Jennifer Hahn
PriestmanGoode models autonomous taxi on London's brutalist architecture
PriestmanGoode has unveiled a concept for a driverless, electric ride-hailing vehicle for London, which the design firm hopes could join the red double-decker bus in the ranks of the city's iconic transport designs. More
Liang-Jung Chen explores vulnerability through 12 precarious egg racks
Eggs are hung from the ceiling, balanced on spinning tops and stacked on top of each other in a series of deliberately perilous contraptions created by industrial designer Liang-Jung Chen. More
Designers including Es Devlin and Tom Dixon customise wooden furniture for lockdown project 19 Chairs
London designers Tom Dixon and Es Devlin and provocateur Max Siedentopf are among 19 makers and artists who have reimagined a simple wooden chair as part of the 19 Chairs charity project. More
Pink seesaws that straddled US-Mexico border named Design of the Year 2020
An installation by architecture studio Rael San Fratello, which connected children in the US and Mexico via a trio of seesaws slotted into the countries' border wall, has been crowned the Design of the Year. More
Nendo designs build-your-own football for kids from impoverished communities
Japanese studio Nendo has developed a football that doesn't need to be inflated and can instead be assembled by hand from 54 interlocking plastic modules. More
Six seminal projects from Bauhaus designers Josef and Anni Albers
Nicholas Fox Weber, a longtime friend of Josef and Anni Albers and executive director of their foundation, has authored a visual biography of the renowned Bauhaus couple and their work. Here he discusses six of the most interesting projects from the book. More
Irene Roca Moracia turns construction waste into "technically illegal" furniture
Central Saint Martins graduate Irene Roca Moracia has created a collection of modular furniture using discarded building materials, as a way of critiquing the wastefulness of the construction industry. More
H-O-TT envisions furniture that turns into exercise equipment
Table legs double up as dumbbells and stools as push-up bars in this conceptual collection of furniture by Amsterdam design studio H-O-TT. More
Asylum in Ratched designed to look like "a beautiful person with a really dark secret"
Production designer Judy Becker treated Lucia State Hospital like a character in its own right to ensure that the gruesome psychiatric institution takes centre stage in Netflix thriller Ratched. More
General Motors revamps logo to reflect drive towards "all-electric future"
American automotive company General Motors has made its first substantial logo change in more than half a century as part of its pivot towards electric vehicles. More
Balisa therapy tools help patients visualise their healing process
Spanish design student Ariadna Sala Nadal has developed a series of mental health tools for survivors of child sexual abuse, to help make their emotions more tangible and thus easier to communicate. More
Faina uses traditional Ukrainian construction methods to form "primitive" lighting collection
Dezeen Showroom: Kyiv-based architect and designer Victoriya Yakusha is celebrating the cultural heritage of her native Ukraine with a lighting collection modelled after sunflowers. More
Virgil Abloh designs recycled plastic water bottle as emblem of Evian's circular ambitions
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has created a water bottle for Evian that is made almost entirely from recycled plastic and visualises this history through a distinctive hammered texture. More
Haneul Kim fashions plastic stool from 1,500 discarded surgical masks
South Korean designer Haneul Kim has collected thousands of used disposable face masks from his university campus and recycled them to create a stackable stool. More
Kyoto University develops world's first wooden satellite in bid to reduce space waste
Researchers from Kyoto University are developing a satellite made from wood that would burn up completely at the end of its life to reduce the amount of human-made waste floating in space. More
Five architecture and design events this January from Dezeen Events Guide
A virtual version of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) plus remote site visits with SO-IL and David Adjaye as part of The World Around summit are among the events listed in Dezeen Events Guide taking place in January. More
Casa Ferōz is a minimalist homeware collection for pet owners
Colombian pet-accessories brand Ferōz has released a trio of wall-mounted storage units, where owners can keep their furry, four-legged friends' toys, treats and leashes. More
Bower Studios' Melt Mirrors seem to droop "like wet noodles"
Dezeen Showroom: New York design firm Bower Studios has released a collection of sinuous mirrors that play with perception and appear to hang limply over wall-mounted, wooden dowels. More
V&A curator picks five highlights from Bags: Inside Out exhibition
The 19th-century equivalent of an activist's slogan tote and a portmanteau made from repurposed fire hoses feature in this roundup of V&A curator Lucia Savi's favourite pieces from the Bags: Inside Out exhibition. More
Adam Nathaniel Furman and Sibling Architecture design "super-camp" Boudoir Babylon installation
"Queer-oglyphs" and a "genderf*ck" colour palette feature in an installation designed by Adam Nathaniel Furman and Australian practice Sibling Architecture as part of the National Gallery of Victoria's NGV Triennial. More