Ajlan Gharem announced as winner of the Jameel Prize
Established by the V&A and Art Jameel, the prize awards the best contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition
What to see at the London Design Festival 2021
From installations to exhibitions, we round up the highlights of what to check out at this year's LDF
Winners of 2021 London Design Medals announced
The annual awards from the London Design Festival celebrate innovation, emerging talent and lifetime achievement
Play spheres and brutalist platforms added to 1960s Stockholm park
Local practice AndrénFogelström created the striking structures for suburban park Vårbergstoppen
Are we any closer to equity in design?
Design Can, the UK campaign dedicated to a more inclusive design industry, launches a new initiative
The influential design of the Tokyo Olympics… in 1964
Before Tokyo 2020, there was Tokyo 1964 – and a new exhibition in London reveals the design innovation and significance behind the historic event
PVC perils: why bouncy castles are a design nightmare
The inflatable play-houses are more than just lurid eyesores – their use is bound up with plastic waste and social inequality
New pedestrian bridge opens in King’s Cross
Designed by Moxon Architects, the red bridge improves connections in the rapidly growing area
Studio Ossidiana designs floating garden in Istanbul
Traversing Istanbul's waters and islands, Büyükada Songlines formed a hub of conversation and debate, as well as a biodiverse home for birds and humans alike
Morag Myerscough transforms Coventry shopping street
The designer’s Endless Ribbon Connecting Us forms part of a citywide regeneration programme
Projects Office designs colourful mental health hub in Edinburgh
The youth-focused 'third space' is playful, practical and informed by user engagement
A new exhibition celebrates ‘farmer designers’
Can we design a better system of agriculture? An exhibition at madd-bordeaux believes so
Nendo designs roadside mini-markets tackling food waste
The Japanese firm has designed a kit of parts for honesty-box vegetable stands in rural areas
AMO designs Off-White flagship store in Paris
The research arm of OMA has created a space blending Parisian elegance with industrial aesthetics for the Virgil Abloh fashion label
Air-purifying playground designed in Warsaw
Powered by solar energy and play, ecoLogicStudio's specially designed microclimate harnesses algae biotechnology to clean the air of pollutants
Adam Nathaniel Furman completes Proud Little Pyramid in King’s Cross London
The colourful installation kicks off a six-month residency for the designer at King’s Cross
Piet Oudolf designs new garden for Vitra Campus
The Dutch designer's project creates a space of nature to complement the architectural interventions across the Weil am Rhein campus
1970s Beijing warehouse transformed into play landscape
The Playscape was designed by waa to enable a variety of activity-based learning and adventure
Design installations arrive on Toronto streets
Part of an annual design competition, the three installations respond to the theme of 'refuge'
New gallery space in Accra designed using raw earth
Amba Gallery is dedicated to ‘taking ownership and control of how African art is represented’
Parley and M.I.A release ocean waste eyewear collection
The Clean Waves eyewear range is created from marine plastic debris and reclaimed fishing nets
