Dutch Design Week kicks off in Eindhoven this Saturday. To help you navigate the many exhibitions, installations and events taking place across the city, here are 10 of our picks. More about Ten things to have on your radar ahead of Dutch Design Week 2026
Skincare and fragrance brand Aesop has transformed its stores around the world into temporary perfumeries, using suspended paper and books to reference the fables behind its fragrances, as shown in this video carousel produced by Dezeen. More about Aesop explores scent and storytelling through fragrance installations around the world
Stepping stones lead across a reflective pool of water at Lech Mountain Mirror, a viewpoint in the Austrian Alps, designed by architecture studio Snøhetta to invite a moment of pause. More about Snøhetta "captures the magic of the mountains" with lookout in Lech
Promotion: Danish eyewear brand Lindberg has presented a site-specific installation for the Armory Show in New York City, created with Italian artist Fabrizio Corneli. More about Fabrizio Corneli creates dramatic installation for glasses brand Lindberg
A recyclable timber pavilion designed to mimic wildflowers is among the prototypes built by students at BuildFest 2026, shown in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Recyclable Wildflower installation among timber prototypes at BuildFest 2026
Alaska-based artist Nicholas Galanin has created a metal sculpture resembling a stretched animal hide in front of the St Louis Gateway Arch to challenge "narratives of westward expansion" for art festival Counterpublic. More about Nicholas Galanin "interrupts sightline" of Gateway Arch with animal-hide sculpture
Design firm Yont Studio has used salvaged car seats and more than 140 cassette tapes to create an analogue sound installation inside Berlin department store KaDeWe. More about Brutalist cassette listening booth in Berlin's KaDeWe unlocks "music you can't find on Spotify"
Photographer Gurpreet Chawla has captured this year's architectural installations at the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, from a broken Eiffel Tower to a chapel made from nylon panels. More about The quirky architecture of Burning Man 2026
Chinese designer Bin Wu has unveiled the Pavilion of Time, which features timber screens topped by a circular mirror, in the courtyard of Domaine National du Palais-Royal for Paris Design Week. More about Bin Wu's mirror-topped Pavilion of Time aims to "make time tangible"
A Matti Suuronen Futuro House has been manufactured for the first time in decades and decked out by Finnish design brand Marimekko for Helsinki Design Week. More about How a Facebook post led to the resurrection of a space-age architectural icon
Look-but-don't-touch design exhibitions are inherently unfulfilling so it's good that some designers are finding ways to let people properly interact with their work, writes Alice Fisher. More about "Is touching really asking too much?"
French design studio Uchronia drew inspiration from the historic architecture of the Grand Palais museum when creating this monumental floral installation that will be on display throughout Paris Design Week. More about Uchronia installs giant floral sculpture at Grand Palais for Paris Design Week
The Dezeen team was on the ground at Houghton Festival. Here are five standout installations from the festival, including a timber-and-thatch pavilion and a laser installation featuring a vintage campervan. More about Five standout art installations from Houghton Festival 2026
Design studios Cella Collective and Mitre & Mondays have designed a timber-framed installation for this year's Houghton Festival in Norfolk, England, covering its walls with thatch sourced from sustainable reedbeds. More about Cella Collective and Mitre & Mondays cloak tower with thatched walls at Houghton Festival
Artist Gregory Orekhov has created the Shadow of Light artwork by installing a black-fabric square at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, to show the immensity of the geology. More about Gregory Orekhov places black fabric in "endless white surface" of Utah salt flats
Design studios Softlab and Moment Factory have created seven immersive installations for the 350-metre-high Edge NYC skyscraper viewpoint at Hudson Yards, including a massive kaleidoscope and a series of pulsating globes. More about "New York's largest kaleidoscope" among immersive artworks at Edge NYC viewpoint
Colombian artist Delcy Morelos discusses how earth, darkness and the qualities of a mother's womb informed her installation for the Barbican Centre in London in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. More about Delcy Morelos creates 30-tonne earthen installation informed by a mother's womb for the Barbican
Architecture firms Studio Folk Architects and Raskl have built a timber-framed greenhouse, named The Veggery, at the Barbican Estate as part of the London Festival of Architecture. More about Barrel-vaulted community greenhouse built at the Barbican
Architect Liz Gálvez has created a pavilion in the courtyard of Los Angeles cultural organisations Materials & Applications and Craft Contemporary using cord and earthen blocks to showcase the potential of urban shade. More about Liz Gálvez "reframes" air conditioning with shade pavilion in Los Angeles
Design studio Snarkitecture has designed an expansive playground in the Great Hall of the National Building Museum in Washington DC, USA, the largest indoor installation ever at the institution. More about Snarkitecture creates "unexpected" playground in DC's National Building Museum