Some of Johannesburg‘s most promising young designers joined forces for an exhibition at Design Week South Africa, using locally found and discarded materials to rewrite the narrative about their city. The Price of Gold brought together… Read More »Emerging Johannesburg designers turn the city’s rags to riches in The Price of Gold exhibition
Dezeen Events Guide has launched a guide to the 2025 edition of Dubai Design Week, highlighting the key events taking place from 4 to 9 November 2025. The digital guide spotlights the event’s key exhibitions,… Read More »Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to Dubai Design Week 2025
A toilet-cleaning pod that doubles as a kidney disease screening device has been shortlisted as a global finalist in the James Dyson Award, recognising the best inventions by student and graduate designers. Student Yidan Xu… Read More »Urify is a toilet-cleaning tablet that helps diagnose kidney disease
Promotion: Portuguese furniture studio Viriato has created bespoke furniture and joinery for the Rosewood Amsterdam hotel, aiming to combine Dutch heritage with contemporary design. Viriato manufactured and installed the hotel’s furnishings, which were designed to… Read More »Viriato crafts luxurious furnishings for Rosewood hotel in Amsterdam
Tariffs up to 25 per cent on kitchen cabinets, lumber and some upholstered furniture objects are now in effect in the US, following a proclamation released in late September by the Trump Administration. Originally broadcast… Read More »US furniture, cabinet and lumber tariffs go into effect
Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia have created a building material where rammed earth is encased in permanent cardboard formwork, eliminating the need for cement. Typically, rammed earth walls are made… Read More »RMIT researchers reimagine rammed earth by encasing it in cardboard tubes