As the inaugural Design Biennale Rotterdam takes over the Netherlands' second city, Dezeen has rounded up 10 standout projects from the 10-day event. More about "Depressed furniture" and Madagascan totem stools among highlights from Design Biennale Rotterdam
Spanish architect Miguel Arraiz has released designs informed by Japanese craft and volcanic stone for a monumental temple to be installed at this year's Burning Man event in Nevada. More about Miguel Arraiz designs "natural and futuristic" temple for Burning Man 2025
Architecture firm MVRDV has blanketed the square outside Bangkok's city hall with a woven floor mat made from recycled rice bags, inviting residents to sit, congregate and consider Thailand's plastic pollution crisis. More about MVRDV creates public seating area that doubles as "860-square-metre infographic" in Bangkok
A collection of contemporary designs, including rugs by Doshi Levien and Eny Lee Parker for CC-Tapis and lighting by Flos, have been installed in the house and studio of iconic Mexican architect Max Cetto during Mexico City art week. More about Contemporary design fills modernist Max Cetto house in Mexico City
Swedish studio MatssonMarnell invited Stockholm Design Week visitors to the home of co-founder Magda Marnell, where local designers showcased beeswax candles, sculptural chairs and hairy lamps. More about One Day Exhibition showcases private flat filled with unusual design pieces
Data journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi has worked with architecture studio Situ to examine the proposed international crime of domicide in Patterns of Life, an installation at the Smithsonian Design Triennial at New York's Cooper Hewitt museum. More about Patterns of Life installation recreates homes destroyed by domicide
Designer Willo Perron has created a curving runway for the Spring-Summer 2025 show for fashion house Chanel, which took place in the newly restored Grand Palais in Paris. More about Willo Perron creates sculptural Chanel runway in restored Grand Palais
As Mexico City art week kicks off, Dezeen has selected 10 exhibitions and showcases in architecture and design, from a collection of architect Alberto Kalach's notebooks to fairs showcasing collectible and industrial design. More about Ten exhibitions for design lovers during Mexico City art week
TV producer Danielle Chang worked with architecture studio Gluckman Tang and artist Warren King to create a snake installation made of CNC-cut aluminium panels at Santiago Calatrava's Oculus to mark the Lunar New Year. More about Aluminium sculpture in the Oculus celebrates the Year of the Snake
Lighting design studio Davidpompa has collaborated with restaurant Contramar to create an exhibit for the city's art week that explores the intersection of traditional Mexican weaving and seafood preparation. More about Davidpompa collaborates with restaurant Contramar for Mexico City art week
American artist James Turrell has unveiled plans for an expansive installation connected by a series of tunnels and staircases in Saudi Arabia's AlUla desert. More about James Turrell reveals "monumental sequence of chambers" for AlUla desert installation
Arizona architecture studio I/Thee has created a public installation in an Iowa park composed of furniture affixed into two rammed earth walls that were made to look eroded by applying water pressure. More about I/Thee places seating within "intentionally eroded" earthen walls for Iowa park
Artist Morag Myerscough has created an 11.5-metre-tall neon sculpture for a church in Doncaster, UK, which was informed by the "culture of embroidery and tapestry in religious buildings". More about Morag Myerscough creates neon Love and Unity sculpture in Doncaster Minster
Local art collective Xpan has created a multi-purpose creative studio called Xpan.Ep.1 in Mexico City using raw steel, aluminium, and transparent polycarbonate panels for its interior. More about Xpan produces "illusion of infinite void" in Mexico City studio
In collaboration with architect Alberto Latorre, artist Carlos Betancourt has installed a series of 3D-printed stars along the shore of Miami Beach for Miami art week, models of structures that will eventually be placed underwater to act as a "hybrid coral reef". More about Carlos Betancourt and Alberto Latorre create series of 3D-printed stars to be installed underwater
Design studio Crafting Plastics has created a kinetic, car-shaped structure from 3D-printed bioplastics for Lexus based on the brand's AI-driven software that integrates multi-sensory elements into the driving experience. More about Crafting Plastics creates kinetic 3D-printed car from bioplastic for Miami art week
Toronto-based designer Nicole Nomsa Moyo has unveiled a series of interactive sculptures that resemble oversized bracelets, necklaces and earrings informed by the jewellery of southern Africa's Ndebele tribe as part of Miami art week 2024. More about Nicole Nomsa Moyo creates "monumental and humbling" installation for Miami Design District
Designer Anna Lomax has unveiled the All Lit Up! glowing Christmas tree-like sculpture in the Victoria and Albert museum's South Kensington Grand Entrance. More about Anna Lomax reimagines Christmas tree as a twisting column
British artist Liz West has created Fluorescence, a neon installation designed to bring joy to its visitors at Granary Square in King's Cross, London. More about Liz West designs neon Christmas tree "as a beacon that radiates colour"
Taiwanese designer Hsin Min Chan served up the head, skin and tail of an imaginary creature – all made from vegetarian food waste – at a dinner event during Dutch Design Week. More about Hsin Min Chan turns fictional creature into nose-to-tail eating experience