News Feed

New York branding and graphics firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv has pared back the "complicated" flaming ball logo of the US Open Tennis Championships to just three yellow stripes and lower-case text. Read more View the full article

Studies have found that the bright lights and glazing of towering structures in US cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles are causing millions of migratory birds to die each year. Read more

Wisconsin company Three Square Market is offering microchip implants to all of its workers, enabling them to make purchases and log into computers with the wave of a hand. Read more View the full article

The tender for President Donald Trump's Mexico border wall has been amended, with more details added about the design requirements and the deadline for submissions extended. Read more View the full article

A group of scientists have developed a home HIV testing kit that speeds up diagnosis and allows patients to monitor their own treatment. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2015 kicked off yesterday. Keep up to date with the latest news and product launches from the event on our new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | More from London Design Festival 2015 View the full article

Seoul design studio Useful Workshop has created a furniture series made from sheets of aluminium that are bent to form curves using industrial machinery. Read more View the full article

Contemporary craft by makers such as Studio Toogood, Max Lamb and Anthony Burrill have been woven into the grand interiors of Harewood House as part of its first craft and design biennial. Read more

Ethical creative agency Nice and Serious has developed an online platform that directs Londoners to their closest zero-waste shops and offers tips on how to reduce your reliance on plastics. Read more

Dezeenwire: take a look at the latest addition to the planned ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture for London by Anish Kapoor - Architects Journal See also: our story on Kapoor’s design. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Future Makers: Alessandro Zomparelli of Italian design studio MHOX, which produces customised 3D-printed fashion accessories, says designing with computer algorithms is like exploring a new material (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Interview: neglected techniques represent a new set of opportunities says Sebastian Cox, one of a number of young designers that are championing the revival of traditional crafts in the UK. (more...) View the full article

Haller modular furniture can be used to create a "third space" between the workplace and the home, say Thomas Dienes of USM and Ren Yee of UNStudio in this movie produced by Dezeen during Milan design week. Read more

Milan 2015: in this movie, USM CEO Alexander Schärer introduces the student installations that were featured at the Swiss modular furniture brand's Milan exhibition Rethink the Modular. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Garments that present different futures for fashion by designers including Viktor&Rolf, Hussein Chalayan and Iris van Herpen are on show at Stockholm's Liljevalchs Konsthall (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Canadian architecture studio UUfie has inserted polycarbonate partitions into a medical clinic, part filling them with glass to create a hazy "horizon" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Canadian studio UUfie created a pixellated appearance for the facade of this Shanghai boutique by adding rows of translucent glass cubes that light up at night like a big screen (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Amsterdam studio Uxus has designed a gift shop with stackable shelving for the new Tate Modern extension, which is set to open to the public this week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch architecture firm UNStudio has designed a skyscraper for Singapore that looks like a cactus. (more…) View the full article

Dutch architecture studio GAAGA have completed this house in Leiden, the Netherlands, with a roof that pitches inwards to create a v-shaped profile. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spectators at the stadium of Greek football team Olympiacos can dine overlooking the pitch at a restaurant with an undulating ceiling and a bar made from cooking pots (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

V&A director Tristram Hunt has announced that the museum will spearhead a campaign to get more children taking design and technology subjects at GCSE level in the UK. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the V&A museum in London has purchased work by designers including Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard using a new acquisition fund for contemporary design. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London's V&A museum has acquired a series of objects from Extinction Rebellion, including flags, pamphlets and digital files, that show how the global activist group has used design to galvanise public opinion. Read more

Dezeenwire: the Victoria and Albert Museum in London have announced a shortlist of seven studios to design an extension to the museum on Exhibition Road – see press release below. More information on the competition website. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article