielded classic yet forward-looking office furniture pieces such as the Sayl chair. More about Yves Béhar's furniture design for Herman Miller focuses on flexibility and wellbeing
Chairs adorned with "spiritual" crystals and lamps made with McDonald's packaging were among the collectible design objects displayed at Design Miami 2023, held during Miami art week. More about Chairs by Marina Abramović and Dr Woo among objects at Design Miami 2023
Dezeen Showroom: design studio Martinelli Venezia celebrates the expressive qualities of concrete with the Compage tableware collection, created for Italian brand Pulkra. More about Compage tableware by Martinelli Venezia for Pulkra
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Moroso collaborated with designer Patricia Urquiola on a duo of wooden tables characterised by linear grooves carved into their surfaces. More about Rows table by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
A phone charger for rough sleepers, a basketball that never goes flat and glasses that instantly change prescription are among this year's top product designs, which we've rounded up as part of our review of 2023. More about Dezeen's top 10 product designs of 2023
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Ziyi Lian has created a street food stall to investigate why animal organs are rarely consumed in western Europe. More about Ziyi Lian challenges food prejudices with mobile street-food stall for offal
Dezeen Showroom: Dutch lighting brand Brand van Egmond has released a sculptural series of chandeliers that mimic the delicate appearance of bubbles. More about Bubbles lighting collection by Brand van Egmond