Software and web design
Software and web design
OpenAI's DALL-E 2 generates illustrations from written descriptions
Research company OpenAI has developed a programme that can turn simple text instructions into high-quality images. More
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Materials
Materials
Five designers in Mexico exhibit new uses for biomaterials
An exhibition in Mexico curated in collaboration with Danish research lab Space10 has showcased five novel uses for local biomaterials. More
Products
Products
Air Protein creates fake steak from CO2 that replicates taste and texture of meat
California-based startup Air Protein has developed a meat alternative called Air Meat, which is made using microbes that turn recycled carbon dioxide into protein. More
Interiors
Interiors
Space Perspective reveals design for "world's first" space lounge
Space tourism company Space Perspective has revealed the interior design for its lounge-style travel capsule, which will be hauled into the stratosphere by a giant balloon. More
News
News
CitizenM to become "first hospitality company to build in the metaverse"
Hotel developer CitizenM has announced plans to build a hotel in the metaverse, which will be set in gaming world The Sandbox and could eventually become a real-life location. More
OLEDs Go! competition
OLEDs Go! competition
Top five designs in Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition revealed
Display screens that roll up into speakers, digital room dividers and transparent OLED screens that integrate into furniture are among the finalists in Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition. More
Technology
Technology
Mercedes-Benz launches limited-edition car designed by Virgil Abloh
German car brand Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a car designed in collaboration with Virgil Abloh along with a collection of clothing designed by the late fashion designer's Off-White brand. More
Products
Products
Dyson launches "bizarre" noise-cancelling headphones with air-purifying visor
British technology company Dyson has unveiled Dyson Zone, a set of headphones with a removable visor designed to be used in urban environments to filter air pollution and reduce unwanted noise. More
Design
Design
World View unveils balloon spacecraft that will begin passenger flights in 2024
Space tourism company World View has unveiled designs by PriestmanGoode for a capsule-shaped spacecraft that will fly passengers to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere under a giant balloon in two years' time. More
Architecture
Architecture
A hemp alternative to steel rebar features in today's Dezeen Agenda newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a hemp alternative to steel rebar, which could avoid the problem of corrosion and cut carbon emissions from construction. More
Technology
Technology
Flat-pack wood furniture uses "nature-powered shaping" to self assemble
The Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart has released prototypes for self-forming wood furniture that requires no assembly. More
Materials
Materials
Ten future materials that could change the way we build
Following news that hemp could be used as a low-cost, low-carbon way of reinforcing concrete, here are 10 promising new construction materials including plastic that's stronger than steel and 3D-printed mushroom columns. More
Interview
Interview
Cars of the future will be "living spaces on wheels" says Hyundai design chief
Car interiors are set to become more like homes with conventional automobiles confined to racetracks, Hyundai's global design lead SangYup Lee tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview. More
Materials
Materials
Hemp rebar could offer low-cost non-corroding alternative to steel
Researchers at the USA's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have invented an alternative to steel rebar made from hemp, which they claim avoids the problem of corrosion while cutting carbon emissions from construction. More
News
News
Zaha Hadid Architects designs virtual Liberland Metaverse city
British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has created a "cyber-urban" city in the metaverse where people can buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar. More
OLEDs Go! competition
OLEDs Go! competition
Twenty innovative designs shortlisted in the second edition of Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition
Televisions that fold into lamps, cabinets with digital displays for doors and screens that roll up into speakers are among the designs shortlisted in Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition, which called for creative uses for OLED technology. More
Products
Products
Ye and Kano release MP3 player designed to "challenge what an album can be"
American musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and design technology company Kano have launched Stem Player, a pebble-shaped device that allows users to customise songs in the palm of their hand. More
Materials
Materials
Doppelgänger creates polystyrene substitute from plastic-eating mealworms
Charlotte Böhning and Mary Lempres of Doppelgänger have developed a bioplastic version of polystyrene foam that is made from the exoskeleton of mealworms and breaks down in soil in a couple of weeks. More
News
News
Polestar unveils electric roadster with personal drone
Electric carmaker Polestar has revealed the O2 roadster concept car that features its own personal drone. More
Residential
Residential
ICON and Lake Flato build 3D-printed House Zero in Austin
Construction technology outfit ICON and architecture studio Lake Flato have completed a 3D-printed, modern ranch-style home in Austin to be displayed during the SXSW festival. More