Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
M/Connect 2 USB docking station by Humanscale
Dezeen Showroom: M/Connect 2 is a USB docking station developed by office furniture brand Humanscale to help "make the workstation a more effective tool". More
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Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week
Lund University students design solar-powered lights to reduce our reliance on the grid
As part of Dutch Design Week, students from Lund University are presenting a collection of wireless off-grid lighting systems designed to showcase the benefits of solar power in different settings from street food stalls to refugee camps. More
Materials
Materials
Six material innovations aimed at slashing concrete's outsized carbon footprint
After Seratech's carbon-neutral cement won the 2022 Obel Award, Dezeen has rounded up six ways in which researchers are working to decarbonise concrete – the single most polluting building material in the world. More
Transport
Transport
Rolls-Royce unveils its first fully electric car Spectre
Rolls-Royce has unveiled its first all-electric car, the Spectre coupe, as the luxury brand promises to go fully electric by 2030. More
Graphic design
Graphic design
&Walsh uses AI to create branding for nuclear energy advocate
American creative agency &Walsh has created the branding for the website of nuclear energy advocate Isodope using AI image generator DALL-E 2. More
News
News
Seratech carbon-neutral concrete wins Obel Award 2022
British company Seratech has won the architecture-focused Obel Award with its prototype carbon-neutral concrete, which it says is low-cost and easy to scale. More
Materials
Materials
Ten experimental designs that tackle the food challenges of the Anthropocene era
Zane Cerpina and Stahl Stenslie's have collected experimental food designs, including whisky made from urine and cows that harness energy, for their Anthropocene Cookbook. The authors chose 10 of their favourites for Dezeen. More
Smartwatches
Smartwatches
Google combines "smarts and helpfulness" with first smartwatch
Technology company Google has released the Google Pixel Watch, which is its first smartwatch, has a sleek circular face and includes a Fitbit activity tracker. More
Residential architecture and interiors
Residential architecture and interiors
Hannah begins construction on "first multi-storey 3D-printed house in the US"
Ithaca, New York-based design studio Hannah has begun work on Cores, a building in Houston that it says will be the first multi-storey 3D-printed structure to be completed in the United States. More
Solar Revolution
Solar Revolution
Agrivoltaic solar farms offer "shocking" benefits beyond producing energy
Next-gen solar parks that enable energy and food production as well as water conservation to work in synergy on the same plot can help to solve solar's growing land-use issue, according to the researchers making them a reality. More
Solar Revolution
Solar Revolution
NASA space mission to demonstrate "very high velocity" solar-sail technology
The sun will power a key part of NASA's upcoming Artemis 1 mission via a solar sail developed by Alabama company NeXolve to fly a craft into deep space without needing fuel. More
Solar Revolution
Solar Revolution
The challenges facing the Solar Revolution
As the sun begins to set on our series exploring the enormous potential of solar power, Dezeen looks at some of the barriers to achieving a Solar Revolution. More
Solar Revolution
Solar Revolution
Solar Protocol network explores the potential of a solar-powered internet
Internet traffic is controlled by the "logic of the sun" in Solar Protocol, a solar-powered network whose creators argue for digital design within planetary limits. More
Fashion
Fashion
TômTex and Peter Do create garments from shrimp and mushroom food waste
Biobased material developer TômTex collaborated with New York-based fashion designer Peter Do to create two looks for his Spring Summer 2023 collection at New York Fashion Week. More
Dezeen guides
Dezeen guides
The Dezeen guide to solar power
This Dezeen guide to solar power, which forms part of our Solar Revolution series, explains the different types of photovoltaics from the well-established to the more experimental. More
Solar Revolution
Solar Revolution
Solar power's potential limited unless "you do everything perfectly" says solar scientist
The sun offers an endless source of energy but solar technology is being held back by manufacturing limitations, says Dutch scientist and professor Wim C Sinke in this interview. More
Interview
Interview
Solar power could "become embedded like a second skin in our everyday life" says Daan Roosegaarde
Social and technological changes could spark a new era of solar power making it commonplace in the everyday, argues Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde. More
Design
Design
Ubiquitous Energy aims to make transparent solar windows a global standard
US company Ubiquitous Energy has invented a thin coating that turns windows into transparent solar panels, providing other ways to harvest renewable energy in buildings beyond rooftop panels. More
Retail
Retail
Crosby Studios and Zero10 launch fashion pop-up that lets people "try on" virtual clothes
Design firm Crosby Studios has teamed up with augmented reality technology company Zero10 for a pop-up store in Manhattan that aims to provide a virtual retail experience. More
Solar Revolution
Solar Revolution
Solar cars will be "normal within 20 years" says Lightyear's head engineer
Integrated solar panels could help electric cars rival their fossil-fuel counterparts by making them less reliant on charging points and potentially free to run, says Lightyear's Emanuele Cornagliotti in this interview as part of our Solar Revolution series. More