A new exhibition by Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell explores how architects have tried, and usually failed, to create utopias. In this exclusive interview, the artists explain why architecture plays a central role in their art. More about "It's amazing how things flip" from utopia to dystopia say artists Langlands & Bell
An exhibition in Mexico curated in collaboration with Danish research lab Space10 has showcased five novel uses for local biomaterials. More about Five designers in Mexico exhibit new uses for biomaterials
Promotion: Levi's has put together a series of workshops intended to teach the public how to weave baskets from denim scraps and make wax crayons using repurposed indigo ink extracted from the brand's old jeans. More about Levi's hosts free denim upcycling workshops in London
The Essential Beauty exhibition of Obel Award-winning architect Anna Heringer's work is currently on show at Madrid's Museo ICO. Here, curator Luis Fernández-Galiano selects five highlights from the exhibition. More about Five buildings that demonstrate the "beauty and sustainability" of Anna Heringer's work
Promotion: fur and ink made from denim offcuts are just some of the experimental materials that have been created as part of a collaboration between Levi's and the British Council. More about Designers invent new materials from old jeans for exhibition at Levi's London concept store
British architect Norman Foster has designed the displays for and curated the exhibition Motion: Autos, Art, Architecture at Guggenheim Bilbao, which showcases a number of his own cars. More about Norman Foster curates exhibition that celebrates the "beauty and technology" of the car
Emma Scully Gallery in Manhattan is showcasing the furniture of Jane Atfield, a British designer credited with one of the earliest uses of recycled plastics in furniture design. More about NYC gallery celebrates 30th anniversary of Jane Atfield's recycled-plastic chairs
Site-specific installations and galvanised-steel sculptures are among artworks by artist Isamu Noguchi currently on display at London's White Cube gallery. Curator Dakin Hart selects five highlights from the exhibition. More about A New Nature exhibition showcases Isamu Noguchi's industrial yet organic sculptures
London's V&A Museum has opened an exhibition on the history of menswear designed by architecture studio JA Projects. Here, curators Claire Wilcox and Rosalind McKever select eight highlights from the show. More about V&A showcases "kaleidoscope" of menswear in Fashioning Masculinities exhibition
Mossy gardens and curved elements made of medium-density fibreboard feature in an apartment-style exhibition space in São Paulo designed by Studio Melina Romano. More about Studio Melina Romano gets creative with fibreboard at Casa Alma in São Paulo
The Smoothies, Museums and Airports exhibition, which showcases graphic design studio Stockholm Design Lab's contribution to everyday design, from IKEA typefaces to airport wayfinding, has opened at architecture museum ArkDes. More about ArkDes exhibition explores Stockholm Design Lab's everyday graphic design
An exhibition highlighting London-based designer Bethany Williams' waste-combating, social-driven vision for the fashion industry has opened at the Design Museum. More about Bethany Williams: Alternative Systems opens at the Design Museum
Barcelona-based gallery Il-lacions has opened an exhibition at Madrid Design Festival that features over 70 furnishings, sculptures and design pieces in an effort to explore contemporary design. More about Inferences/Inferencias exhibition aims to "arouse curiosity towards contemporary design"
An exhibition at Shanghai's Power Station of Design museum showcased 130 pieces of work by British, Turkish-Cypriot fashion designer Hussein Chalayan that explore his career, themes of race, culture and migration. More about Hussein Chalayan: Archipelago exhibition highlights designer's most iconic works
Architecture studio Assemble is one of the creators behind Dreamachine, an immersive art installation that will take place later this year as part of the Unboxed: Creativity in the UK festival. More about Dreamachine installation set to give visitors a "vivid visual experience" from behind closed eyes
Brutalist furniture by Rick Owens, a shaggy pink sofa and ethereal lighting feature in Transatlántico, an exhibition of Latin American and European sculptural design presented by Galerie Philia in Mexico City. More about Transatlántico exhibition "forms a bridge" between Latin American and European design
This video, shared exclusively with Dezeen, shows the living area of a Milanese apartment by Memphis Group founder Ettore Sottsass being dismantled and rebuilt inside the city's Triennale di Milano museum. More about Triennale di Milano reconstructs room from Ettore Sottsass's Casa Lana
New York gallery Friedman Benda's latest exhibition, Accidents Will Happen: Creative Salvage 1981-1991, showcases early furniture pieces from designers including Tom Dixon and Ron Arad. Curator Gareth Williams selects his favourites. More about Five "punk-rock" designs from the Accidents Will Happen: Creative Salvage 1981-1991 exhibition
Overloaded cyberpunk masks, hulking exoskeletons and other imagined wearable tech feature in an exhibition by artist Ikeuchi Hiroto, who mixes pop culture references and model-making. More about Ikeuchi Hiroto sculpts wearable cyberpunk fantasias from gadgets
Anava Projects and Ashlee Harrison have curated an exhibition by emerging artists from the US and Caribbean at New York's Carpenters Workshop Gallery, which includes sculptures woven from kelp and hand-carved furniture. More about Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents design exhibition on heritage, place and identity