Central Saint Martins graduates Domenico di Paolo and Kieran Feechan have created a novel listening device in the form of Imago, which turns a critical eye on the use of AI in music. More about Imago audio player lights a path for ethical AI use in music
Tech company Atonemo and online radio station NTS have partnered up to produce a pocket-sized player designed for "omakase listening" – a curated music experience decided by "someone whose taste you trust". More about Atonemo and NTS launch Radio Player with icon wheel for genre selection
Spanish practice Clap Studio looked to "dead rooms" for its renovation of the El Cubo room at nightclub Spook in Valencia, Spain. More about Clap Studio creates "the most music-respectful room" in Spook nightclub
US studio CookFox Architects has unveiled the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, which was informed by the musician's "honesty, bravery and authenticity", at a New Jersey university. More about CookFox Architects completes Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music
Audio streaming service Spotify has opened a listening lounge at its London headquarters, featuring a bespoke speaker system and a material palette chosen to enhance the room's acoustic properties. More about "Technology and craftsmanship align" at Spotify's immersive London listening room
Koko designer Archer Humphryes Architects has renovated the upstairs bar at London's iconic Ronnie Scott's jazz club to balance old-school glamour with the space's contemporary musical offering. More about Upstairs at Ronnie's is an intimate venue designed to help guests "lose their sense of time"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the set design for Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Bad Bunny's Super Bowl set design
The celebratory, symbolic set design for Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show allowed the artist to "make his comments in a way that felt elegant," according to its creative director Harriet Cuddeford. More about Bad Bunny's Super Bowl stage illustrates "surreal journey" through Puerto Rico
The stage and scenography for the Grammy Awards ceremony in LA this coming weekend is designed by New York-based Yellow Studio and anchored by a giant golden gramophone. More about Grammys 2026 stage by Yellow Studio features "modern sculptural" gramophone
At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, technology brand TDM is presenting a "first-of-its-kind" audio device that transforms from a pair of headphones into a Bluetooth speaker with a simple twist. More about TDM's Neo headphones twist to become a portable speaker
Italian practice Atelier Matteo Arnone has completed House for Two Musicians, a minimal, symmetrical home with a pair of recording studios on the site of an old winery in Portugal. More about Atelier Matteo Arnone creates symmetrical home for two DJs
Brooklyn-based audio designer Devon Turnbull has installed a listening room in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, placing massive speakers and fine-tuned DIY equipment in the Carnegie Library. More about Devon Turnbull brings "DIY audio" installation to the Cooper Hewitt
Architecture studios Renzo Piano Building Workshop and PTW Architects have broken ground on the Isola Della Musica opera house in Hanoi, which was designed to have a pearl-like appearance. More about Renzo Piano Building Workshop designs pearlescent opera house on Hanoi lake
Spanish firm Clap Studio used patterned Alpi wood, stainless steel and coloured lighting to make this techno club in Spain look and feel like the inside of an oven. More about Clap Studio turns up the heat with oven-informed techno club
French creative studio Waiting For Ideas has developed a turntable with a minimalist aesthetic and simplified functionality to focus attention on the listening experience. More about Waiting For Ideas crafts "monolithic" PP-1 record player from solid aluminium block
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a robotic hand exoskeleton designed to assist expert pianists. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features a robotic exoskeleton that helps pianists play faster
RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winning studio SANAA has placed a concert hall and rehearsal space into three cuboids for the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More about SANAA assembles trio of red-brick cuboids for MIT music building
Japanese researchers have used a nimble robotic hand exoskeleton to train expert pianists to improve their performance, using a technique they believe could be applied to e-sports, surgery or even handicrafts. More about Finger-waggling exoskeleton helps pianists play faster
A facade of glimmering steel surrounds this concert hall in southern Poland, designed for a state music school by local studio SLAS Architekci. More about SLAS Architekci wraps Polish concert hall in mirror-like steel facade
Promotion: London design studio The Unlimited Dream Company created "waves" on stage for a Jorja Smith tour using modular fins that could be rearranged to create a variety of curves. More about The Unlimited Dream Company creates modular fins for Jorja Smith tour