Anna Winston
Anti-Expo protests turn violent in Milan
Police have fired teargas at protesters opposing the Milan Expo on its opening day, who have set fire to cars and plastered the city in anti-Expo graffiti. More
MIT named world's top university for architecture
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the world's best university for architecture, according to new global rankings. More
Royal College of Art named as world's top design school
London's Royal College of Art is the top-ranking design school in the world, according to an annual league table of the world's best universities. More
Milan Expo 2015 opens to the public
Milan Expo 2015: the Milan Expo has opened its doors to the public today, with over 9 million tickets already sold (+ slideshow). More
Competition: enter to win tickets to Bjarke Ingels' talk at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Competition: Dezeen has paired up with New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to offer readers the chance to win one of five tickets to an invite-only talk with Bjarke Ingels this evening. More
OMA wins Amsterdam RAI hotel job with stacked-triangle design
Dutch design firm OMA has been appointed to design a new hotel for the huge Amsterdam RAI exhibition and events complex. More
SCP reissues classic design pieces from its 30-year history
Milan 2015: British furniture brand SCP is celebrating its 30th anniversary by reissuing a range of products and prototypes from its archives – including Jasper Morrison's first produced designs (+ slideshow). More
Bjarke Ingels could replace Foster + Partners on World Trade Center tower
Danish firm BIG is reportedly in talks to redesign the final tower at the World Trade Center site, potentially ousting the original architects as part of the developer's tenancy negotiations. More
Mirrors hang from cables in Japanese hair salon by Sides Core
This small hair salon in Osaka features a series of ceiling hooks that allow the owner to rearrange the mirrors and shelves that help define the space (+ slideshow). More
Kouichi Kimura's Framing House combines a home and a gallery
This Japanese family home by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects is arranged as a series of framed spaces, with the ground floor dominated by an art gallery and workspace (+ slideshow). More
Nendo's Float stool for Moroso looks impossible
Milan 2015: Japanese design studio Nendo has created two new products for Italian furniture brand Moroso – including a stool that looks like it has missing supports (+ slideshow). More
21 Grams is a sex toy that contains the ashes of a dead partner
Milan 2015: Dutch designer Mark Sturkenboom has created a "memory box" containing a dildo with a compartment for storing the ashes of a deceased partner. More
Kilo Design creates modular headphones for Aiaiai
Danish studio Kilo has designed a set of headphones that allow users to create different arrangements of headbands, earpads, cables and speakers (+ movie). More
Renzo Piano's "prodigiously misassembled" Whitney Museum is a grower, say critics
Renzo Piano's new building for one of New York's most prestigious museums has been described by critics as an "art tanker", "ungainly" and "more clunky than romantic" – but they like it anyway. More
Dezeen's #milanogram2015 winner revealed
Milan 2015: more than 9,000 images from Milan's design week have been uploaded to Instagram using our #milanogram2015 tag, but this shot by Matti Kleell has been named best photograph by our panel of judges. More
Nendo follows up Milan exhibition with stacking chair for Kokuyo
Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has created a chair for office furniture company Kokuyo, following its one-year retrospective exhibition in Milan (+ slideshow). More
Jasper Morrison curates exhibition chronicling 80 years of Molteni design collaborations
Milan 2015: designer Jasper Morrison has brought together prototypes and iconic designs from the 80-year history of Italian furniture brand Molteni – including early pieces by Gio Ponti and contemporary work by Norman Foster and Alvaro Siza (+ slideshow). More
Lyndon Neri and Alberto Alessi pay tribute to Michael Graves
Lyndon Neri and Alberto Alessi have paid tribute to Michael Graves, following a memorial service for the influential American architect who died last month (+ interview). More
Italo Rota designs Arts and Food exhibition for Triennale di Milano
Milan 2015: a major show examining the relationship between art and rituals around food opened this week at the Triennale di Milano museum with an exhibition design by Italian architect Italo Rota (+ slideshow). More
Milan Expo pavilions "haven't a hope in hell" of completing in time
Milan Expo 2015: two weeks ahead of opening day, the Milan Expo is still a building site and designers say some pavilions may not be finished in time. More