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A Han Solo pan and a Dutch oven with Darth Vader's mask on the lid feature in a kitchenware collaboration between Star Wars and Le Creuset. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian ceramic tile manufacturer Ariostea has released a collection of tiles that mimic the iridescent quality of precious onyx stones. Read more

The Nordic Office of Architecture and Haptic have won the competition to redesign the Norwegian government headquarters after it was damaged during a fatal terrorist attack six years ago. Read more View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Milan, architect and designer Fabio Novembre takes us to a converted farm near the city centre and explains why he sees the project as an important response to Italy's ongoing economic crisis. (more...) View the full article

British car maker Lotus has revealed the first glimpse of its first new vehicle in over a decade – an all-electric sports car, called the Type 130. Read more

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with London's Royal College of Art to offer five readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to the private view of the school's 2016 graduate exhibition on 23 June 2016. (more…) View the full article

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes Foster and Partners' newly launched sustainability manifesto and the top architecture trends of 2019. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

Opinion: Dutch architecture firm OMA was among 74 entrants for a competition to design a new footbridge across London's River Thames – but its entry was more about making a statement than trying to win, explains practice partner Reinier de Graaf. (more…)

Gensler has added a black metal volume to an airport servicing ski resorts in Vail, Colorado, containing lounges with fireplaces and pale wood ceilings. Read more View the full article

Rio 2016: producing an Olympics logo is the world's hardest graphic design challenge says Fred Gelli, who created the identity for this year's summer games in Rio de Janeiro. (more…) View the full article

Product news: furniture brand Vitsœ has reissued a classic chair by German designer Dieter Rams, the former head of design at Braun. (more...) View the full article

This apartment block in Seoul by South Korean designers OBBA has a semi-outdoor stairwell screened behind a section of open brickwork in the centre. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2016: Studio Job has updated its collection of mosaic tiles for Italian brand Bisazza, including a range influenced by Britain's Industrial Revolution. (more…) View the full article

Pale wood decorates this Blue Bottle Coffee cafe in Brooklyn designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, which the American practice has updated to accommodate more people. Read more View the full article

This wristband by sports brand Nike tracks your movement throughout the day and gives you points for being more active. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Working on tourism projects in Brazil could help alleviate poverty and reduce destruction of the rainforests, according to BIG partner Kai-Uwe Bergmann. Read more View the full article

A sci-fi animation in which a downtrodden robot workforce battles with police against a backdrop of dystopian architecture is one of the winners of the RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards, announced this evening. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: Bartlett graduate Adrian Yiu has proposed revitalising a disused quarry in Rio de Janeiro's oldest favela to create an independent enterprise zone for local people (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Mexican studio AE Arquitectos has built a gabled stable from volcanic rock for a community ranch in Jalisco. Read more View the full article

Designer Marc Fornes has completed his first permanent installation in the US: an arching structure made of more than 1,000 perforated aluminium shingles (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

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. Read more View the full article

Osaka studio Sides Core has created a house in Kobe, conceived as a series of simple wooden containers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American architect Tom Kundig has spent decades creating buildings that celebrate rough-and-ready materials and mechanics. In this exclusive interview, he explains how the rise of digital fabrication has affected his design philosophy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York 2016: New Zealand and Dutch design duo Sabine Marcelis and Brit van Nerven have created a range of mirrors from layers of coloured glass that create ombré effects across the surfaces (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with Oak Publishing to give away five copies of The Red Thread: Nordic Design – a comprehensive look at objects designed "for a practical lifestyle" from Scandinavia and Finland. Read more View the full article