The phrase "a recent design" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a design that has been created or released not long ago.
Example: "The company showcased a recent design that incorporates sustainable materials and modern aesthetics."
Alternatives: "a new design" or "a contemporary design."
Most of us are used to staring at pixels all day on the computer, and a recent design project from Russian designer Amirko aims to take the 8-bit aesthetic off the screen and move it into your living room.
A recent design for a tea strainer was inspired by the fragile filigree of the Queen Anne's lace growing outside.
At the site of a recent design for a hotel on the Friedrichstrasse in Berlin, these two histories already run closely parallel.
(Indeed a recent design change at Quartz, interpreted as a return to the more traditional homepage, instead reflects the supremacy of the email newsletter).
The Chinese FN-6 is a recent design, too, though its debut in Syria has been accompanied by many reports of technical problems.
In a recent design for a six-and-a-half-square-mile development in Dubai called Waterfront City, Koolhaas proposed creating an urban island inspired by a section of Midtown Manhattan.
Via the fashion underground, editors turned up Sunday night to see the debut show of Bora Aksu, a recent design-school graduate.
In a recent design-in-use study of astronauts' experiences in space habitats discussed in Architecture for Astronauts (Springer Press 2011) it was found that besides the basic advantages for life support there are clearly additional "side benefits" for habitability and physical wellbeing, and thus long-term mission success.
A more recent design is to use a "bell-less" system.
A more recent design by the architect is one of the more intimate experiences a visitor can have with an original Gehry.
This paper provides an overview of recent design approaches for several circuit functions that are required for the implementation of multiband OFDM UWB transceivers.
