Vollebak designs jacket that lets the wearer sleep in space
Experimental clothing brand Vollebak's Deep Sleep Cocoon jacket is designed to allow people to sleep anywhere, including in space. More
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IKEA prioritises space for overhaul of living pod in Mars Desert Research Station
IKEA has redesigned the tiny living pod on the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, filling its interior with space-saving furnishings. More
"Surviving on Mars could teach us how to live more sustainably on earth", says Design Museum's Moving to Mars curator
The Moving to Mars exhibition, which opens tomorrow at London's Design Museum, explores putting humans on the red planet as the final frontier for design. More
Bohinc Studio shows space-themed collection in 18th-century townhouse
London designer Lara Bohinc showcased her latest, space-themed furniture collection in a 200-year-old house in London's King's Cross that was converted into an immersive installation for the occasion. More
Viewport Studio completes desert-inspired interiors of Virgin Galactic's Gateway to Space
Viewport Studio has completed the interior fit-out of the Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space building in New Mexico, USA, which has been designed with natural-tone spaces that "deliberately avoid the clichés of the space age". More
Malaysian designers propose building colony on Mars from locally grown bamboo
Warith Zaki and Amir Amzar have envisioned using bamboo grown and harvested on Mars to build the first colony on the red planet. More
Visiting space will be "just like going on a cruise" says space hotel architect
The first commercial space hotel will be more like a cruise ship than Stanley Kubrick's sleek space station from 2001, says Tim Alatorre, senior design architect of the Von Braun Space Station. More
Expandable lunar habitat could provide a base for scientific research in space
Puerto Rican startup Instarz has revealed plans for a compact self-sustainable lunar habitat that would allow astronauts to live and work on the moon for up to a year. More
Horizn Studios and Alyssa Carson create luggage for space travel
Berlin-based luggage brand Horizn Studios collaborated with the world's youngest astronaut, Alyssa Carson, to develop a smart, carbon fibre suitcase suitable for space tourism. More
Jump through space and time on our Pinterest boards
We're taking a glimpse into utopian and dystopian designs for the future on our updated Pinterest boards, from 3D-printed set design, to wearable technology and projects set in space. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More
The Mapping of the Moon exhibition celebrates 300 years of lunar cartography
The Map House has created an exhibition of lunar maps created in the 300 years leading up to the first moon landing, which took place 50 years ago today. More
Benedict Redgrove photographs NASA artefacts from five decades of space travel
British photographer Benedict Redgrove has taken photographs of numerous artefacts within the NASA archive. To mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, he has picked out his favourites. More
George Bradford-Smith proposes astronaut training facility on face of Mont Blanc
Bartlett graduate George Bradford-Smith has designed an astronaut training facility that clings to the face of Mont Blanc to imitate Mars' extreme environmental conditions. More
Jeff Bezos unveils Blue Moon lander as next step towards a space colony future
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos has revealed plans for a lunar lander, claiming that humans will become a space-faring species in the near future. More
SOM designs inflatable Moon Village to be first-ever lunar habitat
Architect firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has unveiled a proposal for a permanent community on the moon, comprising inflating pods that balloon up to accommodate more inhabitants as the population grows. More
Trevor Paglen's art installation in limbo in earth's orbit
American artist Trevor Paglen has launched the first artwork into space, but it is yet to be activated because of fallout from the US government shutdown. More
China plans solar power station in space
China is planning to build the world's first solar power station in space to provide "inexhaustible clean energy", according to reports. More
Mars One space colonisation company declares bankruptcy
Mars One, the Dutch company that held an open call for volunteer astronauts to settle on Mars, has gone into liquidation. More
Japanese space research centre will be suspended over moon-like crater
Clouds Architecture Office's concept designs for the Avatar X space exploration campus in Japan, will have a robotics research centre suspended over an man-made crater. More
Chengdu plans to launch artificial moon to replace its street lights
The Chinese city of Chengdu is planning to launch an illumination satellite disguised as an artificial moon within the next two years, as a replacement for its street lights. More