Design
Design
Good Thing launches seven everyday tools for the home
A dustpan and a tray with crinkled corners, and a torch charged via USB feature in latest home accessories collection from Brooklyn design brand Good Thing. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Sunken Bath Project named London's best new house extension in Don't Move, Improve! 2017
A garden room containing a sunken Japanese-style bath has won top prize in a competition to find London's best new house extensions. More
Interview
Interview
"Seriousness" dominates Designs of the Year as nominees respond to global events
Designers are increasingly responding to global issues such as the refugee crisis and environmental degradation, and showing less interest in frivolous topics, according to the curator of the Design Museum's annual awards programme. More
News
News
Christo cancels monumental Colorado installation in Trump protest
Bulgarian artist Christo has abandoned plans for one of his signature giant fabric artworks over the USA's Arkansas River because Donald Trump is now in charge of the country. More
Design
Design
David Bowie's best album cover designs to appear on Royal Mail stamps
The UK postal service is commemorating David Bowie with a set of postage stamps featuring images of six of his most iconic album covers. More
The latest Dezeen Mail features IKEA's recycled kitchen and OMA's Qatar Foundation HQ
This week's Dezeen Mail highlights IKEA's new kitchen units made from recycled plastic bottles and OMA's recently completed Qatar Foundation Headquarters. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
Opinion
Opinion
"Poverty should never be an Instagram filter"
Iwan Baan's arresting images of the Kenyan school built by architect duo Selgascano are a typical example of the slum porn that has infiltrated western media, argues Phineas Harper in his latest Opinion column. More
Interiors
Interiors
Turquoise paintwork and wire-frame furniture enliven Bangkok spa by Space Popular
Sections of bright turquoise paintwork and matching furniture offset the otherwise white-washed treatment rooms of this Bangkok spa, designed by local architecture studio Space Popular. More
Architecture
Architecture
TOOP Architectuur arranges timber and concrete house around a recessed patio
The facades of this low-lying concrete and wood house in rural Belgium are interrupted by large windows, and a central patio that separates the living and sleeping areas. More
Architecture
Architecture
Seven unusual treehouses you can sleep inside at Sweden's Treehotel
Seven Scandinavian architects have now built treehouses for Sweden's Treehotel, including a bird's nest, a mirrored cube and the charred timber cabin added earlier this month by Snøhetta. More
Video
Video
VeloMetro's pedal-powered Veemo vehicle aims to get people out of their cars
Future Makers: in this movie filmed in Vancouver, Kody Baker explains how his start-up VeloMetro is hoping to convince people to switch to a cleaner, healthier form of transport with a car-like vehicle that you pedal like a bike. More
Job of the day: materials researcher at Heatherwick Studio
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a materials researcher at Heatherwick Studio, whose current projects include a canal-side shopping centre in London's Kings Cross. More ›
Technology
Technology
Philippe Starck and Jerome Olivet present gelatinous vision for future smartphone
French designers Philippe Starck and Jerome Olivet have proposed a radical concept for the future of smartphones based around holograms and voice control. More
Interiors
Interiors
Photographers go behind the scenes at 16 Paris architecture studios
The offices of 16 Parisian architecture studios, including Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Périphériques, feature in this set of images by photographers Marc Goodwin and Mathieu Fiol. More
Design
Design
Shawn Yang's Duplex light can be flipped from a desk lamp to a pendant
Taiwan-based designer Shawn Yang has designed a wooden lampshade that can serve as both a desk lamp and a pendant light. More
Architecture
Architecture
Theis + Khan updates Notting Hill house with basement pool and cinema
This west London house has been overhauled by British practice Theis + Khan to include a "cave-like" swimming pool in the basement and a twisting white staircase. More
News
News
America's most expensive home boasts $250 million price tag
This mansion designed for the "ultimate billionaire" in Bel Air, Los Angeles, has set the record for the priciest home ever listed for sale in the USA. More
Architecture
Architecture
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple elevates cedar-clad cabin in Nova Scotia on concrete plinths
Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has completed a coastal dwelling that features wooden shingles, gabled roofs, and concrete fins that elevate the home off the ground to protect it from tidal surges. More
Interiors
Interiors
Snøhetta designs pared-back Slack offices in Lower Manhattan
Wooden bleachers and planted screens are intended to evoke New York City's urban courtyards at this headquarters for workplace messaging system Slack, by architecture firm Snøhetta. More
Design
Design
Alberto Bellamoli creates dappled terrazzo tables, bowls and candleholders
Italian designer Alberto Bellamoli has added to the growing trend for terrazzo, unveiling homeware patterned with coloured marble spots. More