Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic, curator Glenn Adamson, architect Farshid Moussavi and Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs reflect on the difficulty of predicting the impact of design, in this movie produced by Dezeen for Beazley Designs of the Year. More about It was "a howling error" that the iPhone didn't win Design of the Year in 2008, says Deyan Sudjic
David Connor Design and Kate Darby Architects have transformed a tumbledown cottage in England's West Midlands into a home and studio, enveloping the ruined old structure in a shell of black corrugated metal. More about Kate Darby and David Connor preserve rotting structure in conversion of 18th-century cottage
Dimore Studio took cues from the decadent 1960s nightlife spots on the French Riviera for the rose-tinted interiors of this new restaurant at a west London members' club. More about Dimore Studio uses velvet, brass and marble for opulent London supper club
A major new concert venue replacing the Museum of London is to be designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the New York architecture firm behind the acclaimed High Line park. More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro wins contest to design £250 million concert hall for London
"Shared space" streets have been called into question after a taxi ploughed into museum-goers on Exhibition Road, a broad boulevard shared by pedestrians and vehicles in London's South Kensington. More about Exhibition Road accident shows it's "time to review shared space" says Labour MP Emma Dent Coad
London architecture firm Studio Ben Allen has built a plywood structure inside a flat in London's brutalist Barbican Estate to create a bedroom for two children, featuring archways, steps and a fold-down desk. More about Studio Ben Allen inserts pale plywood children's bedroom into Barbican flat
Simon Conder Associates has placed a prefabricated, black-stained timber extension on top of a former warehouse in east London, creating a new home for the designers whose studio occupies the old building. More about Black House is a duplex apartment above a converted Victorian warehouse in Hackney
The venue for the Frieze art fair in London this week features walls of pleated and folded aluminium that would otherwise have gone to waste. More about Universal Design Studio uses recycled aluminium to create sculptural entrance to Frieze London
Aitor Throup delved into his 12-year archive when developing the outfits for Wayne McGregor's latest performance, Autobiography, which are designed to function as modular clothing. More about Aitor Throup designs "clothes, not costumes" for Wayne McGregor's latest production
A new education programme has launched in London to encourage young people who are black or minority ethnic to embark on careers in architecture and design journalism. More about Free New Architecture Writers course opens to aspiring design journalists from racial minorities
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman explains how his Gateways installation for London Design Festival showcased the history of Turkish ceramic tiles, in this movie filmed by Dezeen for Turkishceramics. More about Adam Nathaniel Furman creates sequence of tiled archways at London Design Festival
Visitors to London's Design Museum have increased 500 per cent since the institution moved to its new home, although the number buying tickets has grown by a more modest 50 per cent. More about Design Museum beats annual visitor target after just 10 months, but only one fifth pay to visit exhibitions
As high rents continue to drive artists out of London, the UK's seaside towns are set to become the creative hubs of the country, according to British artist Bob and Roberta Smith. More about English seaside towns will transform "like Brooklyn" says artist Bob and Roberta Smith
Jamie Fobert Architects has completed a cliffside extension to the Tate St Ives in Cornwall, southwest England, which includes an underground gallery, a rooftop garden and ceramic cladding that mirrors the hues of the sea. More about Jamie Fobert sinks Tate St Ives extension into Cornish cliff facing the Atlantic Ocean
London studio Carmody Groarke has completed a top-lit members' room at the Victoria & Albert Museum, featuring mirror installations that provide reflected views of spaces inside and outside the building. More about Carmody Groarke's V&A Members' Room combines heritage references with contemporary details
The fatal fire at Grenfell Tower shows that architects need to be reevaluating the functionality and safety of old buildings, as well as their aesthetics, according to architect Ole Scheeren. More about Grenfell tragedy shows "architectural intervention must not be limited to facades" says Ole Scheeren
The 130-tonne "fatburg" discovered below the streets of east London earlier this month serves as a reminder of how sophisticated Victorian engineering has liberated people from having to think about waste, says Will Wiles. More about "Let's save some of the Whitechapel Fatberg"
London design studio Raw Edges has created a range of concrete street furniture for Greenwich Peninsula, which is designed to look like "scaled-up" armchairs. More about Raw Edges creates concrete armchairs for Greenwich Peninsula
Former London mayor Boris Johnson had secret talks with Apple over a 'mad' mid-bridge store during a 24-hour visit to the tech company's San Fransisco headquarters to secure funding for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge. More about Apple store was proposed for Garden Bridge in return for sponsorship
Thomas Heatherwick is to completely overhaul of the Olympia events centre in west London, creating a hotel, a theatre and suite of new entertainment venues within the Victorian exhibition hall. More about Thomas Heatherwick to transform London's Olympia into "world-leading" cultural hub