Game developer Blue Hood Games has released a survival game named Europe Heatwave Simulator, where players need to outlast a 14-day heatwave without air conditioning in an apartment in Paris. More about Gamers must survive without air-con in Europe Heatwave Simulator
The fifth edition of Bali's Jia Curated design festival features pavilions that aim to put nature at the centre, including structures built from rice husks and salt bricks. Here are eight of the most interesting. More about Eight pavilion highlights from Jia Curated 2026
Tickets for the Dezeen Awards 2026 party, which will take place in London in November, are now on sale. Secure your place before they sell out! More about Dezeen Awards 2026 party tickets now on sale
Designer Shahar Livne has created The Devil's Milk, a collection of designs that investigate rubber production and its history of violence and abuse. More about Shahar Livne's The Devil's Milk furniture explores how rubber "shaped human culture"
Dutch studio Woonpioniers has completed CoHouse in Utrecht, a pair of interlocking houses designed for two families within a single gabled volume. More about Woonpioniers models adjoining Dutch homes on "a game of Tetris"
Chilean studio Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos has used glued-laminated timber for the House by Fuy River in the Andean foothills, designed as a vertically organised structure that engages with "different layers of the forest canopy". More about Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos uses mass timber for forest hideaway in Chile
Polish architect Kuba Woźniczka has completed Studzienno 27, a series of four holiday cabins nestled in the woodlands of the Stołowe Mountains National Park. More about Kuba Woźniczka nestles black-timber holiday cabins in Polish woodland
The first production model of the electric Ferrari designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson has sold for $40 million – a record price for a new vehicle at auction. More about Ferrari's controversial first EV sells for record million at auction
The "dopamine decor" interiors trend is taking social media by storm, but it's just another disingenuous dressing-up of superficial style as life-improving experience, writes Julie Lasky. More about "I find it icky to glibly invoke brain chemistry in the marketing of style"
Social media platform Instagram has updated its brand identity with elements such as a refreshed, "bolder and simpler" wordmark and updated typographic elements across the platform. More about Instagram redesigns its wordmark for first time in a decade
Architecture studios Waugh Thistleton Architects and Mithun have designed a 12-storey mass-timber office block in Bellevue, Washington. More about Waugh Thistleton Architects set to build "tallest mass timber office building in the US"
You can still feature in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to the 24th edition of London Design Festival, which takes place from 12 to 20 September. More about Last chance to feature in Dezeen's digital guide to London Design Festival 2026
French-German designer Tatjana von Stein designed hundreds of bespoke lights and furnishings for this hotel in Munich, drawing on the city's art nouveau style and its exuberant nightlife history. More about Tatjana von Stein blends Jugendstil style with 1980s glamour for The Dean Munich
With much of the world suffering from heatwaves and the UK set to experience its hottest summer on record, we have collected five ice cream stores that offer a temporary cool fix. More about Five ice cream shops that provide cool respite from the summer heat
Spanish studio Typsa Arquitectura has completed a library in Luanda, Angola, with a curving concrete roof punctured by openings that encircle existing trees on the site. More about Typsa Arquitectura weaves library in Luanda around existing trees
Spanish studio NUA Arquitectures has renovated a textile warehouse near Barcelona, using timber partitions to create a small office block within its concrete-and-brick structure. More about NUA Arquitectures renovates Catalan textile warehouse with timber office block
Los Angeles studio Ome Dezin has partnered with design platform Lumens to renovate and furnish a 1990s home in the Hollywood Hills, adding iconic furniture and lighting from Frank Gehry, Ingo Maurer and more. More about Ome Dezin and Lumens outfit renovated Los Angeles residence
Local studio Helen & Hard has completed a timber cabin on Norway's Atlantic coast where sprawling tree-like columns made from uprooted spruce trees frame panoramic views of the sea. More about Helen & Hard uses uprooted spruce trees to shape Norwegian cabin
The electric vehicle market remains dominated by chunky SUVs, but some carmakers are also producing battery-powered hatchbacks that are modest in size but bold in design. Here, we round up six of the most eye-catching. More about Six small but cool electric cars
A study has found that children living in Star Homes, a housing initiative in Tanzania, have lower rates of malaria, diarrhoea and respiratory infections compared to those living in mud-and-thatch houses. More about Research finds Star Homes housing reduces malaria in children by 44 per cent
This week on Dezeen, Elon Musk announced plans to open a semiconductor factory near Houston, Texas, with a floor area of 100 million square feet that will make it the largest building in the world. More about This week on Dezeen we revealed plans to construct the world's biggest building
Architecture studio Populous has completed the steep, metal-clad Highmark Stadium in Buffalo, New York for NFL team the Buffalo Bills, with a canopy and advanced snow-melt system. More about Populous completes Buffalo Bills stadium in New York
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal to reimagine a former industrial mill in the Lake District as a place where ecology, heritage and community converge is among the student projects from the University of Northumbria. More about Ecological reimagining of former Lake District mill among projects from University of Northumbria
Dezeen Showroom: from lampshades and beds to chairs and kitchens, the following wooden products are all listed in our Showroom section. More about Eight products that showcase the versatility of wood
German studio Sauerbruch Hutton and US practice Studio Gang have been selected to redesign German House to reflect the nation's values and create a "civic landmark" just north of the United Nations complex in Manhattan. More about Sauerbruch Hutton and Studio Gang to revamp German House skyscraper in New York