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
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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
AItopia
AItopia
Orbital Materials combines ChatGPT with physics to invent "transformational materials"
The first materials designed by AI could be less than 18 months away, according to Orbital Materials CEO Jonathan Godwin, who aims to harness the technology to create materials to help with carbon capture. More
Materials
Materials
DR Horton builds North Carolina house with grass-based ceiling and wall panels
North Carolina firm DR Horton has begun construction on a residential home using building materials from local technology studio Plantd, including panels made from compressed perennial grasses. More
AItopia
AItopia
Promptac toolkit lets users modify AI designs with hand gestures and real-world materials
Royal College of Art graduate Zhaodi Feng has created an interactive toolkit named Promptac, which allows users to input prompts to AI image generators using hand movements rather than text. More
AItopia
AItopia
AI's "eye-watering" use of resources could be a hurdle to achieving climate goals, argue experts
The growth of AI will put an increased environmental burden on the planet, say experts who argue it's time to think about the invisible physical infrastructures of our technology. More
Materials
Materials
Loop Loop develops "world's first plant-based aluminium dying process"
Dutch design studio Loop Loop has pioneered a process of adding colour to aluminium using pigments made from plants rather than petroleum. More
News
News
US scientists prove that metal can heal itself
Scientists from Texas A&M University and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have observed metal cracking and fusing back together, in a discovery that could pave the way for self-healing machines, vehicles and bridges. More
News
News
MIT engineers create battery alternative using cement and carbon black
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a low-cost energy storage system that could be integrated into roads and building foundations to facilitate the renewable energy transition. More
AItopia
AItopia
Ten AI companies that architects and designers need to know
Dozens of AI tools are emerging that could dramatically alter how architects and designers work. As part of our AItopia series, Dezeen rounds up 10 of the most significant. More
Comments
Comments
"AI will never replace a Frank Lloyd Wright or a Mies van der Rohe" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are debating a feature in our AItopia series that examines the question of whether AI technology will end up taking architects' jobs. More
Architecture
Architecture
DART Lab creates biodegradable concrete casts using sawdust
A research team at the University of Michigan has created biodegradable formwork out of sawdust in an attempt to mitigate wood waste in the process of laying concrete. More
AItopia
AItopia
"As machine learning progresses tactile design becomes ever more important"
Design involving artificial intelligence will always require a human touch, write YuJune Park and Caspar Lam as part of our AItopia series. More
Gaming
Gaming
The Master's Pupil is a hand-painted video game informed by Monet's artworks
Game developer Pat Naoum has launched a video game with backgrounds, creatures and scenery entirely painted by hand, which took seven years to complete. More
AItopia
AItopia
Rise of AI could see "a lot of people living as second-class citizens" warns Sony's Alice Xiang
Killer robots and god-like computers are far from the most pressing threats posed by artificial intelligence, AI ethicist Alice Xiang tells Dezeen in this interview. More
AItopia
AItopia
Will architects really lose their jobs to AI?
As part of our AItopia series exploring how AI will impact architecture and design, Dezeen examines whether the technology will end up taking architects' jobs. More
Mass timber
Mass timber
Largest earthquake test for mass-timber tower successful in California
US architecture studio Lever Architecture and a team of researchers have successfully tested the earthquake-resistant capabilities of a 10-storey, mass-timber building in California. More
News
News
Twitter rebrands as X with "art deco" logo
Twitter's owner, US entrepreneur Elon Musk, has announced that the social media platform has changed its name and logo to X to "embody the imperfections in us all". More
News
News
Experts propose guidelines for ethical AI development in open letter
Global non-profit the World Ethical Data Foundation has released a set of guidelines for the voluntary self-regulation of the tech industry as it continues to develop artificial intelligence. More
Refik Anadol
Refik Anadol
"A deep understanding of humanity is way more complex than any algorithm" says Refik Anadol
For AI to properly emulate human emotions the field must become more inclusive, machine-learning art pioneer Refik Anadol says in this interview. More