Design
Design
"Is plastic the problem or the future?" asks Smile Plastics
Promotion: Welsh brand Smile Plastics' products promote the "imaginative, repetitive reuse" of plastic in a bid to mitigate its environmental impact. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron inserts arched apartment behind old facade in Austria
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled Kornmarktplatz, an arched structure that extends behind a neo-baroque facade in Bregenz and contains an apartment and hotel. More
News
News
KPF set to cut terraces into Foster + Partners' HSBC skyscraper
Architecture studio KPF has unveiled plans to turn the Foster + Partners-designed HSBC tower in Canary Wharf, London, into "a blueprint for the highly sustainable, mixed-use building of the future". More
Features
Features
Young designers "cutting out the middle man" by producing objects themselves
Designers are increasingly manufacturing their own limited-edition products rather than waiting for brand or gallery partnerships. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson looks at what's driving the shift. More
Architecture
Architecture
GMP Architekten renovates hyperbolic 1960s hall in Magdeburg
Architecture studio GMP Architekten has completed the renovation of the post-war Hyparschale hall in Magdeburg, Germany. More
Art
Art
Tavares Strachan perches giant ship atop Hayward Gallery
Artist Tavares Strachan has positioned a large-scale model of a ship in a rooftop pond at London's Hayward Gallery, forming an outdoor installation to accompany his current art exhibition There Is Light Somewhere. More
Architecture
Architecture
CookFox Architects adds tiered extension to historic New York apartment building
Local studio CookFox Architects has added an extension to an early 1900s building in the Upper West Side, paying homage to its historic character. More
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda features Buckingham Palace's refurbished chinoiserie interiors
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the unveiling of Buckingham Palace's refurbished east wing. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More
Technology
Technology
Whipsaw creates Aescape automated massage robot
San Francisco design studio Whipsaw has created a robot with padded "hands" programmed using artificial intelligence to give massages. More
Promotion
Promotion
"We can't pretend that aesthetics are not important when it comes to sustainability"
Sustainability must be incorporated into architecture projects in a truly holistic way in order to support the green transition, writes Trimble SketchUp's Andrew Corney as part of Dezeen's Climate Salon partnership with the software company. More
Architecture
Architecture
Schmidt Hammer Lassen transforms cement factory into West Bund Dome Art Center
Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has adaptively reused a domed cement factory in Shanghai, China, to create a performing arts and sports venue. More
Architecture
Architecture
Glazed copper-coloured bricks reflect light into Tehran apartment block by Hooba Design Group
A stack of open-air terraces lined with copper-coloured glazed bricks pull light and air into the Darya Residential Apartment Building in Iran by architecture studio Hooba Design Group. More
Design
Design
Dyson aims to "disrupt" with launch of first headphones
Technology company Dyson has unveiled the OnTrac noise-cancelling headphones, which are the brand's first-ever audio-only headphones. More
Design
Design
Teal Wand offers accessible and comfortable at-home sampling for cervical cancer
Design studio IDEO has created a device for healthcare startup Teal Health that enables women to self-collect samples required for cervical cancer screening in the privacy and comfort of their own homes. More
Events
Events
You can still be listed in Dezeen's guide to London Design Festival 2024
Ahead of London Design Festival's 22nd anniversary, there's still time to feature in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to the festival. More
Architecture
Architecture
Ole Scheeren reveals plans for Shenzhen skyscrapers with "waterfall" facades
Architecture studio Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed Scenic City, its design for the headquarters of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com, which will feature facades designed to resemble waterfalls. More
Dezeen Awards China
Dezeen Awards China
Mario Tsai and Doreen Heng Liu announced as Dezeen Awards China 2024 judges
Architects Amanda Levete and Doreen Heng Liu, interior designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, designer Mario Tsai and art journalist Cao Dan have been named as judges for Dezeen Awards China 2024. More
Design
Design
Unaddressed eco-anxiety "is just going to fester and become more problematic" says Leyla Acaroglu
If we don't change the fearful way in which we perceive climate change, "we will constantly reinforce this role of the future being fucked," said Disrupt Design founder Leyla Acaroglu at the Design and Climate: Rethinking Our Role conference. More
Architecture
Architecture
Jones Studio and Chris Winters Associates restore Phoenix abbey to be "garden in a ruin"
Local architecture and landscape studios Jones Studio and Chris Winters Associates have converted an Italian Gothic revival-style church into an event venue in Downtown Phoenix. More
School Shows
School Shows
Interior Educators presents ten award-winning interior design projects
Dezeen School Shows: a project utilising hair as a biomaterial to promote sustainability is included Dezeen's latest school show presented by the Interior Educators Awards. More