Margaret Calvert designs Rail Alphabet 2 typeface for UK stations
Graphic designer Margaret Calvert has created a customised typeface named Rail Alphabet 2, which will be used for station signage across the UK. More
Designers explore our changing relationship with nature in Dezeen x DDW2020 talk
In this live discussion for Dezeen x Dutch Design Week 2020, three emerging designers explored sustainable design and how to redefine our relationship with nature. More
DDW designers join Dezeen for live discussion about privacy and the value of data
The value of personal data in today's society was the subject of this Dezeen x Dutch Design Week 2020 talk, featuring designers Julia Janssen, Isaac Monté and Lei Nelissen. More
Dezeen and Dutch Design Week present live discussion about our relationship with products
Seetal Solanki, Christien Meindertsma and Aniela Fidler Wieruszewska joined Dezeen for the second talk in our collaboration with Dutch Design Week 2020. More
Dezeen and Dutch Design Week host live panel discussion about The New Intimacy
Dezeen's collaboration with Dutch Design Week 2020 launched today with a live panel discussion featuring designer Victoria Ayo and architects Mark van der Net and Ali Tal'at Ali As'ad on the event's main theme, The New Intimacy. More
Porky Hefer creates mutant sea creatures to warn of ocean pollution for NGV Triennial
South African designer Porky Hefer imagined how polluted oceans might force marine animals to mutate when designing his five fantastical creatures, including a giant octopus made from hand-felted cigarette butts. More
Dezeen presents a virtual tour of Dutch Design Week plus five live talks with emerging designers
Dezeen x DDW2020: Dezeen has teamed up with Dutch Design Week to present an exclusive virtual tour featuring emerging designers plus a live discussion each day this week exploring key design trends. More
Julien de Smedt designs range of recycled-plastic houses
Architect Julien de Smedt is working with Norwegian startup Othalo to create a range of modular houses that will be constructed largely from recycled plastic. More
Atelier L2 creates modular wooden interiors for Ateliers des Capucins
Rennes studio Atelier L2 has installed 20 wooden boxes as modular units for shops, exhibitions and hospitality businesses inside Ateliers des Capucins, a covered square in a 19th-century arsenal in Brest, France. More
Estudio Flume completes Babassu flour factory in Serra
São Paulo's Estudio Flume and architect German Nieva have refurbished and extended the Babassu flour factory in Serra, Brazil to create a better workspace for the quebradeiras who turn babassu nuts into oil and flour. More
IKEA launches Buy Back initiative for unwanted furniture
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA is introducing a new initiative in time for Black Friday that will see it buy back customers' unwanted IKEA products for up to 50 per cent of the original price. More
Cobe and Dissing+Weitling design futuristic footbridge for Køge Nord Station
Køge Nord Station crosses two rail lines and eight motorway lanes and was created by Cobe and Dissing+Weitling for a new high-speed train line from Copenhagen. More
Alpenglow Projects' first exhibition features cactus lamps and pendants molded on river stones
Pendant lights sculpted from pebble stones and bronze bowls cast from objects found on hikes are among the pieces on show at Alpenglow Projects gallery in Vancouver. More
Mac Collins' afrofuturist Iklwa chair goes into production with Benchmark
Furniture brand Benchmark is producing a collection designed by Nottingham-based designer Mac Collins as a celebration of his connection to the African diaspora. More
Schwartz Besnosoff Architects creates entrance-gate bridge for Israeli university
Israel studio Schwartz Besnosoff Architects has completed the Technion Entrance Gate for the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, which also acts as a bridge that connects the campus with a city promenade. More
UK to get first ever standard for biodegradable plastic following confusion over terminology
Plastic will have to break down into organic matter and carbon dioxide in the open air within two years to be classed as biodegradable under a new UK standard being introduced by the British Standards Institute. More
KCC Design creates monochrome office for own studio in former factory space
KCC Design has completed the interior design for its own office in Shanghai, which features an exhibition space and 21 enclosed boxes for individual work in a subdued colour palette. More
Christian Vivanco launches rattan furniture collection Bajío for Balsa
Dezeen Showroom: furniture designer Christian Vivanco has teamed up with Mexican brand Balsa to produce a collection of furniture from rattan called Bajío. More
Wittman Estes elevates extensions to 1940s beach house
Seattle studio Wittman Estes has designed two elevated wings to open up and extend a beach house from the 1940s in Hood Canal, Washington. More
Adam and Arthur designs colourful straw marquetry collection informed by parlour game
The Exquisite Corpse collection comprises three handmade furniture pieces decorated with a modern take on straw marquetry in vibrant, custom-dyed colours. More