Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom
Pumice textile by Ultrafabrics
Dezeen Showroom: textile manufacturer Ultrafabrics has designed Pumice, a durable material that is colourfast against sunlight, perspiration, chlorine and seawater. More
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Features
Features
Young designers "cutting out the middle man" by producing objects themselves
Designers are increasingly manufacturing their own limited-edition products rather than waiting for brand or gallery partnerships. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson looks at what's driving the shift. More
Robotics
Robotics
Whipsaw creates Aescape automated massage robot
San Francisco design studio Whipsaw has created a robot with padded "hands" programmed using artificial intelligence to give massages. More
Product design
Product design
Teal Wand offers accessible and comfortable at-home sampling for cervical cancer
Design studio IDEO has created a device for healthcare startup Teal Health that enables women to self-collect samples required for cervical cancer screening in the privacy and comfort of their own homes. More
Products
Products
Nothing brings modularity to budget smartphones with CMF Phone 1
Tech company Nothing has made modularity and customisation two big selling points for its first budget-conscious phone, the CMF Phone 1, which was launched today. More
Design
Design
Love Hultén creates tiny music stage for crowd of sperm and eggs
Swedish maker Love Hultén has collaborated with the country's Way Out West music festival to create the Future Fan Stage for an audience of sperm and eggs awaiting IVF. More
Fabric
Fabric
Four materials made from banana plants at Future Fabrics Expo
At this year's Future Fabrics Expo, banana plants emerged as a fruitful source for making more sustainable materials. Here, we spotlight four examples of the plant being transformed into leather alternatives and clothing fabric. More
News
News
Google reports 50 per cent jump in emissions due to AI energy use
Google's greenhouse gas emissions have increased by half over the last five years due to the energy demands of artificial intelligence, the company has revealed. More
News
News
European Space Agency develops Lego brick from space dust to build on the moon
The European Space Agency has created its own version of a Lego brick that is 3D printed from meteorite dust, as the organisation explores how to construct buildings in space. More
News
News
Scientists use living skin to create robot that smiles
Lifelike robots could be a step closer to reality with a new development from the University of Tokyo, where scientists have made a prototype with living skin capable of a "natural smile". More
Glastonbury
Glastonbury
Glastonbury's Hayes Pavilion "pushes the boundaries" of what bioplastic can do
Biodesign startup Re:Right Design has reprised its demountable Hayes Pavilion for this year's Glastonbury festival, cladding it in a biomaterial made from seaweed to demonstrate how sets can be built without plastic. More
Biomaterials
Biomaterials
Natural Material Studio turns wood offcuts into biomaterials to "utilise the whole tree"
Danish firm Natural Material Studio has created four biomaterials out of sawdust salvaged from the sawmill of flooring manufacturer Dinesen to explore the potential of using wood waste to make building materials. More
Nike
Nike
Nike and Hyperice unveil heated foot-massaging shoes
Sportswear brand Nike and health tech company Hyperice have unveiled a series of wearables that can heat, cool and massage to help athletes recover. More
Promotion
Promotion
"We have a duty to honour plastics" says Smile Plastics co-founder Rosalie McMillan
Promotion: plastic can remain a useful material long into the future with a thoughtful approach, argues Smile Plastics co-founder Rosalie McMillan. More
Interview
Interview
Recycled materials will give Nike "biggest impact" on sustainability says chief design officer
Using recycled materials is a better route to reducing the environmental impact of Nike's products than designing for disassembly, the sportswear brand's chief design officer Martin Lotti says in this interview. More
Fashion
Fashion
Melanin-spiked bodysuits provide sun protection in Melwear concept
Garments made with the skin pigment melanin provide a natural, alternative form of sun protection in this speculative biofabrication project by recent Central Saint Martins graduate Maca Barrera. More
Design
Design
Casalgrande Padana lists multipurpose tiles on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: Italian surface manufacturer Casalgrande Padana has released five new tile collections that mimic the appearance of wood, metal and stone. More
News
News
Recycling "breakthrough" could usher in zero-emissions cement
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have devised a way of cheaply producing low-carbon concrete at scale by making use of waste cement and the steel industry's electric arc furnaces. More
News
News
Vision Pro a "new era of computing" says Apple design head following D&AD Awards win
The Apple Vision Pro will "redefine how we connect and create" says Apple vice president of human interface design Alan Dye, as its operating system wins top honour at the D&AD Awards. More
News
News
Arup victim of multimillion-dollar deepfake video scam in Hong Kong
Engineering firm Arup has lost HK$200 million after falling victim to a deepfake video, during which a digitally cloned version of its chief financial officer demanded monetary transfers. More