Jane Englefield

5 days ago | dezeen.com | Jane Englefield

This week on Dezeen, we exclusively showcased a number of Expo 2025 Osaka Pavilions, including the Bahrain Pavilion by architect Lina Ghotmeh. In the lead-up to the event, we looked at 10 standout pavilions from Expo 2025 Osaka, including the France Pavilion, designed by studios Coldefy and Carlo Ratti Associati and fronted with a giant copper staircase.

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Jane Englefield |Dan Howarth |James Parkes

New! Dezeen Agenda US Sent on alternate Fridays, this US edition of Dezeen Agenda is a fortnightly newsletter rounding up everything you need to know from America, featuring news, projects and interviews with industry figures. Plus occasional updates and invitations to Dezeen events. New! Dezeen Showroom New Releases A quarterly newsletter rounding up a selection of recently launched products by designers and studios, published on Dezeen Showroom.

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Jane Englefield

Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed Essential, a pair of deliberately pared-back iridescent torches that will carry the Olympic and Paralympic flame at next year's Milano Cortina Winter Games. Essential is a design collaboration between Ratti's studio Carlo Ratti Associati, energy company Eni and chemicals company Versalis, with engineering by Cavagna Group.

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Jane Englefield

Designers including Patricia Urquiola, Faye Toogood and Misha Kahn looked to rolling hills and slabs of butter when creating these chubby seating projects, revealing a trend for the lumpy and chunky at this year's Milan design week. Bread and Butter by Faye Toogood for TacchiniBritish designer Faye Toogood was influenced by a slab of butter and a fat loaf of bread when designing her squishy sofa and accompanying console table for Italian brand Tacchini.

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Jane Englefield

Stark white minimalism takes centre stage at Hermès's latest installation for Milan design week, which was created as a pensive backdrop for the brand's contrastingly colourful homeware collection. A staple of Milan design week, Hermès's annual installation is once again on display at La Pelota – a former 1940s sports court and the location of previous projects including illuminated water tower-style paper structures and a stone-and-clay floor sculpture.