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As cities grow and bee populations continue to dwindle, designers are increasingly looking for ways to bring nature to urban areas. In celebration of World Bee Day, we've rounded up seven urban shelters for the vital insects. Read more View the full article

The evolution of the human body is one of the major topics of this year's Istanbul Design Biennial, with exhibits ranging from a cyborg skeleton to a brain in a book. Dezeen editor Amy Frearson has selected seven of the most provocative examples. Read more View the full article

The sofa is one of the most well-used pieces of furniture in the home, so it's a good way to make a statement. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out seven new designs that do exactly that. Read more View the full article

With less than a week to go before the start of Milan design week, Dezeen editor Amy Frearson predicts the big trends that will emerge, including innovation in recycled plastic and the return of retro. Read more View the full article

As we count down the days until the start of Milan design week, editor Amy Frearson predicts the big trends that will emerge this year, from circular design to off-grid living. Read more

Over the past decade a succession of architects have designed holiday homes among the fisherman's huts in the shadow of a nuclear power station on Dungeness beach, Kent. Here are seven of the most interesting. Read more View the full article

New York 2016: the annual NYCxDesign festival is underway, and Dezeen's Dan Howarth has selected seven of the showrooms and exhibitions not to miss during the citywide event. (more…) View the full article

A growing number of designers are ridding homes of nondescript magnolia walls and instead painting surfaces a rainbow of colours. We pick out seven striking examples. Read more View the full article

Seven-metre high doors fold open to reveal a courtyard and tree at the centre of this house in Nonthaburi, Thailand, by local studio TACHA_Design (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Kanye West‘s first short film was shown on seven cinema screens surrounding the audience inside a pyramid designed by architects OMA at the Cannes Film Festival in France yesterday. (more…) View the full article

Buildings with irregular profiles and juxtaposing cladding materials help to break up the volumes and reduce the visual mass of this sewage treatment facility in the Spanish town of San Claudio. Read more View the full article

Robots could soon be infiltrating urban sewage systems to identify potential outbreaks of disease before they happen, according to architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

Dutch Design Week: designer Kiki van Eijk presents a cabinet that opens like a giant sewing box at her studio in Eindhoven this week as part of Dutch Design Week (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This wearable cocoon of quilts and blankets by Slovakian architecture graduate Danica Pistekova is just right for people who wish they could take their bed with them in the morning. (more…) View the full article

Persimmon Hills Architects has transformed an illegal sex shop into a a dramatic wedge-shaped micro-studio and gallery space in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture. Read more View the full article

Vibrators used to look like penises, but now brands are having more success with minimal sex toys shaped like eggs and flying saucers. Read more

Interior design will evolve, innovate, adapt and improve in 2020, says Michelle Ogundehin. Her trend report includes provocative collaborations, cork, Ukrainian design and a rejection of digital technology. Read more View the full article

Multidisciplinary studio Seymourpowell has designed a concept for a "private shared" ride-hailing service, which features retractable partitions and air-purifying technology. Read more View the full article

London product design firm Seymourpowell has revealed a concept for a commercial first-class aircraft cabin with private rooms that feature full-size beds (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London studio Seymourpowell has designed concepts for a wearable collar and chaise longue powered by AI, which use atomised cosmetic products to protect city-dwellers from harmful pollutants. Read more View the full article

Make-up looks seen online could be downloaded and printed directly onto the face, using a gadget concept imagined by UK studio Seymourpowell. Read more

UK studio Seymourpowell has designed a concept for a cosmetics service that would curate the perfect products based on artificial intelligence and user data. Read more View the full article

Paris 2012: chair brand Emeco presented a new collection of seating by French designer Christophe Pillet at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial design duo SF-SO forgo homogenous touchscreens in favour of a sensory, analogue interface for products that offer users a respite from their online lives. Read more View the full article

Norwegian architects Snøhetta have unveiled their design for an extension to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), which will double the gallery’s exhibition and education spaces. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article