From human composting to decluttering glassware: the latest trends in design
The freshest developments and innovations, from ethical clothing to quizzical furniture
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Brave new world: the best-designed travel destinations for 2020
From treetop cycle paths to a micro hotel, we guide you through new design marvels around the globe
Part dinosaur, part Mars bar … it’s the Avatar-inspired Mercedes-Benz!
With the promised sequels endlessly delayed, fans of the environmentalist blockbuster will have to settle for the next best thing: a baffling concept car
Rowan Moore’s best architecture of 2019
From hemp and cork buildings to energy-efficient council housing, the climate crisis got us thinking laterally
Gardens, waterfalls, parks… what is happening to our airports?
From Beijing to Istanbul, exotic new airports are symbols of prestige for strongman leaders. But the environmental cost is massive…
Karl Lagerfeld remembered by Carine Roitfeld
10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019
The French fashion editor remembers a passionate man of ideas who always remembered the small details
• Mary Warnock remembered by Onora O’Neill
• Read the Observer’s obituaries of 2019 in full