Technology
Technology
Competition: win a pair of IRIS Flow headphones
In our latest competition, we have teamed up with audio technology company IRIS to give readers the chance to win IRIS Flow headphones. More
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Retail
Retail
Burberry and Tencent collaborate on interactive WeChat shop in Shenzhen
Visitors to Shenzhen's Burberry flagship store can use Tencent's WeChat app to interact with the window display and play their own music in fitting rooms. More
Video
Video
IRIS Flow Headphones use algorithms to enhance listening experience
A pair of wireless algorithm-driven headphones features in this captioned video produced by Dezeen for audio technology brand IRIS. More
Technology
Technology
Microsoft teams up with Nike, Mercedes-Benz and Unilever to launch Transform to Net Zero initiative
Microsoft has joined eight other global corporations to help businesses erase their carbon footprints as part of its commitment to becoming a carbon-negative business by 2030. More
Design
Design
RCA students collaborate with OPPO to design products focused on humanising technology
Dezeen has teamed up with global technology company OPPO to present seven products designed by postgraduate Royal College of Art students that could help "integrate technology into our lives more seamlessly". More
Products
Products
Lilin Jiao models Nect wireless charger on "parasitic relationships"
OPPO x RCA Humanising Technology: Nect is an "air-charging" technology for mobile phones that Lilin Jiao has modelled on the behaviour of parasites. More
Products
Products
SmartKit by Matthieu Muller helps children "use technology in a healthy way"
OPPO x RCA Humanising Technology: SmartKit is a set of three children's toys that are designed by Matthieu Muller to be used in tandem with smartphones. More
Robotics
Robotics
Matthieu Muller's Animate toy-making kit introduces children to electronics
OPPO x RCA Humanising Technology: Animate is a robotic toy-making kit by Matthieu Muller intended to make electronics fun and accessible for children. More
Products
Products
Duo is a minimalist and modular smartphone by Roc H Biel
OPPO x RCA Humanising Technology: Roc H Biel has developed a modular smartphone named Duo that can be fitted with different sized screens. More
Products
Products
Roc H Biel's modular remote controller Fenics is designed to be customised
OPPO x RCA Humanising Technology: Fenics is a modular and customisable remote controller developed by Roc H Biel to cater for quick reaction times. More
Products
Products
Toolform by Jiarui Liao makes fashion manufacturing a "collaborative process"
OPPO x RCA Humanising Technology: ToolForm is a conceptual "self-service platform" by Jiarui Liao that introduces end-users into the fashion industry's manufacturing processes. More
Products
Products
Wearloop by Eric Saldanha cleans clothes using only air and UV light
OPPO x RCA Humanising Technology: Eric Saldanha's wall-mounted Wearloop device relies on airflow and UV light to clean dirty clothes. More
News
News
Apple commits to being carbon neutral by 2030
Apple has released a 10-year roadmap to ensure that every device it produces has a net-zero climate impact by 2030, as part of its plans to become carbon neutral. More
Video
Video
Royal College of Art students and OPPO discuss how to make design more human in panel discussion
The Royal College of Art and OPPO teamed up with Dezeen to host a panel discussion about how design students from the RCA are making technology more human. More
VDF x Imogen Heap
VDF x Imogen Heap
Live interview with musician Imogen Heap as part of Virtual Design Festival
Imogen Heap speaks to Dezeen live and shares a homemade music video in the first part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the musician today. More
Software and web design
Software and web design
Loon launches floating balloon-powered internet service in Kenya
Google's sister company Loon is deploying a fleet of 35 solar-powered balloons that will provide internet service across more remote areas of Kenya by floating on stratospheric winds. More
School Shows
School Shows
Ten technology-driven design projects by Technische Universität Dresden students
A device called TracePen that teaches robots to perform human tasks features alongside wearable technology designed to train professional surfers in Technische Universität Dresden's VDF school show. More
Technology
Technology
ETH Zurich combines 3D printing and casting to make more efficient concrete structures
Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a machine that controls the setting rate of concrete to offer a "seamless transition between casting and 3D printing" so that structures can be made that use less material. More
VDF x Design Museum
VDF x Design Museum
Marta Giralt explores how graphene could make fashion industry more sustainable for VDF and Design Museum
Marta Giralt investigates how nanotechnology could make the fashion industry more environmentally friendly for this Virtual Design Festival collaboration. More
VDF x Design Museum
VDF x Design Museum
Mále Uribe explores the materiality of extreme landscapes for VDF and Design Museum
Chilean architect Mále Uribe presents three short films and a conversation about her research on art and design's relationship with extreme landscapes in this Virtual Design Festival collaboration. More