Zaha Hadid’s Valle shelves feature in latest range from Citco



Milan 2016: curving lines of black granite form this shelving system by Zaha Hadid, unveiled in Milan by Italian brand Citco a month after the Pritzker Prize-winning architect died unexpectedly (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Ion Lucin’s Baik bicycle has vivid orange accents and “as few lines as possible”



Spanish designer Ion Lucin has created a concept for a minimal bicycle with a slender frame, three-spoke wheels and brightly coloured highlights (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Wolff Olins’ logo for Oi morphs in response to sounds



British-American branding firm Wolff Olins has created a shapeshifting logo for South African telecoms company Oi that changes colour and form in response to people’s voices (+ movie). (more…)

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Scholten & Baijings recruits designers for new brand supporting Japan’s Arita potteries



Milan 2016: sixteen designers including Scholten & Baijings, Stefan Diez and Tomas Alonso have created tableware with craftsmen from Arita, Japan, for a new brand supporting the town’s 400-year-old porcelain industry (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp chapel reimagined with the architect’s own graffiti



Le Corbusier‘s seminal Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut becomes a huge canvas for graffiti in these fictional images created by Belgian photographer Xavier Delory. (more…)

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Dezeen’s #milanogram2016 highlights: day five

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Milan 2016: it’s an overcast day in Milan, but that hasn’t stopped visitors exploring the city and posting their experiences to our #milanogram2016 tag as they head to events and installations. Read on for a selection of today’s best images. (more…)

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Tate Harmer transforms Brunel’s first engineering project into underground venue



A subterranean shaft created by 19th-century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel is now accessible to the public for the first time in 150 years, thanks to a new staircase by architecture studio Tate Harmer (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Job of the week: project manager at the Serpentine Galleries

Patricia Urquiola uses knitted straps to fasten Belt seating for Moroso



Milan 2016: knitted belts hold together the folded cushions around Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola‘s latest seating range for Italian brand Moroso. (more…)

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Nike’s The Nature of Motion exhibition aims to “start a conversation” with the design community



Milan 2016: in this Dezeen movie, Nike‘s vice president of global design John Hoke explains why the sportswear giant has put on an exhibition during Milan design week for the first time. (more…)

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