Omer Arbel suspends aluminium lighting sculpture above Barbican foyer
London Design Festival 2016: Bocci's creative director Omer Arbel has created a site-specific lighting installation for London's Barbican Centre (+ movie). More
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OMA and Bengler propose digital platform to disrupt the sharing economy
Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016: OMA has teamed up with creative studio Bengler to propose Panda, a app that allows workers being exploited digital sharing platforms like Uber and Airbnb to fight back against their employers. More
Architects create 10 installations for RIBA Regent Street Windows 2016
London Design Festival 2016: architecture firms have created installations along one of London's most famous shopping streets for the Royal Institute of British Architects' annual Regent Street Windows project (+movie). More
Asif Khan and MINI create "forests" in see-through boxes across east London
London Design Festival 2016: architect Asif Khan has created three temporary pavilions thick with plants to give the harried London public space to relax, work and socialise (+ slideshow). More
Museums need to collect "the whole storyline" of design says Studio Makkink & Bey
London Design Biennale 2016: museums need to collect more design prototypes, according to Dutch duo Studio Makkink & Bey, who are presenting their own take on an archive during the London Design Biennale. More
OMA's monumental concrete wells host mourners at New York's Park Avenue Armory
These cylindrical towers were designed by OMA's New York office, lead by Shohei Shigematsu, to echo sounds made by mourners during a performance by artist Taryn Simon (+ slideshow). More
Yayoi Kusama plasters red dots across Philip Johnson's Glass House
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has continued her residency at the iconic Glass House in Connecticut by sticking red polka dots all over its transparent walls (+ slideshow). More
Giles Miller designs shingle-covered pavilion for English countryside
Shingles inscribed with personal messages cover this squat hilltop pavilion, created by British designer Giles Miller as a rest stop for ramblers (+ slideshow). More
Universal Assembly Unit creates pulsing Light Pollination installation for iGuzzini
London Design Festival 2016: co-director of Universal Assembly Unit Samantha Lee unveils the digital art studio's interactive sculpture for London Design Festival in this exclusive movie Dezeen produced for Italian lighting brand iGuzzini. More
Chamber enlists nine designers for Of Cabinets and Curiosities exhibition
New York gallery Chamber is showcasing shelving and storage units by designers including Studio Job, Nendo and Gaetano Pesce for an exhibition to celebrate its second birthday (+ slideshow). More
London Design Biennale names first medal winners
London Design Biennale 2016: a Lebanese street market and an archive of "forgotten" Soviet designs are among the winners of the first London Design Biennale medals. More
Mischer'Traxler creates light mobile that dims when unbalanced for London Design Biennale
London Design Biennale 2016: Viennese design duo Mischer'Traxler has created a mobile-like light installation for the Austrian contribution to London's first design biennale (+ slideshow). More
Asif Khan and MINI to install "forests" across east London
London Design Festival 2016: London architect Asif Khan will install three plant-filled rooms across Shoreditch for this year's London Design Festival. More
Italy presents 20 interpretations of the white flag for utopia-themed London Design Biennale
London Design Biennale 2016: Italy has invited 20 young designers including Marco Campardo and Matteo Cibic to reinterpret the white flag for its installation at the inaugural London Design Biennale, which opens at Somerset House today. More
Barber and Osgerby bring towering weathervane to London Design Biennale
London Design Biennale 2016: design duo Barber and Osgerby have installed a giant weathervane at London's Somerset House to help the city's residents find their way "at a time of national turbulence" (+ slideshow). More
Autoban presents pneumatic messaging system at inaugural London Design Biennale
London Design Biennale 2016: transparent tubes transport note-filled capsules around the west wing of Somerset House in this installation by Autoban, which is Turkey's addition to the first London Design Biennale (+ slideshow). More
Murray Barker and Laith McGregor create concrete ping pong tables
Architect Murray Barker and artist Laith McGregor have designed two outdoor table tennis tables from monolithic concrete slabs (+ slideshow). More
Huge wooden model torched on 350th anniversary of Great Fire of London
A giant model of London's 17th-century cityscape has been set ablaze on the River Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London (+ slideshow). More
The best temporary structures from Burning Man festival 2016
The 2016 Burning Man festival is taking place this week in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, where New York-based creative director PieterJan Mattan has photographed his highlights from this year's event (+ slideshow). More
Zuza Mengham interprets perfume in resin for Sculpting Scent exhibition
London Design Festival 2016: London artist Zuza Mengham has created an exhibition of crystal-shaped resin sculptures as a physical interpretation of Laboratory Perfumes' range of scents (+ slideshow). More