The United Arab Emirates has won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, presenting a salt-based alternative to cement.

A look into the effects of FinTech and app design on trading in light of the GameStop short squeeze.

London’s Design Museum has put out a call for entries for its Entrepreneurs Hub – an eight-week accelerator programme intended to aid design-led startups.

Employees at Apple have launched a website and social media campaign under the banner #AppleToo to report on labour abuses at the technology company.

Architect David Adjaye has designed 101 hospitals for Ghana, where the government has pledged to build 88 new healthcare facilities in just 18 months.

A group of RCA graduates are exploring the potential to create textiles from natural fibres grown using salt water.

Glithero’s Botanical tiles delve into traditional glazing techniques to create patterns from foraged weeds and plants.

A first edition of the Aryton collection, made from reclaimed teak sourced from Imperial College’s old workbenches, will be sold to raise money for the Goldfinger Academy.

Apple has revealed a series of new tools for iPhone, designed to catch cases of child sexual abuse while maintaining encryption.

A look at the hidden waste stream of dummy lenses in the glasses industry, and how designer Yair Neuman is now proposing to change this.

Stephen Burks and Malika Leiper assemble a group of artists and designers to discuss Contemporaries, their storefront studio project that proposes a new model of community engagement for Dumbo, New York.

The Crit rounds up July’s design news, with stopovers at the Tokyo Olympics and Where Are the Black Designers?, as well as an exclusive interview with architect David Rockwell about his new book Drama.

Disegno and Disegno Works are recruiting a new sales executive to join their team.

Maison&Objet, Paris’ biannual interior design fair, will return this September, offering a mix of in-person and digital programming.

The Terra Carta Design Lab has been created in conjunction with the Royal College of Art to “create small designs that can make a big impact for the world’s transition to a sustainable future”.

The designer behind A-Cold-Wall* has announced the 2021 edition of his Black British and POC Artists Grant, which makes available 10 £2,500 grants across various creative fields.

Disegno’s Johanna Agerman Ross looks into the world of fashion films and video games, and how brands turned to digital media when physical shows were impossible during the pandemic.

As Kengo Kuma’s Japan National Stadium gears up to host the Olympic Games, we are delighted to share an essay written by the architect for a new monograph of his work, published by Taschen.