Augusta Pownall
Kelly Hoppen-designed cruise ship features a moving cantilevered exterior deck
The cruise ship, called Celebrity Edge, has 1,500 suites designed by British interior designer Kelly Hoppen, who also fitted out the world's first cantilevered deck that can move up and down the ship's exterior. More
Australian designers suggest Bleached Coral to follow Pantone's "tone deaf" colour of the year
Australian design studio Jack and Huei has proposed Bleached Coral as the colour of the year for 2020, claiming that Pantone's shade for this year Living Coral fails to highlight the ongoing destruction of coral reefs. More
Number of UK Design businesses has increased by 70 per cent since 2010
The total number of businesses operating in the UK design industry has grown dramatically over the past eight years, according to research collated by London's Design Museum. More
Robot run over by self-driving Tesla on way to CES in Las Vegas
A humanoid robot on its way to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been "hit and destroyed" by a self-driving Tesla. More
Mastercard drops name from logo in subtle brand refresh by Pentagram
Pentagram has removed Mastercard's name from its logo, meaning the credit card company will now use only the red and yellow intersecting circles as its brand mark on cards and at physical and digital retail payment points. More
Peter Bilak creates 32-arm lighting design for Royal Swedish Ballet
Peter Bilak has designed the set for the Royal Swedish Ballet production of Totality in Parts featuring a multi-armed light structure controlled by computers. More
Altrock is a terrazzo made using waste from the marble industry
London-based designer Robin Grasby uses offcuts from luxury marble workshops to create a terrazzo material he calls "beautifully chaotic". More
Fashion designer Joe Casely-Hayford dies at 62
British-Ghanaian fashion designer Joe Casely-Hayford has passed away aged 62, after losing a three-year fight with cancer. More
Hugo Boss designs vegan shoes that replace leather with pineapple-based material
Fashion label Hugo Boss has launched a range of vegan men's shoes made from a natural material consisting of pineapple leaf fibres called Piñatex. More
Huawei's Facing Emotions app uses sound to allow the visually impaired to see emotions
Chinese tech giant Huawei has developed an app that uses artificial intelligence to allow the visually impaired to "see" the emotion on the face of someone they are talking to by translating it into sound. More
Nendo creates fungi-like tableware and a tea set with an oversized lid
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a set of bowls that appear "as if one is growing out of the other" for Chinese lifestyle brand Zens, along with a "seemingly unbalanced" tea set that hides under its lid. More
Dezeen's top 10 architecture and design quotes of 2018
China's emerging design scene, the changing role of the bed, and gender and race diversity were among the big topics discussed on Dezeen this year. For our review of 2018, design editor Augusta Pownall picks 10 quotes that sum up the design and architecture scene right now. More
Banksy paints Season's Greetings mural on Port Talbot garage
British graffiti artist Banksy has created a satirical Christmas mural on a garage in the Welsh industrial town of Port Talbot. More
Optician Sans is a font that completes the eye test chart alphabet
Creative agency Anti has produced a custom font called Optician Sans by adding to the ten letters used in historic optotype eye test charts. More
Nendo rethinks the ballpoint pen to be more comfortable and reduce rattling
Tokyo-based design studio Nendo has updated the humble ballpoint pen, with a more ergonomic design called bLen, for Japanese pen manufacturer Zebra. More
Dezeen's top 10 innovative materials of 2018
Designers experimented with unusual materials throughout 2018, from innovative new products to waste. Design editor Augusta Pownall picks out 10 of the best for our review of the year. More
Edoardo Tresoldi installs wire mesh sculpture on roof of a Barcelona building
Artist Edoardo Tresoldi has placed a sculpture featuring faces fashioned from wire mesh on a rooftop overlooking a Barcelona street. More
Nendo-designed Escher exhibition opens at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria
The impossible geometries of Dutch graphic artist MC Escher are explored by Oki Sato's studio Nendo in an exhibition open at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. More
Stockholm Design's Charlotte Wiking dies at 48
Inspirational business leader Charlotte Wiking, a key figure in Sweden's creative industries, has passed away after a short illness. More
Dezeen's top 10 design and technology trends of 2018
For our review of 2018, design editor Augusta Pownall picks out 10 trends that highlight what's been going on in the design and tech world over the past year, from a focus on football and a move away from Milan, to the return of the humble poster. More