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A host of large-scale installations have been built amidst the canyons of the Al Ula desert in Saudi Arabia that reflect the landscape and its heritage for the returning Desert X exhibition. Read more View the full article

Italian designer Simone Bonanni explains how he went from doodling in the margins of his notebooks to designing pieces for Moooi, in our latest Design Dreams video for the Dutch brand. Read more

Milan 2016: in response to the vast amount of finished products on show at Milan design week, a group of graduates from Design Academy Eindhoven decided to exhibit only materials (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2015: mummified poo, intestine-shaped bread and a Portaloo festooned with flowers were among the projects presented by students from Design Academy Eindhoven's food design course during Milan design week. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: designers including Richard Woods, Tord Boontje, Committee and artist Gavin Turk each created an installation in one day at the Established & Sons gallery during the London Design Festival last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ahead of this year's US presidential election, creative agency Design Army is encouraging Americans to chose chocolate bars based on six illustrated packaging designs that represent different political opinions (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: a nominee for the Design Museum's Design of the Year award has caused controversy by presenting 3D-printed copies of two of the other finalists' work. (more...) View the full article

International architecture and design awards programmes have improved the gender balance of their judging panels this year, although men still outnumber women, according to a survey conducted by Dezeen following our Move the Needle initiative. Read more

Stockholm 2011: German designer Katrin Greiling created the Design Bar at this week’s Stockholm Furniture Fair, featuring these orange cardboard hoods suspended over wooden loungers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lighting brand FontanaArte has been sold to a private finance company, continuing the consolidation of the Italian furniture industry. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: designers raided the SCP warehouse for discarded furniture to make the pieces in the The Thing With MaltaSingh exhibition, set to be auctioned next week. (more…) View the full article

News: design brands including Vitra, Artek and Flos have joined forces to attack the UK government for delaying the implementation of a law that would outlaw the sale of copies of their furniture and lighting products. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2016: furniture brands are slow to embrace technology and could go out of business as a result, according to American architect and designer Greg Lynn (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

The UK design industry "isn't representative of the society it serves" say the founders of Design Can, a new tool aimed at increasing diversity that launched yesterday. Read more

Dezeen promotion: Design China Beijing 2019 will feature over 200 exhibitors, showcasing furniture and lighting by emerging Chinese designers alongside a selection of international brands exhibiting in China for the first time. Read more

A boxy wooden staircase twists up through the floors of this design store in Shanghai by architects Neri&Hu. (more…) View the full article

Brexit crisis: London design company Innermost is considering moving operations to the EU if the Brexit vote leads to the UK being excluded from the single market. (more…) View the full article

Business news: San Francisco studio Wood Thumb is opposing Black Friday's discounting frenzy by upping the price of its products, adding a "Maker's Bonus" for its craftspeople. (more…) View the full article

News: a competition will be launched next week to design a new Bauhaus Museum in Dessau, where the famous German art and design school was based between 1925 and 1932. (more…) View the full article

Leading architecture and design conferences have promised to improve gender balance but admit they are struggling to secure enough female speakers, according to a survey conducted for our Move the Needle initiative. Read more View the full article

Two friends who met working at Fritz Hansen in New York have opened their own furniture store in the Hudson Valley, filled with mid-century and contemporary designs. Read more

Dezeen Wire: the Design Council in the UK have announced a new Board of Trustees, following their merger with CABE in April. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Design Council in the UK is to appoint a new director for Design Council CABE following the announcement that Diane Haigh has left the post. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the inaugural edition of Design Days Dubai will take place from 18 to 21 March 2012. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: British design retailer SCP will host new product launches and a seven metre-high installation by Michael Marriott at their east London store as part of Shoreditch Design Triangle during the London Design Festival this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article