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Benjamin Hubert's design studio Layer has created a collection of slip-cast ceramic trays with an integrated charging system that allows tablets and mobile phones to be powered wirelessly. (more…) View the full article

Blocky concrete plinths dominate lighting brand PSLab's London HQ, which local studio JamesPlumb has designed to evoke "quiet brutalism". Read more View the full article

Pink accents contrast the pale palette that US firm ASH NYC has used for the interior of this farm-to-counter restaurant in Boston. Read more View the full article

Paris has unveiled a gold-medal-shaped emblem for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games that incorporates the Olympic flame and the lips of Marianne. Read more View the full article

Filipino graphic designer Julius Raymund Advincula sat half-naked in front of a mirror looking for letters and numbers in the folds of his skin and limbs to make up this Body Type typeface. Read more View the full article

A neat row of wooden louvers conceals a small sleeping chamber inside the attic staffroom of a hair salon in Hamamatsu, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: these space-saving stoves by fireplace manufacturers MCZ are designed to fit into tight spaces. (more…) View the full article

Deserts, forests and mountain peaks inspired the design of tech company Slack's 10-storey office in San Francisco, which is meant to embody "the similarities between hiking a wilderness trail and working". Read more

Stockholm's Studio EO marries handblown glass with fragments of discarded marble found in quarries to form its colourful Drill Vases. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Tredje Natur is redesigning a Copenhagen neighbourhood to better handle the floods expected as climate change leads to fewer but heavier rain storms. (more…) View the full article

London architecture team Softkill Design has designed a conceptual house that would be 3D printed in sections in a factory and fitted together on site (+ interview transcript). (more…) View the full article

News: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a see-through case for the latest Firefox smartphone from telecommunications company KDDI. (more…) View the full article

Padded panels based on tulip petals form a shade for this lamp created by Italian designer Mario Alessiani for furniture brand Formabilio. (more...) View the full article

This office desk by Danish design studio KiBiSi is a cross between an ironing board and a car jack – simply turn the handle on the corner to raise or lower the surface. (more…) View the full article

Brooklyn design agency Standard Issue has created an open-source design for a face mask that can be CNC-cut and produced on a large scale. Read more View the full article

Milan 2015: furniture, ceramics and glassware by Norwegian designers have been collected together for an exhibition intended to show the country's contribution to Scandinavian design (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Opinion: Manhattan's rash of skinny towers for the super rich is helping turn New York into an extreme work of art. It's a Capitalist Jerusalem made real, says Aaron Betsky. (more…) View the full article

British designer Ilse Crawford features in the latest short film released by Danish tap manufacturer Vola, exploring the impact of design on human wellbeing. Read more View the full article

This micro house in Beijing by Chinese architect Liu Lubin comprises three cross-shaped modules that can be flipped around to turn a living room into an office or bathroom (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Hong Kong's government has unveiled a £60 billion infrastructure project to address its land shortage by building one of the world's largest artificial islands. Read more

Samsung has brought the early noughties flip phone into the 21st century with its Galaxy Z Flip smartphone, which has a 6.7-inch flexible glass display that folds down to fit in the palm of your hand. Read more View the full article

News: London's V&A Museum has added the world's first 3D-printed gun to its permanent collection and will exhibit it along with four other newly acquired design objects during the London Design Festival. (more...) View the full article

Slideshow: granite bleachers climb the exterior of this sports centre in Portugal by architects Barbosa & Guimarães, while a cantilevered, rusted-steel cafe looms over its entrance (photographs by José Campos). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with publisher Prestel to give away five copies of a book about London's brutalist architecture, featuring nine pull-out 3D models. Read more View the full article

Today marks 50 days to go until the final Dezeen Awards 2019 entry deadline. Read on for more vital numbers relating to Dezeen Awards! Read more