References to the tar pits of Los Angeles and community well-being characterise Black – Still, a pavilion by local design studio enFOLD Collective at Craft Contemporary in LA. More about Tar-like pavilion created to challenge notions of blackness in design
Black-painted wood clads the demountable Black Pavilion, a tent-like structure designed by architecture studio Buero Wagner to be flexible for a range of uses. More about Buero Wagner creates adaptable black-timber pavilion in Rome
A pointed structure crafted from blackened wood forms the Kwaee pavilion, which Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye has installed at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about David Adjaye creates black timber pyramid for Venice Architecture Biennale
Zurich studio Appels Architekten has created the Wooden House by the Lake, a home in southeast Germany with a cross-laminated timber structure and black-stained cladding. More about Appels Architekten prefabricates black house in rural Bavaria
South Korean spatial design studio WGNB has completed a flagship shop for golf brand PXG in Seoul, featuring an achromatic material palette and a graphite-covered wall that leaves smudges on visitors' clothing. More about WGNB completes colourless interior for golf supply store PXG
Experimental clothing brand Vollebak and biomaterials company Living Ink have teamed up to create a T-shirt using black dye made from algae instead of petroleum, in what they say marks a major breakthrough for sustainable fashion. More about Vollebak releases "first piece of clothing ever" coloured with black algae dye
Local studio Crosson Architects used dark-coloured concrete to help the circular Te Pae lifeguard tower blend in with its setting on a remote black-sand beach near Auckland, New Zealand. More about Crosson Architects creates stealthy lifeguard tower on remote New Zealand beach
Ukrainian designer Victoria Yakusha has created her first collection of furniture following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which explores her connection to her homeland through a tapestry and animal-like seating. More about Victoria Yakusha designs furniture collection as homage to Ukraine
Geometric grids cover most of the surfaces in this futuristic jewellery store in Chengdu, China, designed by local studio Atmosphere Architects to play with customers' spacial perception. More about Atmosphere Architects creates optical illusion in Chengdu jewellery store
Experimental clothing brand Vollebak has used an ink derived from spirulina algae to colour this top, in a bid to show how fashion could move away from its reliance on black pigments made from heavy crude oil. More about Vollebak tints T-shirt using carbon-storing algae ink
Architecture firm Snøhetta has worked with Bronx-based cooking collective Ghetto Gastro to create a jet-black eatery in Tokyo that will house immersive dining experiences. More about Snøhetta designs Tokyo restaurant with all-black interior and stage-like kitchen
PUP Architects has refurbished Surrey Docks Farm in London, reinstating a three-storey tower clad in black timber and topped by a golden pig weathervane. More about PUP Architects extends Surrey Docks Farm with a sawtooth orangery and black tower
New York firm O'Neill McVoy Architects has used a lightwell and clerestory window to illuminate the interiors of this studio in Connecticut for artist Gelah Penn. More about O'Neill McVoy Architects creates black Double Square Studio in Connecticut for a sculptor
A house in Japan by Atelier Kento Eto is clad entirely in black corrugated metal with sliding doors that reveal a double-height hall with white walls. More about Atelier Kento Eto designs minimal black house hiding lofty interiors
Hundreds of black glass yams line the interior of this cylindrical pavilion at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), designed by architecture studio Edition Office – Dezeen's Emerging architect of the year – and artist Yhonnie Scarce. More about Black pavilion filled with glass yams examines colonisation in Australia
Architect Matteo Foresti has designed a sauna set into the rocks of an island within the Stockholm archipelago that's lined with dark oak and black stone. More about All-black sauna embedded in Stockholm's rocky island frames sea views
HeathWalker has turned a tractor shed in Hertfordshire into a house clad in timber cut from trees on the client's own land and scorched using a blowtorch. More about Tractor shed converted into house clad in scorched wood
MIT engineers have created a blackest black coating from carbon nanotubes that is reportedly 10 times darker than any material created before, including Vantablack. More about MIT creates blackest black that is darker than Vantablack
Apollo Architects and Associates has designed Umber, a house in Tokyo clad in black aluminium-zinc alloy coated steel with a hidden courtyard. More about Monolithic black house conceals internal courtyard containing a single tree
Korean practice WGNB has designed the flagship shop for fashion brand Juun.J in Seoul as a cluster of black geometric forms. More about WGNB designs all-black flagship store for fashion brand Juun.J