Serpentine Pavilion announced | Nomad fair highlights | Jesmonite lamps

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Frida Escobedo designs secluded courtyard for Serpentine Pavilion 2018

Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has been named as the designer of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, which is to feature a latticed enclosure surrounding a pool of water. More ›

 
 

Chair made from flax fibres and bio-resin named best product at Stockholm Furniture Fair

Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto has created a "100 per cent biological chair" using flax fibres – a completely biodegradable material that is most commonly used for banknotes and tea bags. More ›

 
 

Eight winter-themed furniture designs on show at inaugural Nomad St Moritz

The inaugural winter edition of collectible-design fair Nomad opens today inside a grand Alpine villa – and many of the exhibits are well suited to their setting. We've picked out eight of the best, from furry chairs to a sled-shaped chaise longue. More ›

 
 

Lara Bohinc designs Jesmonite lighting collection to look like unearthed relics

British designer Lara Bohinc aimed to create objects of "future modernity" when producing this collection of relic-inspired lamps, which are made entirely from steel and Jesmonite. More ›

 
 

Raúl Sánchez Architects updates Barcelona flat with grey granite and bright white walls

Villarroel apartment by Raul Sanchez Architects

Spanish practice Raúl Sánchez Architects has employed contrasting materials to carve out different zones in the open-plan living space of this apartment in Barcelona's Eixample district. More ›

 
 

Staggered glass walls front visitor centre at Louisiana plantation house

Magnolia Mound Visitors Center by Trahan Architects

New Orleans firm Trahan Architects has completed a visitor centre for an 18th-century plantation in Louisiana, using translucent glazing to blur views of occupants from the outside "like an impressionist painting". More ›

 
 

Raf Simons designs Blade Runner-style bags for Eastpak

Fashion designer Raf Simons has created a limited-edition collection of bags for Eastpak, which includes a see-through red backpack based on Blade Runner-style visuals. More ›

 
 

Esrawe Studio launches walnut and marble furniture at Mexico's Zona Maco

Dolmen Collection by Esrawe

Mexican design studio Esrawe has created a long wooden cabinet that balances on a proportionally small marble base, as part of a furniture collection debuting at this week's Zona Maco art fair. More ›

 
 

Ice-skating trail transforms unused space beneath Toronto highway

The Bentway will transform the unused space under Toronto's Gardiner Expressway into a linear park with an ice-skating trail.

The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an unused space beneath a highway in Toronto, which is being overhauled to create a new park complete with an ice-skating track. More ›

 
 

Wernerfield elevates Treebox guest house on wooded site in Texas

Architecture studio Wernerfield has raised this dwelling in Texas several metres off the ground, to provide guests with a sensation of "floating in the forest". More ›

 
 

Drone footage reveals 10-storey timber atrium by Studio RHE

Studio RHE has created a 10-storey engineered timber atrium at the heart of a London office building, as shown in this exclusive footage shot by Dezeen for the architecture firm. More ›

 
 

Tom Dixon, Thomas Heatherwick and Es Devlin to present at Design Indaba 2018

Dezeen promotion: British designers Tom Dixon, Thomas Heatherwick and Es Devlin are among 30 high-profile speakers who will present at this year's Design Indaba conference in Cape Town. More ›