Seeds of change

Patricia Urquiola's latest creation for Flos is a sustainable lighting system featuring organic shapes inspired by the fruit and flowers of almond trees

Shore duty

Rawlins Design respectfully remodels a midcentury gem on New York's Fire Island

Danish selection

Ahead of its 150th anniversary, Fritz Hansen launches a new light by Kasper Kjeldgaard and a tempting assortment of updated classics

Past masters

Studiopepe unearths a new aesthetic inspired by ancient sacred artefacts

INTO THE WOODS

Battersby Howat Architects' new villa in Vancouver brings together quiet luxury and lush landscapes

ALL HOURS

Gérald Charles Genta's elegant timepieces can be sported round-the-clock

SUPER OMAN

How Muscat's creative scene is helping the picture-perfect sultanate show its true colours

GAME CHANGER

Plan Do See and Tadao Ando transform Nintendo's former Kyoto HQ into a boutique hotel that plays on the building's heritage

Power play

The new electric Lotus Eletre blends extreme aerodynamics with cutting-edge technology

Perfect blend

Believed to be the final project drawn by Oscar Niemeyer, the latest architectural pavilion at Château La Coste is inspired by the female form

IN THE RAW

Never has the abandoned warehouse look appeared so slick and desirable than at Balenciaga's new London flagship, designed by architecture studio Sub

HOT DESKING

OMA and UniFor's new modular office furniture collection works wonders

Floor show

The latest project from Studio MK27, a beachside residence in the Brazilian rainforest, lives in harmony with nature at every level

ACE OF BASE

The Serena Williams Building, the latest addition to Nike's world HQ in Oregon, brings the brand's entire design team under one roof

View from the Top

Reggaeton superstar J Balvin’s villa, by architects 5 Sólidos, is a minimalist frame for Medellin’s mountainous vistas

Hide & Seek

Open Architecture’s perfectly considered projects either disappear into the landscape or become new landmarks

Treasure Island

The latest addition to Japan’s Benesse Art Site, Tadao Ando’s Valley Gallery is a geometric gem that makes the most of its remote setting

Green Gold

Yinka Shonibare’s new artists’ residency space, in a remote part of Nigeria, offers a lush landscape for cultural and creative discovery

Bubble Vision

Danish artist Jeppe Hein's installation for champagne house Ruinart invites visitors to embrace the moment through words and drawings

WEB MASTER

The latest artist to take over the vaulted depths of Copenhagen’s subterranean Cisternerne, Chiharu Shiota has woven together a poetic landscape of white yarn to create a ‘labyrinth within a labyrinth’ that is both serene and unsettling

Opposites attract

Dries Van Noten’s love of dramatic contrasts and unusual combinations shines through in his perfectly packaged new beauty range

LESS IS MORGUE

Elmgreen & Dragset’s new show at Milan’s Fondazione Prada is an uncanny exploration of our dematerialising bodies and increasingly discomforting homes

True to form

Entering her tenth decade, Bodil Kjær continues her lifelong exploration of the interplay between design and architecture

DREAM TICKET

Dior’s global flagship in Paris reopens its doors with a new look, a museum, a restaurant and an apartment for overnight stays

Against the grain

Dior Maison branches out from its exquisitely patterned fare with a new collection of pared-back solid wood accessories by Pierre Yovanovitch

Café Cultures

A new diner in Berlin's Mitte offers an appetisingly harmonious juxtaposition of Asian and Western worlds

Smart Hub

Smart hub Design duo Formafantasma settle into a chic new live/work space in Milan cultural complex Assab One

Global Interiors

Our international survey singles out six design hotspots. Turn the page for this year's inside story

Into the Wild

We take a walk in a Surrey garden that combines sharp architecture and naturalistic planting to great effect

Inside story

Candida Höfer's powerful portraits of public spaces around the world are the subject of two new exhibitions in Berlin and Liechtenstein