If you can design one thing, you can design everything, wrote Massimo Vignelli. Venice-based duo Zaven are out to prove it. From product design to graphics to installations, they’re causing ripples far beyond the Grand Canal

The leading Asian design event takes place again in March with top names and global brands, as well as a new two-week festival

The ‘Kagan look’ took mid-century modern design and added organic forms, a sense of joy – and even comfort. No wonder he is so often overlooked, says John Jervis

January’s edition of the Parisian exhibition showed French designers in fine form, says Peter Smisek

If you’ve made it this far without knowing the name Niko Kralj, you could be forgiven: this Slovenian mid-century giant has been shamefully neglected. But a revival is at last under way

The designer's experiments in transparency embrace tables, lights and even backpacks, Peter Smisek reports

From interiors and lighting to architecture and landscaping, here’s Icon’s fantasy list for home renovation

A new generation of designers is bringing a sense of community spirit to inner city Johannesburg, writes Cathy O’Clery

The Danish duo’s Wire furniture collection skilfully harnesses metalwork to saddlery, writes Allan Torp

Emerging talent, in the Form Us With Love-designed “Greenhouse” space, and tableware made of sulfur were among the most intriguing displays at the Swedish capital’s annual exhibition

The furniture giant’s products are usually clever and design-focused, so why is its name still trapped in an outdated yellow lozenge? It’s time to take a modular approach, says Daniel Freytag

Blurring the boundaries between lounge furniture and kitchen accessory, Alvar Aalto’s mobile icon receives a tonal update. Laura Snoad reports

The first major design fair of 2016 hinted at an exuberant and decadent year of design ahead, says Marcia Adair

Reinvigorated by its alliance with Boffi, the venerable Milanese brand is venturing outside the Italian market

The Japanese brand unites traditional craft and contemporary design in a range of homeware and furniture that is elegant yet playful

Vitsœ’s relationship with Dieter Rams has lasted for more than half a century and the firm remains completely faithful to his vision. The principles of adaptability and durability infuse not only the furniture, but everything from its packaging to the design of its new factory. Nowadays, we call it sustainability

This ambitious exhibition at the Barbican in London reminds us that the celebrated American designers were making films to shed light on their thinking process long before it was commonplace – with greater depth and insight than many doing the same today, says Peter Maxwell

The British designer froze metal to –346 degrees while living in a Liverpool factory to produce a collection of tactile, weighty furniture, on display in an exhibition in New York. Caia Hagel went to the show’s opening

The modernist dream has gone badly awry when the only way to make good design “affordable” is to render it entirely pointless

The Microsoft designer started out creating furniture, and is drawn to the space where making overlaps with technology