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1 month ago | 
dezeen.com | Rheanna Hopkins |Kate Mazade |Ben Dreith |Jane Englefield
The architecture college at Washington University in St Louis has announced it plans to prohibit students from using styrene in their models, citing health risks related to the chemical that is used to make foam boards. More
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2 months ago | 
dezeen.com | Rheanna Hopkins |Cajsa Carlson
Dezeen is hosting a series of events during Stockholm Design Week this year, including our Design Disruptors talks, the Dezeen Awards 2025 launch party and a drinks event celebrating the first-ever Dezeen newspaper. Read on to find out more about what Dezeen is up to and don't forget to check out our digital guide to Stockholm Design Week 2025 on Dezeen Events Guide.
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2 months ago | 
dezeen.com | Ellen Eberhardt |Rheanna Hopkins |Amy Peacock |Douglas Jardim
Aiming to bridge the worlds of human and robotic construction, product design engineer Jasper Mallinson has created a wearable CNC machine that he believes could one day be used on worksites to help realise parametric designs. More
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
dezeen.com | Rheanna Hopkins
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a cat-shaped robot that blows air to cool down hot food and drink. Aimed at people with heat-sensitive tongues, the portable device named Nèkojita FuFu operates with an internal fan unit powered by a rechargeable battery and uses an algorithm to mimic human breath.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
dezeen.com | Rheanna Hopkins
CLIP is a portable e-motor device that allows users to alternate between a regular mechanical bike and an electric bike without any tools. Founded in 2018 by Som Ray and Clem De Alcala in Brooklyn, New York, CLIP aims to overcome the constraints of e-bikes and existing e-bike conversion kits. According to the company, CLIP is the "world's first no tools plug and play solution to upgrade a regular bike into an e-bike".
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
dezeen.com | Kate Mazade |Amy Peacock |Rheanna Hopkins |James Brillon
New! Dezeen Agenda US Sent on alternate Fridays, this US edition of Dezeen Agenda is a fortnightly newsletter rounding up everything you need to know from America, featuring news, projects and interviews with industry figures. Plus occasional updates and invitations to Dezeen events. New! Dezeen Showroom New Releases A quarterly newsletter rounding up a selection of recently launched products by designers and studios, published on Dezeen Showroom.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
dezeen.com | Rheanna Hopkins
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a wood-and-stucco house and art studio in the Californian desert by Ryan Leidner Architecture. Located in the High Desert region, the house was designed for a painter and creative director and was informed by mid-century Eichler homes and southwestern art. "An architect's dream"Commenters were largely positive about the project. Pavarreon hailed it as "a real work by a true architect: elegant, discreet, functional, a well-proportioned space".
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
dezeen.com | Rheanna Hopkins
Ambient lighting brings warmth to a pared-back interior scheme inside the Bar Ton listening bar in Bucharest, Romania, created by local designers Anda Zota and Muromuro Studio. Set on the ground floor of a communist-era apartment block in Bucharest, the space previously functioned as a music shop before being adapted into a hi-fi bar.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
dezeen.com | Rheanna Hopkins
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Dior's concept store in Bangkok, wrapped in golden facades modelled on the fashion brand's Paris headquarters. Named Dior Gold House, the single-storey mirror-clad store is entirely surrounded by a false facades covered in one million golden tiles. "Looks like a coffin about to be buried"Stefanos S branded it "ugly as ugly can be". They added that "the Dior shops looks like a coffin about to be buried".
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
dezeen.com | Rheanna Hopkins
The autumn edition of our Dezeen Showroom New Releases newsletter features a chair in the shape of a crescent moon by Wigiwama. Subscribe to Dezeen Showroom New Releases now!Called the Moon Chair, the seat consists of three separate upholstered modules that were designed for children to play with.
