French duo Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have made a chair for Finnish furniture brand Artek from a metal frame interlaced with a single length of marine rope that forms its back and armrests. More
Creative agency Havas has designed a new brand identity for British condom manufacturer Durex, which features a flattened logo written in One Night Sans typeface in a bid to challenge "repressive" sexual norms. More
Large pitched roofs top the volumes of this Hawaiian house, which US firm Walker Warner Architects designed to "strike a balance between modernity and tradition". More
A scientist employed by the Dutch government has suggested building two dams to enclose the North Sea and defend northern Europe from rising sea levels. More
American toy designer Cas Holman advocates "open-ended play". She tells Dezeen that with children's lives becoming increasingly regimented, we need to let them play more freely. More
Less is a Bore by Dezeen columnist Owen Hopkins reveals the diversity of postmodern architecture from around the world. Here, he spotlights 10 significant structures from the book that come in all shapes, sizes and colours. More
Ahead of Valentine's Day, we've selected seven sex toys for solo pleasure, including a gender-neutral vibrator, a masturbation sleeve for trans men, and a sensation suit for disabled people. More
Are you exhibiting or holding an event in Milan this June? If so, get your event listed in Dezeen Events Guide, which is launching a special section dedicated to the world's biggest design fair. More
Textile artist Daisy May Collingridge has designed a family of fleshy, fabric bodysuits as "a joyful representation of the human form". More
British architecture studio Asif Khan has revealed the Expo Entry Portals, gateways to the Dubai Expo 2020 woven from carbon fibre to create 21-metre-high mashrabiya-style lattices. More
In this exclusive video interview filmed as part of our high-tech architecture series, British architect Norman Foster explains how the headquarters he designed for HSBC in Hong Kong in the 1980s transformed his architecture firm into a global brand. More
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has revealed new details of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 torch, as the country prepares for the games this summer. More
South African architecture studio Counterspace will use cork and bricks made of recycled construction waste to build this year's Serpentine Pavilion, which refers to the experiences of London's migrant communities in its design. More
American designer Marc Thorpe has created a simple, off-the-grid dwelling in Upstate New York that is meant to exist "in perfect balance with its environment". More
Visitors are encouraged to touch, swing, stack and reconfigure colourful plush furniture staged throughout this installation, which Fort Makers designed to harness the "power of play" in its New York gallery. More
Dutch studio Shift Architecture Urbanism has extended the Oude Dijk monastery in Tilburg with a brick extension with a nursing home and apartments for its residents, the Sisters of Charity. More
Ace Hotel has revealed the first photos of its new venue in Kyoto, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and Los Angeles-based design studio Commune. More
British artist Antony Gormley has created an installation in New York's Brooklyn Bridge Park comprising 18 kilometres of wound aluminium tubing. More
Nike used factory scraps and recycled "space waste yarn" to create the Space Hippie sneakers in an experimental project to reduce the carbon impact of its products. More
Swedish architecture firm White Arkitekter has pledged that every building it designs will be carbon neutral by 2030. More