Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
Ceramic Chandeliers by Naaya Studio
Dezeen Showroom: India-based lighting company Naaya Studio has released its new collection of pendant lights made from ceramics. More
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Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Jeff Martin and Sam Klemick create furniture with an "alternate ending"
The plump furniture of LA-based Sam Klemick sits alongside the tiled-covered joinery of Vancouver-based Jeff Martin in an exhibition at Objective Gallery in New York. More
Graphics
Graphics
"Unwinnable" board game No Worries If Not explores sexist double standards
Body care brand Billie has developed a limited-edition board game that explores the contradictory expectations and demands placed on women in a patriarchal society. More
Materials
Materials
Bendable battery among sustainable materials at San Francisco exhibition
Local design firm Prowl Studio and investment company Baukunst have shown a variety of sustainable materials including aquatic plants meant for animal feed and an electric RV at a pop-up exhibition in San Francisco. More
Interview
Interview
"It's hard to collaborate with architects" says Longchamp's Sophie Delafontaine
Collaborations with artists, architects and designers are key to ensuring the longevity of a heritage brand and modernising design classics for a new generation, says Longchamp artistic director Sophie Delafontaine in this interview. More
Landscape and urbanism
Landscape and urbanism
NBBJ and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers create LA playground
American architecture studio NBBJ has collaborated with American musician Flea to design a playground on a public housing complex in Los Angeles. More
News
News
Pioneering wind-powered cargo ship charts course for greener shipping
A Mitsubishi Corporation cargo ship has embarked on its first wind-powered voyage after being retrofitted with two rigid 37.5-metre-tall sails, in what could mark a crucial step towards decarbonising the maritime industry. More
Transport
Transport
Lamborghini unveils concept for first all-electric car
Italian sports carmaker Lamborghini has shared its Lanzador concept car – a look ahead at the company's first all-electric vehicle, which is set to go into production from 2028. More
Paper
Paper
Seeded toilet paper encourages plants to grow with human-waste fertiliser
Industrial design student Avia Revivi has designed a biodegradable toilet paper named O-SOW, which integrates seeds to encourage plant growth. More
Re:Create Design Challenge
Re:Create Design Challenge
Eleven innovative designs shortlisted in Dezeen and Samsung's Re:Create Design Challenge
Wearable health trackers for pets, AI-powered clip-on cameras for the visually impaired and a wildfire detection system are among 11 designs shortlisted in Dezeen and Samsung's Re:Create Design Challenge. More
Installations
Installations
Objects of Common Interest installs snake-like light in Bergamo piazza
A huge tube of light forms a series of arches in this installation created by design studio Objects of Common Interest for this year's Italian Capital of Culture. More
Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate
Dezeen Debate features "incredible" ice cream made from plastic
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the first food made from plastic waste by designer Eleonora Ortolani. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
Interview
Interview
"Not having architectural education makes you find different solutions" says Charlotte Taylor
Visualisation artist Charlotte Taylor discusses how she is translating her digital design work into built architecture projects for the first time in this interview. More
Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
Nine primary coloured products that add a playful touch to spaces
Dezeen Showroom: this roundup presents red, blue and yellow furniture, lighting and products designed to energise interiors with splashes of vivid colours. More
Installations
Installations
Agency—Agency and SHEEEP design stormwater gardens underneath Toronto expressway
New York-based studio Agency—Agency has collaborated with local studio SHEEEP to design stormwater gardens underneath an expressway in Toronto. More
Prosthetics
Prosthetics
BioProsthesis uses human hair to create prosthetic nipples for breast cancer patients
Central Saint Martins graduate Arianna Pezzano has developed a way to make nipple prosthetics from keratin extracted from hair lost during chemotherapy, to help breast cancer patients "regain a sense of wholeness". More
Materials
Materials
Eleonora Ortolani recycles plastic into vanilla ice-cream
Designer Eleonora Ortolani has created what she believes to be the first food made from plastic waste, as part of her final-year project at Central Saint Martins. More
News
News
"Egg chair would not be designed today" say Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd
Concave chairs like Arne Jacobsen's Egg and Eero Saarinen's Womb don't meet today's definition of good design, according to the founders of design studio Pearson Lloyd. More
Future Luxury Retail Design Competition
Future Luxury Retail Design Competition
Fifteen designs shortlisted in Dezeen and Bentley's Future Luxury Retail Design Competition
Fifteen innovative designs have been shortlisted for Dezeen and Bentley's Future Luxury Retail Design Competition, which called for concepts that reimagine the future of luxury retail. More
Materials
Materials
Materials "have so much more to give" says Natural Material Studio founder Bonnie Hvillum
Materials can become a much bigger part of our everyday lives and the way we see the world if people are willing to give up mass production, Natural Material Studio founder Bonnie Hvillum tells Dezeen in this interview. More