Nucleo traps Thonet chair in resin for Ammann Gallery
Design Miami/Basel 2016: Italian design collective Nucleo has continued to cast furniture in resin, this time including a classic bentwood Thonet chair among three new pieces for Cologne's Ammann Gallery (+ slideshow). More
Amazon celebrates Charles Eames' birthday with pinboard of knockoffs
Online retail giant Amazon is celebrating the birthday of legendary designer Charles Eames with a pinboard that collects together replicas of his designs sold on the site. More
Piet Hein Eek unveils first collection with IKEA
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has revealed the first products from his ongoing collaboration with IKEA – a collection of furniture and homewares based on traditional Indonesian and Vietnamese crafts. More
Bouroullec brothers install floral Zaha Hadid tribute at Vitra Fire Station
Design Miami/Basel 2016: late architect Zaha Hadid has been honoured with a floral installation by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec inside her first major completed building (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid's folded Kuki chair redesigned using carbon fibre
Design Miami/Basel 2016: the late Zaha Hadid's sculpted plastic Kuki chair has been relaunched in carbon fibre at Design Miami/Basel. More
Kiki van Eijk casts branches in bronze for Civilized Primitives furniture collection
Design Miami/Basel 2016: each of the objects in this furniture collection by Kiki van Eijk is modelled on branches found in the forests surrounding the Dutch designer's Eindhoven home (+ slideshow). More
Interactive crystal sculptures feature in Swarovski Designers of the Future Award commissions
Design Miami/Basel 2016: an interactive wave of tiles and a crystallophone are among the 2016 Swarovski Designers of the Future Award commissions, revealed yesterday at Design Miami/Basel (+ slideshow). More
The top six installations and exhibitions to see at Design Miami/Basel 2016
Design Miami/Basel 2016: this year's Design Miami/Basel fair opens today in the Swiss city, where a six-tonne stone meditation space, a modular armadillo and designs by Zaha Hadid are among the highlights. More
Jean Prouvé's demountable office rescued from swingers' club fate
Design Miami/Basel 2016: a demountable office by French Modernist designer Jean Prouvé, which was used as a swingers' club until recently, has been restored for display at this year's Design Miami/Basel fair (+ slideshow). More
PearsonLloyd and Teknion create more furniture for open offices
NeoCon 2016: London studio PearsonLloyd has added to its collection of office furniture designed for the open-plan workplace as part of its partnership with Teknion (+ slideshow). More
Geneto Architects creates sight lines through square frames in Tokyo office
Japanese studio Geneto Architects has used a medley of mirrors, windows and framed prints to divide the spaces in this Tokyo office (+ slideshow). More
Muller van Severen designs rocking wire daybeds for Spanish summer house
Belgian design studio Muller van Severen has crafted curving loungers from wire netting as part of a furniture commission for one of the Solo Houses – a series of architect-designed dream homes in Spain (+ slideshow). More
Arthur Carabott's Superhydrophobic Fountain causes water to move in unusual ways
Water flows in seemingly impossible ways across this liquid-resistant fountain by London designer Arthur Carabott (+ movie). More
Seymourpowell creates gadgets from Google's Project Ara modular phone
The company behind the world's first widely available modular smartphone has released a set of concepts imagining completely new gadgets created with Google's Project Ara (+ slideshow). More
Olafur Eliasson installs giant waterfall at Palace of Versailles
A towering waterfall appears to fall from midair into the Grand Canal at the Palace of Versailles as part of Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's latest exhibition (+ slideshow). More
Daniel Rybakken and Francisco Gomez Paz create dramatic chandeliers for Luceplan
Designers Daniel Rybakken and Francisco Gomez Paz have both unveiled their latest chandelier designs for Italian lighting brand Luceplan. More
Six examples of fabric-cast concrete that are breaking the mould
Pouring concrete into fabric moulds allows designers to create dramatic, sculptural shapes that could soon be used for architectural structures. We've selected six of the most interesting examples, including a new casting technique using robots. More
Ilse Crawford named Maison&Objet Designer of the Year
London designer Ilse Crawford will create a hub space for Maison&Objet's Paris fair in September after being awarded the title of Designer of the Year. More
Yayoi Kusama exhibition in London includes three new mirror rooms
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is exhibiting a year's worth of new sculptures, paintings and installations at London's Victoria Miro galleries, including three mirrored rooms and plenty of pumpkins. More
Love & Robots' Windswept jewellery captures the movement of air into metal
Irish studio Love & Robots has designed jewellery that allows the movement of air in any given city, on any given day, to be preserved in 3D-printed precious metal. More