Jennifer Hahn
Six designers reimagine Renaissance artefacts for Future Relics exhibition
Design gallery Galerie Philia has unveiled an exhibition of contemporary designs based on the collections of the Medici family in the greenhouse of Florence's 16th-century Palazzo Corsini al Prato. More
Tranluscent chiffon enshrouds demountable "temple" by AB + AC Architects
Lebanese-Italian studio AB + AC Architects has hidden a space for quiet contemplation inside two nesting boxes in Dubai's busy design district as part of a pavilion commissioned by BMW Middle East. More
Five Dubai Design Week pavilions translating Arab vernacular through sustainable materials
A shelter for Gaza and a traditional Ahwari reed house are among the pavilions at this year's Dubai Design Week, which explored using natural and circular materials to expresses their context. More
Deond creates parametric cardboard pavilion for Dubai Design Week
As part of Dubai Design Week, British designer Ross Lovegrove has unveiled the first completed project from Deond, the design practice he founded with creative director Ila Colombo after moving to the United Arab Emirates. More
Refugees and design graduates unite to make towering Temple of Peace
A stepped six-tiered pyramid dominated the main Ketelhuisplein square at Dutch Design Week this year, wrapped in colourful flags offering 80 different symbols for peace. More
Six trends from Dutch Design Week 2024 including polluted materials and conceptual dinners
A heated chair and dye made from heavy metal contamination feature in this roundup of six key trends from Dutch Design Week. More
Charlotte Perriand's Bibliothèques countered the "quite elitist" furniture she created for Le Corbusier
The latest story in our mid-century modern series explores how designer Charlotte Perriand stepped out of the shadow of her mentor Le Corbusier in the 1950s and created a pioneering modular storage system. More
Tai Ping blends 35 natural fibres to colour rugs without dye
Carpet brand Tai Ping has eliminated "by far the most polluting" part of its production process with the Biophilic rug collection, made exclusively from natural materials that are left raw and undyed. More
Off The Shelf pavilion is made from standardised components that can go back on the shelf
Rio Kobayashi has collaborated with engineering firm Webb Yates on the designer's first-ever pavilion, an abstraction of his childhood home in Japan, as part of the London Design Festival. More
Cake Architecture "exposes the guts" of Rally festival with demountable fibreglass stage
Panels of translucent fibreglass envelop this multi-level stage designed by Cake Architecture for London arts and music festival Rally, revealing the reusable scaffolding structure at its heart. More
IKEA launches online marketplace for second-hand furniture
Swedish furniture brand IKEA has created a peer-to-peer resale platform called IKEA Preowned as part of its aim to become a circular business by 2030. More
Woset creates pared-back art supplies to kickstart children's imagination
Glue made from rice, crayons that draw on any surface and a stool that turns into an easel are among the unconventional craft equipment developed by Tokyo children's brand Woset for the next generation of artists and designers. More
Design Week South Africa launches to showcase "a new wave" of local talent
South Africa is set to host a new design week this October that will be split between Cape Town and Johannesburg to provide a platform for the cities' local design scenes. More
Ini Archibong designs packaging for Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre's Gin & Juice
A hand-drawn lowrider features on the packaging of Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre's premixed drinks brand, envisioned by designer Ini Archibong to "encapsulate the spirit" of 1990s West Coast hip hop. More
Hallmarks of British pubs and French brasseries meet in Henri restaurant interior
French interior designer Dorothée Meilichzon has converted the restaurant of London's Henrietta Hotel into an homage to Parisian bistros for chef Jackson Boxer. More
Eight offbeat red-and-green home interiors that prove opposites attract
Interior designers are finding interesting ways to pair red and green – a combination more typically associated with Christmas – to create quirky colour-block interiors. This lookbook brings together recent examples of how it can be done. More
Paris 2024 Olympics sustainability efforts "not enough" says carbon expert
Although the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have taken an exemplary approach to construction, reusing venues is not enough to make the games truly sustainable, argues Carbon Market Watch's Benja Faecks as part of our Olympic Impact series. More
Furniture made from London's broken bike locks features in People and Places exhibition
Design students from the Chelsea College of Arts have staged an exhibition at Yorkton Workshops in Hackney that acts as "a microcosm of London" and explores the issues keeping its residents up at night. More
"Unparalleled" British industrial designer Kenneth Grange dies aged 95
Pentagram co-founder Kenneth Grange, whose playful and prolific product designs helped to define the face of modern Britain, has died aged 95. More
Architects for Gaza creates fragments of demountable clinic for Gaza
Architects for Gaza has displayed sections of an experimental clinic, which it plans to build in Gaza "as soon as there is a gap" in Israeli strikes, at the London Festival of Architecture. More