Swedish trade show Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair has changed its name to Stockholm Furniture Fair as part of a process to create a clearer identity, the organisation revealed during Stockholm Design Week. More about Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair announces new name and graphic identity for 2023 edition
US architecture and design materials marketplace Material Bank has acquired digital architecture database Architizer. More about Material Bank acquires digital architecture platform Architizer
European architects and designers are struggling to source wood for their projects as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought imports from the region to a standstill, threatening stocks and driving up prices across the continent. More about "Timber prices going up daily" in Europe due to Ukraine war
Italian lighting company Foscarini has acquired Ingo Maurer – the eponymous brand of the late German designer and "poet of light" – with the aim of bringing his designs to a larger international audience. More about Foscarini acquires Ingo Maurer lighting brand
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders is to "freeze operations" at the design studio that bears his name and step back from the business for an indefinite period. More about "I want to do less" says Marcel Wanders as he announces his design studio will suspend operations
International group Design Holding is acquiring a majority shareholding in Denmark-based Designers Company, which owns brands including Menu, from investment company Polaris. More about Design Holding acquires Menu, By Lassen and Brdr Petersen
Entertainment and media conglomerate Disney has launched Disney Home, a design brand selling furnishings, home accessories and limited-edition collaborations. More about Disney moves into "aspirational furniture" and homeware with new brand Disney Home
The iconic Memphis Milano company, founded by designer Ettore Sottsass, has been bought by Italian Radical Design, which also owns furniture company Gufram. More about Italian Radical Design acquires Memphis Milano
Cassina has become the latest Italian design brand to be added to a national heritage register "to safeguard and enhance the value of manufacturing companies of excellence historically rooted in Italy". More about Cassina joins list of Made in Italy brands on heritage register
Paul Priestman, the chair of design studio PriestmanGoode, has announced he is leaving the company which he co-founded more than three decades ago. More about Paul Priestman announces departure from PriestmanGoode
Dezeen promotion: joining an architecture practice franchise combines the independence of being self-employed with the support network of working for a company, according to architect Lisa Raynes. More about Franchising gives architects "better balance between home life and profession" says Lisa Raynes
Sportswear brand Nike has announced its acquisition of RTFKT, a digital design studio producing trainers and other collectibles that can be worn across different online environments. More about Nike gets "metaverse-ready" with acquisition of virtual sneaker company RTFKT
Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen has purchased fellow Danish furniture company Skagerak and will now add outdoor furniture to its range of products. More about Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen acquires Skagerak
Leading furniture and homeware brands including IKEA, Piet Hein Eek and Axor are raising prices by up to eight per cent due to global shipping issues and material shortages. More about Furniture brands raise prices due to "excessive rise" in cost of materials and transport
Design office Made Thought is teaming up with Universal Design Studio and Map Project Office to form a new design collective, after selling a majority share to digital agency AKQA. More about Made Thought to form The New Standard collective with Universal Design Studio and Map
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 about Foster + Partners sells "significant" shareholding to Hennick & Company investment firm
US architecture and design materials marketplace Material Bank has acquired UK interior design procurement firm Clippings. More about Material Bank buys Clippings to speed digitisation of "one of the few remaining sectors" to be transformed by technology
American furniture brand Herman Miller has completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Knoll and renamed the new group MillerKnoll. More about Herman Miller and Knoll rebrand as MillerKnoll following acquisition of historic design brand
Furniture brand Herman Miller is acquiring fellow manufacturer Knoll in a transaction that will see the two American design companies combined into one. More about Furniture brands Herman Miller and Knoll announce merger
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 about Brexit Britain "no longer a viable distribution hub" say small design businesses