Everything that's going wrong with design
Next our Performance Review series turns the spotlight on design. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser sets out 10 ways that the industry is dysfunctional. Read more
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Jillian Dinkel turns arts and crafts home into "dynamic entertainer's retreat"
Interior designer Jillian Dinkel has transformed an arts and crafts house in Sydney, Australia, into a dedicated space for entertaining that combines traditional details with contemporary finishes. Read more
Water disappears through gaps in Serafini's "sculptural yet functional" Piano washbasin
Italian brand Serafini has created a bespoke washbasin concept for high-end interiors, made from a rhythmic row of marble slabs that cleverly conceal the drainage. Read more
Artreach's 2025 Christmas Hygge
The annual Christmas Hygge was held this weekend in Peel on the Isle of Man. <br /><br />Reporter Sadie Gilbert spoke to numerous different vendors and organisers of the event.
Design Recipes: Affordable home staging hacks
Thoughtful finishing touches can transform a house from looking staged to feeling like a home, and it doesn’t mean you have ...
Department of Buildings approves six designs for New York's scaffolding
New York's Department of Buildings has greenlit designs by architecture studio PAU and engineering outfit Arup for the city's sidewalk sheds to make them "safer, more egalitarian, and more beautiful". Read more
"Iconic and unusual" Vaillancourt Fountain set to be dismantled
The San Francisco Arts Commission has voted to dismantle and store a 1970s concrete fountain in San Francisco designed by artist Armand Vaillancourt. Read more
Shibanee & Kamal Architects design green-roofed housing community in Texas
Architects Shibanee Sagar and Aadi Sagar explain how they introduced green-roofed suburban housing to foster daily contact with nature in this Texas community, as shown in this exclusive video by Dezeen. Read more
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BLUE Architecture Studio converts historic Yangzhou district into sprawling hotel
A cluster of new and old buildings in the ancient centre of Yangzhou, China, has been stitched together into a hotel complex by local firms BLUE Architecture Studio and the Urban Architecture Lab at Southeast University. Read more
Will David Adjaye be re-accepted by the architectural establishment?
With a growing number of lectures, talks and interviews, David Adjaye is slowly returning to public life following sexual assault and harassment accusations two years ago. We ask how the architecture profession will react. Read more
David Adjaye criticises reporting of sexual assault allegations
Architect David Adjaye has called the reporting on his alleged sexual misconduct "deeply unfair", in some of his first on-the-record comments since allegations came to light. Read more
Tarkett achieves "world's first" carbon negative linoleum
French flooring brand Tarkett has announced that its linoleum is now carbon-negative across all stages of its life cycle, from sourcing raw materials to end-of-life deconstruction and recycling. Read more
Adilo pendant lamp by Ilkka Kauppinen for Secto Design
Dezeen Showroom: made of ultra-thin birch plywood, designer Ilkka Kauppinen's sculptural Adilo pendant lamp for Finnish brand Secto Design unfurls from flat. Read more
Studio Aluc turns 100-year old Kyoto townhouse into hotel
Japanese design firm Studio Aluc "deliberately retained traces of past craftsmanship" to transform a historic machiya residence into a short-stay hotel in Kyoto. Read more
Matthew Williamson unveils worker bee-informed BRIT Award
Interior designer Matthew Williamson has created an amber-toned trophy for the 2026 BRIT Awards, which was designed to mark the ceremony being hosted in Manchester for the first time. Read more
Ventete's inflatable bike helmet flattens to become thinner than a laptop
London-based design brand Ventete has developed a blow-up cycling helmet that uses air instead of foam to absorb impact and easily fits into a bag when deflated. Read more
Tiptoe invites 10 designers to reimagine its signature table leg for its 10th birthday
Promotion:French furniture brand Tiptoe has celebrated its 10th anniversary by asking 10 designers and artists to creatively reinterpret its first product – the clamp-on table leg. Read more
Dezeen Debate features Herzog & de Meuron "glass turd" trophies
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Herzog & de Meuron's Art Basel trophies. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Read more
Ste Marie designs trio of atmospheric hospitality venues in Edmonton
Canadian studio Ste Marie has created three interconnected yet distinct hospitality venues at the base of a residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta. Read more