Basta, Verpan and Tsar Carpets showcase products on Dezeen Showroom
Finnish furniture brand Basta (above), Danish manufacturer Verpan and Australian brand Tsar Carpets are among brands showcasing products on Dezeen Showroom this week. More
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Rail by K-array is an LED lighting strip with built-in speakers
Dezeen Showroom: Italian audio manufacturer K-array is launching Rail, a strip of overhead lighting with tiny inbuilt speakers. More
UK architects feud over airport projects as Architects Climate Action Network urges staff to take action
Climate action group ACAN has called on architects at Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects to take "meaningful action outside of your employment" amid an escalating row over airport projects. More
Haze lamp by Samuel Wilkinson for Zero Lighting
Dezeen Showroom: London-based designer Samuel Wilkinson worked alongside Swedish brand Zero Lighting to create Haze, a lantern-like pendant lamp that's wrapped in 3D-printed fabric. More
Dezeen's top 10 quirky furniture designs of 2020
Continuing our review of 2020, we've selected 10 of the most charmingly unusual furniture designs from the past year, from a futuristic birthing chair to sagging shelves made of foam. More
Studiomama transforms Yotam Ottolenghi's test kitchen into "happy space"
Multidisciplinary practice Studiomama has completed a colourful overhaul of chef Yotam Ottolenghi's test kitchen in London, creating pops of saffron yellow and raspberry red. More
Carlo Ratti Associati designs "world's first fully compostable marker"
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has designed a concept for a compostable marker pen comprising natural fibres and a water-based, edible ink that would break down within six months. More
Competition: win a Rado True Square watch by YOY, Formafantasma or Tej Chauhan
To celebrate the end of Rado Design Week, we are giving readers the chance to win one of the Swiss watch brand's unique new timepieces in a special competition. More
Droog presents the face mask as a flirtatious fashion statement
Dutch design platform Droog has launched Le Freak, a mask that uses colourful tassels to express personality. More
Peter Pichler draws on agricultural vernacular for Italian Alpine hotel
Peter Pichler Architecture takes visual cues from agricultural architecture and traditional farming equipment to design the Hotel Milla Montis in South Tyrol, Italy. More
Brecht Wright Gander designs lamp with rubber orifice that lights up when "turned on"
New York designer Brecht Wright Gander has created a light that is switched on by sliding a phallic conductor inside of a puckered, rubber opening, in the hopes of maximising the user's feelings of discomfort. More
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David Chipperfield Architects' abandoned hospital conversion features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the conversion of an abandoned hospital in western Germany into an office. More
Lab-grown meat to feature on restaurant menu for first time after "breakthrough" approval
Chicken nuggets that US startup Eat Just created in fermentation tanks will soon be available in a restaurant in Singapore, as the first lab-grown meat in the world to be approved for sale. More
Pando ceramic pendant by Mullan Lighting
Dezeen Showroom: Irish brand Mullan Lighting has released a ceramic pendant light with a crackled exterior that resembles the bark of a tree. More
Nota sofa by Note Design for Basta
Dezeen Showroom: Stockholm-based Note Design Studio has created the flat-packed Nota sofa for furniture brand Basta. More
Zaha Hadid Architects withdraws from Architects Declare
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has withdrawn from climate action network Architects Declare a day after fellow founding signatory Foster + Partners left the group. More
Chromatic flooring collection by Tsar Carpets
Dezeen Showroom: Australian brand Tsar Carpets has released a collection of textile floor coverings informed by surrealism, in a bid to offer some "otherworldly escapism" during a tumultuous year. More
Neri&Hu embody ethos of "reflective nostalgia" with own architecture studio in Shanghai
Multidisciplinary studio Neri&Hu has converted an office and staff dormitory building in Shanghai into its own architecture and design offices named No 31. More
Dezeen's top 10 hotels of 2020
Travel may have come to a standstill this year but we still saw the opening of amazing places to stay – as part of our review of 2020, here are Dezeen's top 10 hotels. More
Watch our talk with Thukral and Tagra for Rado Design Week
Dezeen spoke to artists Thukral and Tagra about their upcoming design for Swiss watch brand Rado in the final live panel discussion as part of Rado Design Week. More