Somewhere Good creates more nurturing digital spaces
How can we rethink digital spaces – and design a better kind of social media? Somewhere Good, a new initiative from entrepreneur Naj Austin, attempts to do just that
Patricia Urquiola designs Haworth Hotel in Michigan
The Milan-based architect and designer has applied her love of colour and comfort to the project in the US city of Holland
Inside Outside retrospective opens at MAXXI with giant curtain installation
70 of the landscape design practice's projects are presented in a striking outdoor installation in Rome
V&A launches 10-year project exploring sustainable materials
Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures includes annual displays celebrating sustainable design
Design Museum celebrates sustainable fashion designer Bethany Williams
The London-based designer transforms waste material and collaborates with communities
Calligaris Group creates furniture for all contexts
Calligaris Group’s design-led products are created to suit and adapt to every environment, from residential to hospitality
Mary Katrantzou designs first tile range
In the 'Victorian' collection for Villeroy & Boch, the Greek fashion designer draws inspiration from postage stamps and butterfly collecting
Design Museum announces Netflix exhibition this summer
The exhibition in London will celebrate Netflix's 'design journey' since its launch in 1997
Max Lamb designs altar for modernist church in Peckham
The designer's minimal works for the community-focused church aim to honour its original materiality
Hands-free function and hand-crafted form, from VOLA
Enjoy the confidence of contactless hygiene in a smart, minimal design
Powered by dance: Glasgow arts centre generates energy from clubbers
The Bodyheat project at SWG3 shows how designing renewable energy systems can be fun, too
Mac Collins wins Design Museum’s new annual prize
The young furniture designer receives the inaugural Ralph Saltzman Prize, a new award that celebrates emerging designers
Levi’s launches recycled and recyclable jeans
The new, circular version of the iconic 501 jeans is another step in the fashion industry's reckoning with its environmental footprint
Superflex co-designs play sculptures with children in Denmark
The collaborative public space project in Billund, made from blocks of pink marble, includes a 'play contract' carved into the stones
Cosentino’s new collection uses HybriQ+ technology
Presenting Ethereal, Silestone’s new design-led and sustainable collection
The best design projects of 2021
From skate parks to algae clothing, we round up the best installations, innovations and spatial transformations of the year
Peace bench by Snøhetta installed in Oslo
The public bench, honouring the ideals of Nelson Mandela, aims to promote peaceful dialogue
‘Freedom Skatepark’ opens in Accra
The new skating space, delivered by design studio Limbo Accra, is the first phase of creating a major youth cultural centre in the city
Prague underpass transformed into colourful skate park
Using minimal interventions, U / U Studio has turned a neglected space into a new community asset
Giant pink paddling pool opens in central Melbourne
The interactive installation outside the National Gallery of Victoria references Australia's pink salt lakes
LEGO launches wooden homeware collection
The brand associated with plastic bricks and play goes all serious and sustainable. Is this a grand return to the company's wooden roots?
