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Graduate designer Woocheol Shin has designed the curved-plywood and stainless steel Whale Chair informed by the shape and smooth contours of the animal. More about Woocheol Shin mimics whale's tail to create plywood chair
MIDI, the global standard that allows digital musical instruments to talk to each other, has a new brand identity based on sound waves designed by Pentagram. More about Pentagram designs "future-proof" sonic logo for digital music standard MIDI
Dezeen Showroom: an abstract interpretation of a rural landscape by American architect and furnituremaker George Nakashima adorns the Conoid II rug, which has been reissued by Tai Ping-owned brand Edward Fields. More about Conoid II rug by George Nakashima for Edward Fields
Dezeen Showroom: industrial designer Raymond Loewy's Heavenly Star I rug from 1952 has been relaunched by Tai Ping-owned brand Edward Fields. More about Heavenly Star I rug by Raymond Loewy for Edward Fields
Mexican designer Gerardo Osio has created Raíz Noreste, a collection of objects including concrete sandals that combine traditional and modern materials to make a statement about the history of northeast Mexico. More about Gerardo Osio unravels Mexico's indigenous past with set of "disrupted" objects
This week on Dezeen, an installation of three pink seesaws that allow children to play across the border won the Design Museum's Design of the Year award. More about This week a pink seesaw installation on the US-Mexico border was named Design of the Year
Consumer culture and the natural world collide in this series of sculptural furniture pieces, created by British artist Jonathan Trayte following a road trip across the USA. More about Jonathan Trayte turns the American landscape into fantastical furniture
Swedish lifestyle brand NJRD and Italian furniture brands Miniforms and Mattiazzi are among brands showcasing products on Dezeen Showroom this week. More about NJRD, Miniforms and Mattiazzi showcase products on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: British designer Jasper Morrison has developed a simple, wooden chair for Mattiazzi that is a "protest against fashion and fakeness" in the furniture industry. More about Zampa chair by Jasper Morrison for Mattiazzi
Dezeen Showroom: London studio Industrial Facility has updated its Fronda family of seating for Mattiazzi with the addition of upholstery and a matching desk cum dining table. More about Fronda table and upholstered seating by Industrial Facility for Mattiazzi
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has made puffer jackets covered in Paris landmarks and well-known skyscrapers as part of the Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter menswear collection, which debuted in a Barcelona Pavilion-informed set. More about Virgil Abloh creates Paris landmark and skyscraper puffer jackets for Louis Vuitton
PriestmanGoode has unveiled a concept for a driverless, electric ride-hailing vehicle for London, which the design firm hopes could join the red double-decker bus in the ranks of the city's iconic transport designs. More about PriestmanGoode models autonomous taxi on London's brutalist architecture
Dezeen promotion: Brooklyn furniture brand Akron Street has launched a wooden coffee table held together by joints that require no metal hardware to assemble. More about Akron Street's Tenon Table utilises age-old woodworking technique
Dezeen Showroom: Madrid's Mayice Studio has designed a pendant light for LZF Lamps, which is clad in a single piece of hand-blown borosilicate glass. More about Hand-blown Dune pendant light by Mayice Studio for LZF Lamps
Dezeen Showroom: office furniture brand IOC Project Partners has designed the flexible One desk to be adapted to the individual needs of its user. More about One desk by IOC Project Partners
Eggs are hung from the ceiling, balanced on spinning tops and stacked on top of each other in a series of deliberately perilous contraptions created by industrial designer Liang-Jung Chen. More about Liang-Jung Chen explores vulnerability through 12 precarious egg racks
Dezeen Showroom: Babila is an outdoor lamp and mirror hybrid that was originally created by architect Marco Zanuso Jr. for his own studio and is now being released by Barcelona lighting brand Marset. More about Babila outdoor light by Marco Zanuso Jr. for Marset
Dezeen Showroom: Swedish design duo Bernadotte & Kylberg has created Lines, a tableware collection made from Vitro porcelain, for their new lifestyle brand NJRD. More about Lines tableware collection by NJRD
Architect Rem Koolhaas and his research studio AMO have designed an abstract set made of geometric rooms covered in tactile materials for fashion house Prada's Autumn Winter 2021 menswear presentation. More about Rem Koolhaas and AMO create faux-fur covered geometric rooms for Prada menswear show