Design studio Stephen Burks Man Made has collaborated with Italian manufacturer Alpi to create The Lost Cloth Object, a "speculative ceremonial site" based on Congolese Kuba textile patterns at Design Miami 2025. More about Stephen Burks and Alpi create "hybrid object" based on Congolese textiles
Dezeen Showroom: American designer Stephen Burks has created the light yet characterful KIDA outdoor armchair for Dedon, made by wrapping fibres around the frame. More about KIDA armchair by Stephen Burks for Dedon
Following the controversy over a Milan design week exhibition that displayed offensive figurines, Stephen Burks considers what the incident says about the design industry and its approach to race. More about "In Milan I found myself face-to-face with direct racial aggression"
A collection of glass figures presented by architect Massimo Adario within the Campo Base exhibition should not have been displayed at Milan design week say designers including Stephen Burks and Anava Projects. More about Milan design week marred by "racist figurines" say designers
Designer Stephen Burks has unveiled five prototypes, including podiums for digital devices and a screen that promotes privacy, in a retrospective exhibition in Atlanta, Georgia. More about Stephen Burks presents designs for "global crises" at High Museum of Art
Dezeen Showroom: Stephen Burks has designed Dala, a collection of outdoor seating for Dedon that is informed by travel and woven using traditional Filipino craft techniques. More about Dala outdoor seating by Stephen Burks for Dedon
Dezeen Showroom: American designer Stephen Burks has designed a collection of hand-woven outdoor lights for Dedon that can be used individually or arranged in totem-like stacks. More about The Others lanterns by Stephen Burks for Dedon
Dezeen Showroom: American designer Stephen Burks has created a hanging lounge chair wrapped in colourful, weather-resistant rope for outdoor furniture brand Dedon. More about KIDA hanging lounge chair by Stephen Burks for Dedon
Dezeen Showroom: American designer Stephen Burks has worked alongside Italian lighting brand Luceplan to create Trypta, a pendant light that helps improve spatial acoustics. More about Trypta by Stephen Burks for Luceplan
Designer Stephen Burks discusses the lack of diversity in the design industry and explains how his early experiences with European brands led him to work with artisans in the developing world in our latest VDF x Friedman Benda talk. More about "I've been the first and only African American to work with all my clients" says Stephen Burks
American designer Stephen Burks explains how he collaborated with Bolon and BD Barcelona Design to create a textural furniture collection, in the latest movie in our Bolon at Heart video series. More about Stephen Burks uses Bolon textiles to create shaggy chairs for BD Barcelona Design
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our penultimate movie recorded at the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan, New York designer Stephen Burks discusses the importance of having a design identity and journalist Henrietta Thompson explains why designers are starting to expand into retail. More about "It's easy for designers today to produce and sell their own work"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our second movie from New York, designer Stephen Burks takes us to the High Line and explains how the elevated park is helping to transform the surrounding areas of the city. More about "The High Line's responsible for New York's best upcoming architecture"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: New York designer Stephen Burks tells us how his once rough-edged city is being tamed by world-class architecture, urban design improvements like the High Line and a European-style bike-sharing scheme in the first of our reports from the Big Apple. More about "New Yorkers all of a sudden are interested in quality of life"
New York designer Stephen Burks filled the Milan showroom of Italian brand Calligaris with colourful ropes and columns of plastic chairs lashed together last month (+ movie). More about Variations by Stephen Burks for Calligaris
A series of lamps, tables and storage made by New York designer Stephen Burks in collaboration with basket weavers in a village outside of Dakar is on show at the Design Exchange in Toronto. More about Man Made Toronto by Stephen Burks
In the first of two movies filmed by Dezeen at the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna last month, curators Stefan Diez, Saskia Diez and Stephen Burks explain the workshop's remit to develop designers' business and branding skills. More about Blickfang designworkshop: curators
New York designer Stephen Burks of Readymade Projects has collaborated with art directors Monica Brand and Francisco Lopez of Mogollon, and photographer Daniel Hakansson to create a limited edition of posters depicting hybrid creatures. More about The Hybrid Project by Readymade Projects, Mogollon and Daniel Hakansson
Design Indaba 09: the fourth movie in our series from the Design Indaba conference and expo in Cape Town last week is an interview with New York designer Stephen Burks of Readymade Projects. More about Design Indaba videos: Stephen Burks
Cologne 09: American designer Stephen Burks of Readymade Projects created Composite Lounge at furniture fair IMM Cologne last month, using reconfigured furniture from Italian manufacturers Moroso. More about Composite Lounge by Stephen Burks