Architect Tony Fretton on his love of cycling and his Dutch bike

Paris gets sparkling new fountains, designed by the Bouroullec brothers

The European Union flag: Symbol of democracy or bureaucracy?

Why the artist behind the UK’s biggest bronze sculpture chose a woman as the subject

London Design Biennale reveals theme and artistic director for 2020 event

Grace Wales Bonner discusses her Serpentine exhibition, crossing cultures and her ultimate ambition

What is the Independent Group?

Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85, leaving design legacy in fashion, photography and furniture

Seven designers for the future from Stockholm Design Week 2019

The major flaw in the EpiPen’s design

London Mayor Sadiq Khan launches plan to provide affordable artists’ studios

Five big ideas that changed design

From Modernism to Ikea mugs, how universality shaped design

Reinventing the chair: Martino Gamper interview

Designer explores our fractured world, using everything from barbed wire to burkhas

Hussein Chalayan searches for ‘blind spots’ between design, fashion and sculpture

Discover the work of the Design Museum’s new class of designers in residence

Olafur Eliasson’s Ice Watch comes to London

Robert Venturi’s ‘Ghost Houses’ are playful reminder of the great architect’s continuing influence

Designer Ximi Li talks Shanghai’s multicultural past, changing present and prosperous future

Eating in virtual reality: Fantasy restaurants and nightmarish meals