Tech company Light has released a clamshell version of its popular minimalist phone, combining contemporary dumbphone functionality with retro appeal. More about Light Phone goes clamshell with "timeless" Flip model
Copenhagen cleantech startup Everyday and architecture studio BIG have designed a minimalist home air purifier called Air. More about BIG designs minimalist "home climate system" for Everyday
Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio has created speckled pendant lighting out of kelp waste, salvaged from miso soup that would otherwise be thrown away at Sticks n Sushi in Lyngby, Denmark. More about Natural Material Studio crafts lighting from leftover seaweed at Sticks n Sushi restaurant
As the annual CES tech fair kicks off in Las Vegas, Samsung has launched a minimalist speaker by French designer Erwan Bouroullec, distinguished by a narrow, arched body that's not much thicker than a picture frame. More about Erwan Bouroullec disguises Samsung speaker as an abstract sculpture
Swiss technology company Punkt has launched a privacy-focused smartphone at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, promising enhanced data security for users willing to pay a subscription fee. More about Punkt launches privacy-focused MC03 smartphone
This week, designer John Pawson brought his minimalist ethos to fashion with his first garment. Here, we look at six minimalist things created by the British designer. More about Six things reduced to the bare minimum by John Pawson
British designer Terence Woodgate has created a collection of carbon-fibre furniture for Carpenters Workshop Gallery, featuring super-slim forms that lend the pieces a lightweight appearance. More about Terence Woodgate designs furniture collection where "carbon fibre is the structure"
British designer Jasper Morrison has created a collection of cherry wood cutlery for French silverware company Puiforcat, coated using a Japanese lacquering technique. More about Jasper Morrison designs "super-normal" wooden cutlery
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed Essential, a pair of deliberately pared-back iridescent torches that will carry the Olympic and Paralympic flame at next year's Milano Cortina Winter Games. More about Carlo Ratti unveils duo of torches for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games
Clothing brand A-Poc Able Issey Miyake and design studio Atelier Oï have unveiled delicate lighting at Milan design week, fashioned from wire and a single piece of off-white cloth. More about A-Poc Able Issey Miyake crafts pleated lighting for Milan design week
French creative studio Waiting For Ideas has developed a turntable with a minimalist aesthetic and simplified functionality to focus attention on the listening experience. More about Waiting For Ideas crafts "monolithic" PP-1 record player from solid aluminium block
Colour-coded terrazzo beer and negroni taps feature at the Bobo showroom in Stockholm, created as an after-work watering hole by Swedish designer Gustav Winsth and unveiled during the city's design week. More about Gustav Winsth designs tavern-style showroom for glassware brand Bobo
Reclaimed spruce and oak from the construction industry are paired together in this collection of minimalist furniture by Swiss design studio Gini Moynier. More about Gini Moynier turns salvaged timber into two-tone Formwork furniture series
Dezeen Showroom: office furniture brand Narbutas has launched the minimalist Sonus acoustic pod, designed to boost productivity and privacy in the workplace. More about Sonus acoustic pods by Narbutas
Glue made from rice, crayons that draw on any surface and a stool that turns into an easel are among the unconventional craft equipment developed by Tokyo children's brand Woset for the next generation of artists and designers. More about Woset creates pared-back art supplies to kickstart children's imagination
Dezeen Showroom: designer John Pawson aimed to achieve "absolute clarity" with the Frame Low coffee table, one of his pieces for Finnish wood furniture brand Nikari. More about Frame Low coffee table by John Pawson for Nikari
British designer John Pawson has created a made to order wooden furniture collection for Danish manufacturer and long-term collaborator Dinesen. More about John Pawson unveils pared-back furniture that is "all about the timber"
An exposed raw concrete facade fronts the Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park, which Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design and Danish firm Norm Architects conceived as a minimalist retreat in the heart of the city. More about Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects create "honest" Trunk Hotel in Tokyo
Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio has unveiled an understated pouch made from biomaterial for fashion brand Calvin Klein that was designed as a Christmas gift wrap. More about Natural Material Studio creates reusable biomaterial gift wrap for Calvin Klein
Swedish design company Aarke aimed to bring a sense of refinement to countertop sparkling water makers with the Carbonator 3, a minimalist kitchen gadget that pays homage to Italian espresso machines. More about Aarke's Carbonator 3 is a minimalist soda maker