Jay Osgerby has curated 14 designers working with craft to present "thought-provoking" installations based on timely issues for this year's Collect Open exhibition. More about Jay Osgerby selects 14 designers to create installations for Collect craft exhibition
An exhibition of work by Jaime Hayon is currently taking place as part of Madrid Design Festival, marking the first time that the Spanish designer has had a retrospective staged in his own country. More about Jaime Hayon's work celebrated in first Spanish retrospective
Paper light sculptures by renowned Japanese artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi served as the inspiration for this range of table lamps by Nendo. More about Nendo creates acrylic light sculptures in tribute to Isamu Noguchi
An exhibition at London's Design Museum will present the most poignant political graphic iconography from the past decade, created in the wakes of events such as the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Brexit, and Donald Trump's presidency. More about Design Museum to exhibit politically charged graphic design from past 10 years
In the 1970s, the Open University offered a course on the history of architecture and design. Architects can learn a lot from it, says Owen Hatherley. More about "Can modernism be explained without an architectural education?"
American artist Larry Bell has created a series of huge boxes using translucent and coloured glass, which are designed to evoke the morning fog that rolls in from the coast of California. More about Larry Bell's glass cubes mimic California light and fog
Creative agency KK Outlet has created a series of low-budget horror movies telling the story of the Whitechapel fatberg – a 130-tonne lump of fat that has just been acquired by the Museum of London. More about Fatberg stars in low-budget horror movies directed by KK Outlet
Furniture designs by architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Luis Barragán and Oscar Niemeyer are brought together for an exhibition at Friedman Benda gallery in New York's Chelsea. More about Inside the Walls exhibition at Friedman Benda showcases classic architect-designed furniture
An exhibition in Toronto brings together 365 photographs of products by Canadian designers, which were posted to an Instagram account one per day for the past year. More about Exhibition of Instagram images celebrates one year of Canadian design
New York's Museum of Modern Art will examine former Yugoslavia's impressive concrete structures and bold urban planning visions created during its communist years, in an exhibition opening this summer. More about MoMA announces exhibition exploring Yugoslavia's concrete architecture
Architecture studio Spaceworkers has created an arched exhibition space in an old Portuguese church, to celebrate the life and legacy of philosopher and scholar Damião de Gois. More about Spaceworkers commemorates Portuguese philosopher with installation in historic church
The city of Miami Beach has fined the organisers of an Instagrammable ice cream-themed museum $3,000 for environmental damage, after remnants of its plastic sprinkle ball pit were found littering the streets and feared heading into the ocean. More about Miami Beach's Museum of Ice Cream fined for plastic pollution from sprinkle pool
Designers are working harder than ever to create projects with a social and environmental conscience, according to the curator of an exhibition about "changemakers" at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Here's a look at seven figures leading the charge. More about Seven designers from the Change the System exhibition who are tackling global issues
This year, exhibitions will explore architecture and design in a variety of ways. US reporter Eleanor Gibson's selection of the 10 best include the first showcase of Bodys Isek Kingelez's body of work and 60 dresses by the late Azzedine Alaïa – but none celebrating women have so far been announced. More about 10 architecture and design exhibitions not to miss in 2018
A timber pavilion constructed by a robot and a flat-pack chair from the 18th century are among the objects included in the first exhibitions at the V&A-backed Design Society museum in Shenzhen, within spaces designed by MVRDV and Sam Jacob. More about Design Society museum in Shenzhen surveys the industry's development with opening exhibitions
Danish textile designer Stine Mikkelsen has crushed granite, melted tin and torched rope to create this collection of bizarre-looking furniture for Miami's Aybar Gallery. More about Stine Mikkelsen creates lumpy granite and knobbly tin furniture for Miami gallery
Dezeen promotion: a bronze bench that mimics a desert landscape and a sculptural traffic cone are among a range of furniture designs on show at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Michigan. More about Cranbrook Academy of Art showcases experimental furniture designs
Intimacy is an "urgent topic" for designers to address in the light of revelations about sexual harassment in Hollywood and elsewhere, according to the curator of an exhibition held at Dutch Design Week. More about Design can help people understand consent and sexual etiquette, says Embassy of Intimacy curator
A series of works by artist Carlos Cruz-Diez, including a shipping container illuminated by gradients of coloured light, were installed on the sand during Miami art week. More about Carlos Cruz-Diez creates rainbow chambers inside shipping container on Miami Beach
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a retrospective of work by the late, local architect Paolo Soleri, from craft objects to plans for vast eco-cities. Curator Claire Carter has picked out her highlights for Dezeen. More about Paolo Soleri exhibition at SMoCA celebrates the architect's visionary ideas and legacy