Features
Features
The country where design is dominated by women
Unlike in most parts of the world, Iceland's design scene is overwhelmingly female. Nat Barker explores what makes the tiny Nordic nation different. More
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News
News
Chris Williamson elected next president of the RIBA
Weston Williamson + Partners co-founder Chris Williamson has been elected to become the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. More
Interiors
Interiors
Jakob Sprenger embellishes Aesop store with salvaged plaster medallions
Austrian architect Jakob Sprenger has installed 1920s plaster medallions above a large sculptural sink as the centre of skincare brand Aesop's store in Paris. More
Interiors
Interiors
Archmongers celebrates "raw beauty of brutalist concrete" in Trellick Tower apartment refresh
Newly exposed concrete walls are paired with a matching terrazzo in this sensitive home renovation by London studio Archmongers in North Kensington's Trellick Tower. More
News
News
UK design education has "fundamental problem" says Jo Johnson
British politician Jo Johnson, brother to the former prime minister Boris Johnson, has criticised the current state of Britain's design and technology education. More
Architecture
Architecture
Lindal Cedar Homes offers house plans informed by Frank Lloyd Wright designs
Seattle-based manufacturer Lindal Cedar Homes has partnered with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to create a series of purchasable house designs informed by the American architect's Usonian philosophy. More
Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate features "smart and humble" church conversion in Transylvania
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a guesthouse in Transylvania. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
Residential
Residential
Feldman Architecture updates 1970s home in coastal California
US studio Feldman Architecture has created the Pebble Beach Residence to have a "distinctively northern Californian, mid-century feel" by including wooden surfaces and brightly lit rooms. More
School Shows
School Shows
Students at EMMA Creative Center present three design projects
Dezeen School Shows: a project combining fashion and furniture whilst commenting on sustainability within design is included in this school show by students at EMMA Creative Center. More
Design
Design
Rival Chicago fairs to "lose ground" without cooperation says Design Days organiser
Rival Chicago design events NeoCon and Fulton Market Design Days must start working together for the benefit of the city, an organiser of one of the fairs has said. More
Architecture
Architecture
Stone cellar in Estonian forest forms base for wooden Põro House
Architects Hanna Karits and Mari Hunt used locally sourced wood to create this house in Estonia, which sits on top of a disused cellar in a forest. More
Glastonbury
Glastonbury
Five Glastonbury stages made from ex-military helicopters and other reused materials
This year's Glastonbury festival debuted stages constructed using reclaimed materials, from storm-felled trees and helicopters to pieces of Heathrow's defunct Terminal 1. Here are five of the most interesting. More
Opinion
Opinion
"We need Heatherwick – he is unique in our generation"
Thomas Heatherwick has come in for criticism over his Humanise campaign, but here Aidan Walker mounts an impassioned defence of the British designer. More
News
News
Financial Times defends Adjaye sexual misconduct reporting after London CEO calls it "unfair"
The Financial Times has said it stands by its investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against David Adjaye, describing it as "carefully prepared", following criticism of its reporting by Adjaye Associates London CEO Lucy Tilley. More
Design
Design
Five Gay Times magazine covers that "balance visual impact with meaningful representation"
UK LGBTQ+ media brand Gay Times is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Here, senior art director Jack Rowe shares five key magazine covers with progressive design language. More
Promotion
Promotion
JEB Group unveils partitions "optimised for acoustics"
Promotion: acoustic partition brand JEB Group has enclosed a wood-lined meeting room with a sliding partition system, forming the centrepiece of an office in Hong Kong. More
Design
Design
Max Radford Gallery opens London showroom to get people "in front of real objects"
Max Radford Gallery has opened a permanent space in east London that shows collectible designs from its past shows, including pieces by Carsten in der Elst and Amelia Stevens. More
Architecture
Architecture
Mancini Duffy uses "elaborate" hydraulic system to reposition theatre in Times Square skyscraper
Local architecture studio Mancini Duffy has led the completion of a Times Square skyscraper, which included lifting a historic Broadway theatre and integrating a giant LED screen that opens onto an outdoor stage. More
School Shows
School Shows
Ten design projects by students featured in New Designers
Dezeen School Shows: a glassware collection for beverages that accentuates the visual effect of light is included in this school show by New Designers. More
Architecture
Architecture
Aretz Dürr Architektur creates "extremely simple" timber warehouse in Germany
Oversized timber beams support cantilevering canopies on either side of Halle S 46, a warehouse in Germany by Cologne studio Aretz Dürr Architektur. More