Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
Clam chair by Arnold Madsen and Dagmar
Dezeen Showroom: vintage furniture manufacturer Dagmar has rereleased Arnold Madsen's Clam chair – a Danish classic of once unknown provenance. More
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Opinion
Opinion
"The role of smartphones in contemporary life feels increasingly stupid"
Smartphone design has been getting worse and worse while the industry itself has become an environmental and humanitarian nightmare, writes Phineas Harper. More
Dezeen Awards China
Dezeen Awards China
Five "unconventional" projects by Dezeen Awards China judge Mario Tsai
Chinese designer Mario Tsai, founder of research-design practice Mario Tsai Studio, has joined Dezeen Awards China 2024 as a judge. Here he selects five projects that best reflect his work. More
Headgear
Headgear
Mijoda Dajomi designs rain-harvesting hats for a water scarce future
Designer Mijoda Dajomi has created the Daughters of Rain headwear collection, which can harvest rainwater in anticipation of future water shortages. More
Start Something Powerful Competition
Start Something Powerful Competition
Last chance to enter Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Design Competition
Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Design Competition closes for entries at midnight on Wednesday. Enter before the deadline for the chance to win up to £15,000. More
Food
Food
Waste textiles turned into sweets in FabriCandy project
Scraps of fabric have been recycled into edible treats by designer Jinghan Li, who wants people to consider waste as a resource for food. More
Product design
Product design
Remsen releases homeware to "bring back joy" to design for the elderly
Brooklyn homeware brand Remsen has released an aluminium pill container and fluted grab bar as part of its overall pursuit to "reposition the conversation around ageing". More
Maternity design
Maternity design
Siyuan Liu creates adaptable clothing for mothers in the workplace
Baby carriers double as skirts and handbags in this collection of functional workwear for mothers from London College of Fashion graduate Siyuan Liu. More
Opinion
Opinion
"Design as we know it is doomed, but that's a good thing for designers"
The inevitable transition from a take-make-waste society to a circular economy presents exciting and rewarding challenges for designers, writes Sarah Housley. More
Football
Football
Climate change graphs hide in Forest Green Rovers football kit
Gloucestershire-based football club Forest Green Rovers has unveiled its new kit for the 2024/25 season, featuring details that draw attention to the effects of climate change. More
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda
Dezeen Agenda features launch of South African design week
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the launch of Design Week South Africa this October. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More
Tennis
Tennis
Pharrell Williams designs tenniswear for Evian to celebrate "what keeps us connected"
Designer Pharrell Williams's wellness brand Humanrace has teamed up with water brand Evian to create a collection of tennis clothes ahead of the US Open. More
Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
Watson seating by Todd Yetman for Allseating
Dezeen Showroom: designer Todd Yetman drew on British menswear to create Allseating's Watson seating collection, which is suitable for both residential and commercial settings. More
Boats
Boats
Paul Priestman reimagines sightseeing boats to maximise the view
Designer Paul Priestman has aimed to tackle overcrowding in popular tourist destinations with Viewpoint, a concept for a sightseeing boat where everyone is guaranteed a good view. More
Musical instruments
Musical instruments
Teenage Engineering releases "world's first medieval electronic instrument"
Swedish tech company Teenage Engineering has developed a beat machine that allows users to create their own medieval-style music by combining samples of lutes, hurdy-gurdies and "rowdy peasants". More
Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
Standing Desk Pro by Oakywood
Dezeen Showroom: Polish brand Oakywood has created a standing desk designed to withstand the test of time that has a solid wood top and durable steel frame. More
Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
Wonder fabric by Designtex
Dezeen Showroom: US company Designtex drew on research about how aesthetics affect human emotions to create this dappled upholstery fabric, which forms part of its Joy collection. More
Features
Features
New Scandinavian design "breaks with the beige tradition"
Designers in Norway, Sweden and Denmark are changing perceptions of Scandinavian design by creating pieces that are organic, colourful and playful, rather than minimalist and neutral. Cajsa Carlson reports. More
Products
Products
Seven portable AI devices that attempt to give shape to a new technology
Following the recent launch of a necklace wearable that provides AI friendship, here are seven products that are trying to imagine the future of hardware for artificial intelligence. More
Installations
Installations
Andrés Jaque promotes carbon-free cooking with outdoor Transspecies Kitchen
Meals are prepared in a woodland kitchen using fermentation, rather than electricity or gas, in an installation by architect Andrés Jaque's Office for Political Innovation. More