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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition of products by Swiss brand Vitra to celebrate the company's American ties (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This conceptual food by Royal College of Art graduate Minsu Kim would wriggle around on the plate and in your mouth (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Paul Cocksedge has unveiled the latest design in his mission to save vintage speakers from obsolescence, with a small Bluetooth device that can now provide stereo sound (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

We don't all need to become vegan to create a sustainable and biodiverse future, in fact quite the opposite, argues designer Sebastian Cox, in response to Erez Nevi Pana's suggestion that vegan design can limit climate change. Read more

In the third of our A-Zdvent calendar of architects, C is for Santiago Calatrava, whose projects include the Liège-Guillemins station in Belgium (pictured) and the Fourth Bridge on the Grand Canal in Venice. See more architecture by Santiago Calatrava » View the full article

News: the builders behind this two-tower 47-storey skyscraper in Benidorm, Spain, have forgotten to include a working lift. (more...) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2013: designer Daan Roosegaarde has unveiled a "Lego from Mars" installation consisting of hundreds of wireless LED crystals that light up when placed on the floor (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Ace Hotel's in-house creative team has completed a new hotel next to the New Museum in New York, featuring warm cherry wood self-check-in booths, a diner-style restaurant and compact bedrooms designed like "Japanese bento boxes". Read more

German designer Katharina Gross has dipped brass boxes into a molten wax mixture to create a series of tables with stalactite-like legs (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

EU referendum: architects and designers in the UK should stop complaining about the outcome of the EU referendum and instead start fighting for better post-Brexit policies for their industry, according to a former senior policy adviser to the government. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studios BIG, MVRDV, Snøhetta and Architetto Michele De Lucchi have all unveiled proposals for the new San Pellegrino Flagship Factory in northern Italy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Louisa Zahareas' set of deformed tableware only appears normal when seen on screen (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Feld72 have completed the Maierhof housing estate in the Alpine town of Bludenz, Austria, comprising eight timber buildings in a mountain landscape. Read more

A Suffolk house designed by Michael and Patty Hopkins in the 1970s has been overhauled by London studio Project Orange to create "a doughnut of living space" with a conservatory at its centre (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Northmodern 2015: stackable vases with a rubberised coating and geometric-patterned textiles are among homeware items by Danish brand Ferm Living on show at the Northmodern design fair in Copenhagen. (more…) View the full article

Work at home with fewer distractions behind the misty screen of this desk by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Thijmen van der Steen. (more…) View the full article

GMP Architekten has won a competition to design a 1.2 million-square-metre exhibition centre for Tianjin, China (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Photo essay: British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper has delved into the history of iconic electronics brand Bang & Olufsen, whose products influenced Apple's Steve Jobs and Sony founder Akio Morita. (more…) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2013: Dutch artist Arne Hendriks proposes shrinking the human population to an average height of 50 centimetres as a way to reduce the amount of food and natural resources we consume. (more...) View the full article

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs is proposing "unprecedentedly" tall timber buildings, sprawling public spaces, and heated pavements to melt snow, for the first neighbourhood in its major development on Toronto's waterfront. Read more View the full article

Brexit crisis: the Royal Institute of British Architects has drawn up a list of demands for the UK government, including freedom of movement and national investment, to help architects deliver economic growth when the country leaves the European Union. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this film by Eizo ColorEdge follows visualisation artist Forbes Massie as he describes his studio's methods for creating images that "your grandmother falls in love with" (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is exhibiting a year's worth of new sculptures, paintings and installations at London's Victoria Miro galleries, including three mirrored rooms and plenty of pumpkins. (more…) View the full article

Product news: despite its name, this chair by Dutch designer Reinier de Jong is made from old wooden broom handles. (more...) View the full article

Instagram has had a huge impact on the architecture of our cities and perhaps it is time that this changed, says Will Jennings. Read more