Jennifer Hahn
Customers exchange urine for soap at Nieuwe Instituut pop-up shop
Rotterdam's Nieuwe Instituut museum is rethinking the archetypal gift shop with a pop-up at Dutch Design Week, designed to encourage more ethical, resource-conscious consumption. More
Eight interiors where chequerboard flooring adds a sense of nostalgia
A cannabis dispensary, a hotel gym and an office in a converted 1930s military warehouse feature in this lookbook, proving that chequered floors aren't just for kitchens. More
Eight projects by POOR Collective that reimagine co-design as "a two-way street"
To mark POOR Collective winning London's Emerging Design Medal, co-founder Shawn Adams rounds up eight must-know projects by the social enterprise, focused on involving young people in the regeneration of their communities. More
Max Lamb turns cardboard boxes into furniture that "can be infinitely repaired"
At London's Gallery Fumi, British designer Max Lamb is showing 33 different furniture pieces made using cardboard waste from his own studio in a bid to push the material's structural capabilities. More
Membran recruits pedestrians to turn waste tarps into public seating for Vienna
A group of students from the University of Applied Arts has won Vienna Design Week's Social Design Award with a project aimed at involving citizens in the design of their urban spaces using the city's own waste materials. More
MSG Sphere in Las Vegas opens with bespoke artworks by Es Devlin and John Gerrard
The MSG Sphere Las Vegas opened its doors for the first time this weekend with a concert by U2 featuring visuals by designer Es Devlin, artist John Gerrard and more on a 15,000-square-metre wrap-around screen. More
Inflated 3D-printed clocks and molten-wax lamps feature in Vienna Design Week exhibition
Hidden away in the basement of this year's Vienna Design Week headquarters, The Series exhibition collated works by 22 independent designers from 14 countries to explore the idiosyncrasies of small-batch production. More
MyPowerbank hacks London's Santander bikes so homeless people can charge their phones
Central Saint Martins graduate Luke Talbot has created a portable charger that can be hooked up to rental bikes to allow people experiencing homelessness to charge their phones for free. More
Lego ditches plans to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles
Danish toymaker Lego has abandoned its pilot programme to make recycled plastic bricks from discarded bottles after projections suggested that, adopted at scale, the material would ultimately have a higher carbon footprint. More
Giles Tettey Nartey reimagines traditional West African bench as giant game of Oware
Designer Giles Tettey Nartey has presented a communal bench as part of a POOR Collective exhibition at the London Design Festival, with an intricately carved surface that doubles as a game board. More
Ganni unveils handbag made from bacterial leather at LDF
Bacteria were used to grow this one-off edition of the Bou Bag by Danish fashion brand Ganni, made from a leather alternative by London biotech company Modern Synthesis that contains no plastic or petrochemicals. More
IKEA and H&M's design incubator unveils products by 22 emerging London studios
Metro newspapers and Thames debris were used to form this collection of London-centric products, created by local designers as part of the Atelier100 incubator, which is on show at London Design Festival. More
Andu Masebo crafts furniture from remains of a single car at LDF
Designer Andu Masebo took great care to avoid making anything "naff or kitsch" when transforming a scrapped car into eight furniture pieces, currently on display at the V&A for London Design Festival. More
Apple unveils new smartwatches as "first carbon-neutral products"
Apple has released an updated lineup of Apple Watches, which the technology company claims will be its first carbon-neutral products, marking a "key milestone" in its mission to reach net zero emissions by 2030. More
Hanif Kara and Magdalene Odundo among winners of 2023 London Design Medals
AKT II's Hanif Kara has been awarded this year's London Design Medal, with ceramicist Magdalene Odundo, Sound Advice co-founder Pooja Agrawal and social enterprise POOR Collective also recognised for their work. More
Live music shows are all starting to look "kind of the same" says The 1975's set designer
Relying on social media algorithms for visual inspiration has led to stage designs becoming increasingly repetitive according to Tobias Rylander, the designer behind The 1975's viral set depicting a house. More
Japanese patchwork technique informs interior of Sando burger bar in Geneva
Sapid Studio aimed to keep as much of the original fit-out as possible during this renovation project, which saw the Swiss design firm turn one burger restaurant in Geneva, Switzerland, into the home of another. More
Yinka Ilori imbues Courvoisier bar with natural beauty of Cognac region
A wavy canopy emerges like a fountain from this pop-up cognac bar inside Selfridges in London, designed by local designer Yinka Ilori to mimic the glistening waters of the Charente river in France's Cognac region. More
Eight renovated mid-century homes that marry period and contemporary details
From a modernist villa in Beverly Hills to a flat in one of Brasília's iconic Superquadra apartment blocks, the mid-century renovations in this lookbook are a masterclass in updating a period home while retaining its distinctive character. More
Lamborghini unveils concept for first all-electric car
Italian sports carmaker Lamborghini has shared its Lanzador concept car – a look ahead at the company's first all-electric vehicle, which is set to go into production from 2028. More