Following on from Balenciaga's recent take on the IKEA Frakta bag, Los Angeles fashion brands Pleasures and Chinatown Market have made a baseball hat from the 40p tote. More about IKEA's blue bag has been reimagined as a baseball hat
Dezeen promotion: the challenges of regional political instability have fuelled the creativity of designers in Lebanon, says the director of Beirut Design Week, which takes place in the city this month. More about Beirut Design Week returns to show the world Lebanon "is not just about political instability"
Marcel Wanders has partnered with San Francisco company O2Today to release a set of air pollution masks made from patterned wool. More about Marcel Wanders designs air pollution masks with graphic prints for O2Today
The sculptural clothes of enigmatic Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo are the subject of this year's spring exhibition organised by the Costume Institute at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. More about Comme des Garçons fashion exhibition opens at The Met in New York
Ferrari's design team has created an office chair for Italian brand Poltrona Frau that resembles the driver's seat of a sports car. More about Ferrari design team creates Cockpit office chair for Poltrona Frau
This colourful glass chair by Amsterdam designer Germans Ermičs is based on a seat designed by Shiro Kuramata in the 1970s. More about Germans Ermičs' Ombré chairs pay tribute to influential Japanese designer
A spaceship-style shelter, and oversized "sofa island" and virtual-reality experiences all featured in furniture brand Cassina's Milan design week exhibition. More about Cassina marks 90th anniversary with installation exploring its past and future
Architect OMA has combined fluorescent rods with spotlights to create a linear lighting collection, presented by Belgian brand Delta Light during Milan design week. More about OMA's XY 180 lighting can be used to create geometric patterns
In this captioned movie, Hay co-founder Rolf Hay visits the factory where his latest chair is being made, as part of the Ypperlig furniture collection that the Danish brand is launching with IKEA. More about Behind-the-scenes footage reveals manufacturing of IKEA and Hay chair
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has created tasselled chandeliers in the style of paper lanterns for London company Wonderglass. More about Marcel Wanders' Calliope lighting reinterprets paper lanterns
Following our roundup of millennial pink at Milan design week, our new Pinterest board highlights the colour's increasing use in design and architecture, with examples including a room in Normann Copenhagen's flagship store and a pigmented concrete house extension. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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For his Milan design week exhibition, Norwegian designer Sigve Knutson presented a series of textured objects inspired by the lines he uses in his drawings. More about Sigve Knutson creates textured 3D versions of his abstract sketches
A supermarket filled with waste products and an overview of Norway's hottest young designers are among design reporter Alice Morby's pick of the best exhibitions at the Ventura Lambrate district during Milan design week last month. More about Five highlights from the Ventura Lambrate district at Milan design week 2017
The latest Home range from Swarovski includes bottle stoppers, polygonal paperweights, and marble trays decorated with slices of brightly coloured crystal. More about Atelier Swarovski Home collaborates with Aldo Bakker and Tomás Alonso for second collection
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a revolutionary new form of 3D printing that can produce large objects such as chairs in a fraction of the time of regular printers. More about MIT Self-Assembly Lab's Rapid Liquid Printing technology can "print furniture in minutes"
The Agate gemstone commonly found in Brazil provided the inspiration for these handmade tiles, designed by Fernando and Humberto Campana for Italian brand Bisazza. More about Campana brothers create tile collection based on Brazilian gemstones
The latest company to enter the race to build personal aircraft is Kitty Hawk, which has revealed a prototype electric vehicle that moves like a flying jet ski. More about Kitty Hawk's prototype personal aircraft flies over water
Following the death of Gilbert Baker – the designer of the universal symbol of gay pride, the Rainbow Flag – advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather has created a font that commemorates his achievements. More about Gilbert font created in tribute to designer of Rainbow Flag
Huge fabric balloons invade concrete buildings and barren landscapes in this series of images by French artist Charles Pétillon. More about Charles Pétillon's photographs combine giant balloons and concrete architecture
Deployment of IKEA's award-winning refugee shelter was put on hold due to concerns over a range of design issues including accessibility and fire risk, Dezeen has learned. More about IKEA refugee shelter to be redesigned following safety fears and design flaws