Ten highlights from Design Doha exhibition Arab Design Now
A disaster-proof chandelier from Lebanon and a towering sand dune-style stone installation feature in Arab Design Now, the main exhibition at the inaugural Design Doha biennial. More
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Eleven design moments from Mexico City art week 2024
The first furniture design by Mexican architect Michel Rojkind and a machine that uses AI to generate unique Mexican furniture were on display during Mexico City art week. More
Lab La Bla constructs miniature golf course from recycled denim and mining dust
Malmö studio Lab La Bla unveiled Surface Club, a bar and mini-golf course made from waste materials including Tetra Pak packaging, at the Stockholm Furniture Fair. More
Fernando Laposse draws attention to impact of "conflict avocados" in Melbourne exhibition
Designer Fernando Laposse has created a 40-metre-long tapestry in avocado dye and a cabinet with avocado skin to raise awareness of the social and ecological impacts global avocado consumption has in Mexico. More
Bolsón adorns Mexico City shop with recycled-plastic upholstery
Local studio Bolsón has refabricated low-density plastic used in banana production to create interior cladding and furniture for Mooni in Mexico City during the city's art week. More
Formafantasma cloaks Stockholm Design Week installation in dusty pink Maharam curtain
Stockholm Design Week guest of honour Formafantasma has created Reading Room, an interactive installation at the Swedish furniture fair that uses "minimal resources". More
Form Us With Love transforms its studio into a future workplace prototype
For Stockholm Design Week, design studio Form Us With Love has invited architects and interior designers to test out an experimental pop-up workspace called Testing Grounds. More
Future Neighbourhood exhibition at IDS Toronto features timber transitional housing
Interior Design Show Toronto director Will Sorrell has curated an exhibition of speculative spaces, including a model for transitional housing by architecture studio SvN for sites in mid-development. More
Raw Edges suspends "volumetric spheres" at IMM Cologne
Design studio Raw Edges has created Sense of Surface, a 3D-printed installation exploring the interplay between light and textured surfaces that was shown at trade show IMM Cologne. More
AMO installs office chairs above tranquil garden at Prada menswear show
Dutch studio AMO emphasised the "paradoxical dichotomy" between office interiors and the natural world for the Prada Autumn Winter 2024 menswear show, which featured a plexiglass runway above grass and streams. More
Works from "nomadic design residency" showcased in Turkish caves
The Transhumances III exhibition will see designers Andres Monnier, Morghen Studio, Elsa Foulon and Laura Pasquino present a selection of works they created in ancient cave dwellings in Cappadocia, Turkey. More
Cave Bureau creates Anthropocene Museum in Sharjah slaughterhouse
Kenyan architectural studio Cave Bureau has transformed the Old Sharjah Slaughterhouse into the Anthropocene Museum 9.0 as part of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial. More
Limbo Accra turns half-built Sharjah Mall into a "symbol of potential"
Ghanaian studio Limbo Accra has installed a series of textile forms within an unfinished shopping centre, which is one of the largest incomplete buildings in the UAE, as part of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial. More
Takeo packaging exhibition highlights "unique sensory properties" of Japanese paper
Examples of practical and playful paper packaging were presented at this exhibition curated by designer Makoto Umebara as part of the Takeo Paper Show in Tokyo, Japan. More
Dezeen's top 10 design-festival installations of 2023
As part of our 2023 review, we've selected the top 10 installations from this year's design and art festivals, from a pavilion made from palm trees to a light sculpture in a cathedral. More
School children design Christmas lighting installations to illuminate Soho streets
Students from Soho Parish Primary School have designed a series of luminescent installations to light the streets of Soho, London. More
Areen unravels silk fabric for Flowing Threads installation at Dubai Design Week
Palestinian textile designer Areen has created Flowing Threads, a pink-and-red pavilion made from silk fabric that she unravelled by hand to showcase the threads that make up the textile. More
Barry Wark uses sand to make "most intricate 3D-printed wall ever"
The Museum of the Future in Dubai has unveiled a six-metre-long 3D-printed wall made from sand by architect and researcher Barry Wark. More
Sallisa Rosa explores "erosion of memory" with ceramic landscape in Miami
Brazilian artist Sallisa Rosa has installed a large-scale ceramic landscape with figurines and hanging orbs for Art Basel Miami Beach. More
Marjan van Aubel creates illuminated installation in Miami using photovoltaic panels
Designer Marjan van Aubel has created an "interpretation" of an electric Lexus model using a series of multicoloured, illuminated photovoltaic sheets for Miami art week. More