American architects Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner have built a four-storey pine frame in front of the US pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Wooden frame built in front of US pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale
Future humans grown in artificial wombs could replace the embrace of a parent with Heavy Duty Love, a machine created by sci-fi designer Lucy McRae for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021. More about Lucy McRae creates cushion machine to offer lab-grown humans a womb experience
A full-scale replica of a house in an Uzbek mahalla aims to highlight a historic and endangered form of community living in the Republic of Uzbekistan's first contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Uzbekistan's first Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion celebrates a dwindling form of community living
American artist Theaster Gates has been revealed as the next designer of London's Serpentine Pavilion, the first non-architect to be given the annual commission. More about Theaster Gates named 2022 Serpentine Pavilion designer
All forms of life on Earth, from humans to animals, plants and fungi, are given an equal seat at the table in the Refuge for Resurgence installation by London studio Superflux. More about Superflux imagines multi-species banquet for Venice Architecture Biennale
Artist and designer Maya Lin has installed 49 dead cedar trees in Midtown Manhattan's Madison Square Park to raise awareness of ecosystem die-off due to climate change. More about Maya Lin installs Ghost Forest of dead trees in Midtown Manhattan
Glowing, zigzagging volumes were layered to form the labyrinthine backdrop of the 2021 Brit Awards, courtesy of designers Es Devlin and Yinka Ilori. More about Es Devlin and Yinka Ilori construct Brit Awards stage like rainbow-coloured maze
As part of Valencia's programme as World Design Capital 2022, local firm Clap Studio has created a modular installation for a television studio that was informed by the ocean and made from gridded mesh boxes and illuminated spheres. More about Clap Studio designs modular studio that takes cues from the Mediterranean Sea
Dezeen promotion: 12 artworks by Yinka Ilori, Morag Myerscough, Richard Woods and more form an outdoor gallery along a trail through London neighbourhoods Mayfair and Belgravia. More about Wander Art Trail invites visitors to explore outdoor artworks in Mayfair and Belgravia
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has poured over a thousand mirrored balls into a pond and covered the trees of the New York Botanical Garden in polka dots as part of a park-wide exhibition. More about Yayoi Kusama wraps New York Botanical Garden trees in polka dots
Designer Camille Walala has turned the London Design Museum's shop into a pop-up supermarket selling artist-designed foods. More about Camille Walala creates pop-up Supermarket food store at the Design Museum
Studio Hai has imagined a set of quirky outdoor benches and planters to help counteract the fear of missing out, or FOMO, during the coronavirus pandemic. More about Nomo Fomo benches are social distancing devices to help prevent FOMO
Global design firm Skidmore Owings and Merril collaborated with American artist Phillip K Smith III to create Santa Monica Linear, a mirrored glass installation that lights up at night. More about SOM and Phillip K Smith III install light-up mirrored sculpture in Santa Monica
Breathing Pavilion by artist Ekene Ijeoma is a temporary installation in Brooklyn made of illuminated inflatable pillars that invite people to breathe along with its pulsing lights. More about Inflatable pillars pulse with light to encourage deep breathing in Brooklyn
Designer Sarit Shani Hay has created Soft Landscape, a sculptural installation of cushioned animals in coastal landscapes for the Design Museum Holon that draws on the architecture of the museum itself. More about Sarit Shani Hay fills Soft Landscape installation with animal cushions
Dezeen promotion: Superblue, a new cultural venue for Miami, opens later this month in a former industrial building with a programme that includes work by British designer Es Devlin. More about Superblue Miami to open with mirrored Es Devlin installation
"Design has become a new art movement" according to Ruben de la Rive Box and Golnar Roshan, who are using industrial design processes to explore the qualities of light, colour and reflection. More about Rive Roshan blends design with sculpture to create "ordinary miracles" in Museum JAN exhibition
Artist Mario García Torres has curated a new exhibition of ambiguous objects by designers including Hector Esrawe in a house in Mexico City. More about Mario García Torres curates design exhibition in Mexico City house
Dezeen promotion: Studio Mary Lennox has covered a vintage Mercedes-Benz in flowers for an installation at the car brand's creative space in Munich. More about Floral installation welcomes spring at Studio Odeonsplatz by Mercedes-Benz
A forest is set to be planted in the heart of central London this summer as part of an installation that set designer Es Devlin has designed for the city's design biennale. More about Es Devlin to fill Somerset House courtyard with 400 trees for London Design Biennale