The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a superhero movie set in an alternative mid-century modern universe. Production designer Kasra Farahani explains how he used sets informed by the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Eero Saarinen to make it feel real. More about How Kasra Farahani created a "mid-century modern future world" for The Fantastic Four
The villa for popular reality TV show Love Island USA was built specifically for the show to prioritise both the participants and the cameras, says production designer Richard Jensen. More about Cameras were "also the client" for Love Island USA villa
Studio Mumbai founder Bijoy Jain has collaborated with Louis Vuitton creative director Pharrell Williams to create a giant snakes and ladders board for the brand's Spring Summer 2026 menswear show in Paris. More about Giant snakes and ladders board designed as "perfect metaphor for life" at Louis Vuitton Pompidou show
A crushed-up Tesla and a stage covered in real live plants are among the must-see installations at this year's Glastonbury festival for design lovers. More about Eight unmissable architecture and design highlights at Glastonbury 2025
Giant acoustic panels grown from hemp and mycelium are dangling from the domed ceiling of a Sunflower Sound System, a new dance music tent at Glastonbury this week. More about Glastonbury unveils "first-of-its-kind" mycelium-insulated stage
Architecture studio Stufish created a futuristic interpretation of a Roman amphitheatre for a stage at an electronic music festival on Italy's Adriatic Coast. More about Stufish builds dance-music colosseum for Adriatic Sound Festival
Rhode Island design studio Pneuhaus worked with production designer Sue Chan to produce hundreds of inflatable cushions made from a flexible plastic for the design of sci-fi habitats on the set of AppleTV+'s Murderbot series. More about Pneuhaus innovates inflatable panelling for extraterrestrial buildings in Murderbot series
Anna Pinnock created a Venetian palazzo, complete with trompe l'oeil pillars and graphic wallpaper, for the set of The Phoenician Scheme, the latest film by director Wes Anderson. More about "You create a world" for every Wes Anderson film says set decorator Anna Pinnock
Among the more experiential offerings at this year's Milan design week was a three-act play from design studio Formafantasma, presenting a critical perspective on modernism and its legacy. More about Modernism has been "misread and simplified" says Formafantasma
Severance viewers are envious of the TV show's eerie, retro-looking offices, which offer a level of design that is missing in modern-day workplaces, says production designer Jeremy Hindle in this interview. More about "Offices now are so uncreative" says Severance production designer Jeremy Hindle
Set design studio Stufish set out to create a unique architectural language informed by mid-century lofts and Austin Powers for pop star Sabrina Carpenter's first arena tour. More about Stufish develops distinctive "Sabrina Carpenter architecture" for Short n' Sweet tour
Late film director David Lynch adored design and architecture and mastered the art of wielding it to evocative effect, writes Anthony Paletta. More about "David Lynch was a superb director of architecture"
Making a film is like designing a building, The Brutalist director Brady Corbet tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview. More about "There is no more controversial style of architecture" says The Brutalist director Brady Corbet
Promotion: London design studio The Unlimited Dream Company created "waves" on stage for a Jorja Smith tour using modular fins that could be rearranged to create a variety of curves. More about The Unlimited Dream Company creates modular fins for Jorja Smith tour
Promotion: design studio the Unlimited Dream Company used lighting, set design and visuals to delve into themes of "fatherhood and growth" for UK artist Loyle Carner on his most recent tour. More about Unlimited Dream Company uses spatial design to create stories on stage
Belgian architect Theo de Meyer and production firm Public Art Company have created installations at the Desert Air Music Festival in Palm Springs, California, that reference industrial forms and modernist architecture. More about Theo de Meyer uses "utilitarian aesthetics" for Palm Springs festival design
Promotion: Italian architecture firm Studio Fuksas has made its operatic debut with open-air productions of Tosca and Turandot, for which the company designed an all-white set in front of Rome's ancient Baths of Caracalla. More about Studio Fuksas creates dramatic all-white stage design for Tosca and Turandot
Leather beanbags in the form of various animals, from chickens to ladybirds, provided seats for the attendees of Bottega Veneta's childhood-themed spring 2025 show at Milan Fashion Week. More about Menagerie of animal-shaped beanbags lines Bottega Veneta catwalk
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features an inflatable astronaut designed for this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "a joyful kind of branding"
An inflatable 18-metre-tall astronaut towered over the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York last night, designed by production designer Matt Steinbrenner to celebrate the award show's 40th anniversary. More about Giant inflatable astronaut looms over stage at MTV VMAs 2024