Miu Miu's M/Matching Colorstool is a "board game without rules"
Italian fashion brand Miu Miu has collaborated with creative agency M/M Paris to design a stool punched with holes that users can endlessly customise with a series of coloured pegs. More
Doconomy launches credit card with a carbon-emission spending limit
Swedish fintech company Doconomy has launched a credit card that tracks the carbon dioxide emissions of purchases, and caps the climate impact of users' spending. More
Basse Stittgen gives discarded eggs new life as bioplastic tableware
German designer Basse Stittgen aims to address the issue of global food waste and overconsumption with a series of tableware objects made solely from out-of-date eggs. More
Facebook claims to "put privacy first" with updated site design
Facebook has traded in the blue background of its site for a more "modern", all-white design that aims to put privacy at the forefront of users' social interactions. More
Alibaba offers bespoke typeface to businesses looking to rebrand
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has released a new custom typeface that its partners, sellers and consumers can use free of charge to establish their own brand identities. More
Layer and Nio's intelligent Pal scooter learns your favourite routes
Layer has teamed up with Chinese automotive company Nio to design an electric scooter that uses artificial intelligence and machine-learning technology to autonomously take you on your preferred routes. More
10 up-and-coming designers and studios from this year's Salone Satellite
Dedicated to the most promising designers under 35, the Salone Satellite show in Milan uncovers budding talent in the design industry. Design reporter Natashah Hitti has selected 10 of this year's future stars. More
IKEA's iconic blue and yellow logo made "future proof" in subtle redesign by Seventy Agency
Swedish furniture giant IKEA has unveiled an updated logo, although the changes will only be spotted by those with a keen eye for detail. More
Bethan Gray creates pearlescent furniture from discarded seashells and waste feathers
British designer Bethan Gray has teamed up with natural surface specialist Nature Squared to create a collection of iridescent furniture clad in leftover materials from the seafood and farming industries. More
This week, Notre-Dame Cathedral went up in flames
This week on Dezeen, a major fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris dominated headlines, with millions of euros pledged in support and an architectural competition for a new spire set to launch. More
Anton Alvarez creates 12 "creature-like" objects from extruded bronze
Swedish-Chilean designer Anton Alvarez has brought the lost-wax casting technique into the modern age to create a series of 12 extruded bronze objects inspired by the Renaissance. More
Tala's Alumina lighting range caters to today's growing rental market
British lighting brand Tala has designed its "super simple" Alumina range with urban nomads in mind, in a bid to appeal to a more transient rental market. More
Ten design projects that prioritised sustainability at Milan design week 2019
This year, sustainable design finally went mainstream at Milan design week. Here is Dezeen's pick of the 10 best projects and shows that tackled environmental issues. More
Eight creatives revamp Vogue Italia offices for Milan design week
Vogue Italia has opened its office this week to a host of designers including JW Anderson and Rafael de Cárdenas, who have given the Milan headquarters a temporary makeover for the city's annual design festival. More
Rossana Orlandi announces winners of Ro Plastic Prize for recycled products in Milan
Furniture made of recycled plastic and fabrics made from plastic bags are among winners of the Ro Plastic Prize competition. More
Carlo Ratti grows Gaudí-inspired structures with a kilometre of mushroom mycelium
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has grown a series of arched architectural structures from mushroom mycelium, which will be returned to the soil after Milan design week is over, in a fully circular fashion. More
Google offers "scientific proof that design is important" with A Space for Being
Google has partnered with scientists on a Milan design week exhibition that shows how different aesthetic experiences can impact our health and wellbeing. More
Arthur Mamou-Mani promotes circular design with bioplastic Conifera installation for COS
French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has assembled a structure from 700 bioplastic bricks in the courtyard of a 16th-century palazzo, as this year's Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS. More
Thomas Vailly uses sunflowers to make bio-based materials
Eindhoven-based designer Thomas Vailly explores turning sunflower crop waste into bio-materials to make sustainable products from insulation panels to iPhone cases. More
Christo to wrap silver fabric around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
Artist Christo will finally realise plans to envelop Paris' Arc de Triomphe in 25,000 square metres of silvery recyclable fabric and 7,000 metres of red rope. More