The UK's largest architecture studio Foster + Partners has entered into a "strategic partnership" with Hennick & Company, which sees the private investment firm become the studio's largest shareholder. More
US architecture and design materials marketplace Material Bank has acquired UK interior design procurement firm Clippings. More
American furniture brand Herman Miller has completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Knoll and renamed the new group MillerKnoll. More
Furniture brand Herman Miller is acquiring fellow manufacturer Knoll in a transaction that will see the two American design companies combined into one. More
Small design firms in the UK are moving their production abroad and setting up businesses in the European Union to get around a slump in business following Brexit. More
Prices of imported furniture and lighting could rise up to 40 per cent as brands face uncertainty over the UK's future trading relationship with the EU. More
Italian architect Piero Lissoni has been named as the new artistic director of B&B Italia, as the furniture brand looks to overhaul its global image. More
Products database Architonic has acquired architecture news website ArchDaily in a deal thought to be worth around €10 million. More
Nine leading Italian design brands have signed a manifesto urging the government to allow them to restart production after Easter amid concerns "it could take 20-30 years" for the sector to recover from the impact of coronavirus. More
The UK's creative sector has welcomed the huge financial package announced by the government yesterday aimed at helping companies protect jobs during the coronavirus crisis, but warned that freelancers and self-employed workers need greater support. More
Dutch designers Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings have ceased working together under the studio name Scholten & Baijings after nearly two decades as partners. More
Lighting brand Plumen is to cease production of its award-winning light bulbs, and is looking for a buyer. Co-founders Nicolas Roope and Michael-George Hemus spoke to Dezeen about the brand's journey. More
Giorgio Busnelli is to step down as chairman of B&B Italia and leave the business, ending his family's link to the luxury furniture brand his father founded over 60 years ago. More
Troubled Scandinavian design retailer Skandium has been acquired by a Danish duo, who have reopened the e-commerce site and plan to open a new showroom on London's Brick Lane next month. More
British furniture manufacturer Very Good & Proper has acquired furniture brand Isokon Plus in a bid to develop both companies whilst retaining their "distinctive identities". More
Piero Gandini has resigned as CEO of Flos, the Italian lighting brand founded in 1962 by his father, following a clash of views with its new parent company Design Holding. More
The two London stores of design retailer Skandium have closed and its e-commerce site has been disabled as the company prepares to go into administration. More
Design Holding, the new furniture and lighting group made up of B&B Italia, Flos and Louis Poulsen, has marked its first show at Salone del Mobile by presenting the biggest stand the Milan fair has seen in decades. More
Companies that incorporate good design into their corporate strategies, as well as their products, benefit from increased productivity and market share, according to research by InVision. More
Brooklyn independent design brand Good Thing has announced its homeware will now be sold exclusively by American furniture retailer West Elm. More
