British car brand Jaguar has unveiled it electric Type 01, which has thin headlights, a long bonnet and rear-leaning stance designed to set it apart from "homogenous" EVs as the first car in a "complete reset" for the brand. More about Jaguar "inaugurates a new era" with Type 01 electric car
Promotion: taking place from 6 to 11 October, the annual festival Designblok has returned to Prague under the theme Light, spotlighting a diverse range of projects and talks that explore "knowledge, truth, hope and life". More about Designblok's 2026 programme celebrates hope and light
Real estate developer Tishman Speyer has released plans to restore the facade of the Chrysler Building in New York and redesign at least 75 per cent of the interiors, after taking over the building's lease. More about Chrysler Building set to be restored and overhauled
Dezeen Showroom: Italian furniture brand Flexform has showcased a selection of its seating on Dezeen Showroom, including new designs by Antonio Citterio and Monica Armani. More about Five products listed by Flexform on Dezeen Showroom
Local studio Architects Office has used leftover glued-laminated timber of varying sizes and traditional joinery methods to construct a pavilion between apartment buildings in São Paulo, Brazil. More about Architects Office uses mass-timber scrap as "immense jigsaw" for São Paulo pavilion
Architecture studio Didea designed the interior of the Super F streetwear store in St Julian's, Malta, as a flexible, modular grid to avoid invasive architectural alterations inside the Mercury Tower by ZHA. More about Didea creates steel-clad streetwear store inside ZHA's Mercury Tower
Dezeen Competitions: a contest tasking designers to develop temporary, small-scale interventions that revitalise public spaces features in this roundup of the latest competitions on Dezeen. More about Five competitions closing in October
New York design studio Apparatus has released Act V: Afsaneh, a lighting and furniture collection with mythological themes fabricated in materials such as bronze, brass and glass. More about Apparatus draws on Persian mythology for its first full collection in five years
Dramatic bamboo vaults form a series of teaching and research spaces at Maestro Ilaiyaraaja Centre for Music Learning and Research, completed by Indian studio Ekarth Studio in the state of Tamil Nadu. More about Sculptural music centre shows bamboo as "a serious construction material"
Architecture studio Office for Future has unveiled plans to remodel a former school in Stavyshche into temporary housing, wrapped around a courtyard, for families affected by the war in Ukraine. More about Office for Future reveals plans to transform school into housing for displaced Ukrainians
Since being founded by two friends just four years ago, Omhu has sold more than 40,000 sofas. In this interview, CEO Simon Salomonsson explains how the Danish company is disrupting the furniture industry. More about "We want to be a global furniture brand, but not in the Hay or Muuto or Vitra area of expensiveness" says Omhu CEO
Swedish brand IKEA has created an online marketplace for pre-owned furniture and products, which retail at around 60 per cent less than comparable items bought new. More about IKEA launches UK and Ireland marketplace to buy and sell second-hand furniture
A folding sink and a room divider that provides natural air conditioning feature in Berlin's inaugural Find Attached exhibition, showcasing an arsenal of products from 14 emerging designers that make the most of limited resources. More about Young Berlin designers do more with less at Find Attached exhibition
Tickets for the Dezeen Awards 2026 party are available to purchase, with this year's celebration of global architectural and design excellence taking place on 16 November at the Royal Opera House in London. Get yours now! More about Have you got your Dezeen Awards 2026 party tickets?
From experimental stone forms that defy gravity to a showcase of Lessinia's vernacular building traditions, this video, produced for Marmomac, highlights the top exhibits at this year's event in Verona, Italy. More about Five Marmomac highlights that explore natural stone and new technology
British studio Foster + Partners and local architect Luis María Uriarte have expanded the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum in Spain with a 55-metre-long elevated gallery. More about Foster + Partners extends Bilbao Fine Arts Museum with bridge-like gallery
San Francisco studio Herman Coliver Locus Architecture has completed a synagogue in San Rafael, California, with a second-floor sanctuary space that frames views of the surrounding hills. More about Herman Coliver Locus Architecture focuses California synagogue on mountain views
Local studio Fieldwork has transformed a run-down building in west London into a home and casting studio with "a sense of drama and atmosphere". More about Fieldwork turns dilapidated building into mansard-roof-topped home and studio
Work has commenced on a renovation of the Royal College of Art's iconic modernist campus in west London, overseen by British studios Witherford Watson Mann and Clementine Blakemore Architects. More about Royal College of Art's Kensington campus undergoing "stripped-back" renovation
Emerging Marseille firm Bétyle Studio has designed the interiors for Arcane 17, a Basque and Catalan restaurant in Paris featuring patinated timber and distinctive marquetry. More about Spirit of Iberian taverns informs wood-heavy Parisian restaurant
Cocktail bar and restaurant Bar Shrimp combines red velvet interiors with bespoke acoustic panels from Autex Acoustics to balance music and conversation, shown in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Bar Shrimp uses laser-etched acoustic panels to balance music and conversation
Brazilian architecture practice Estúdio Módulo has released its competition-winning designs for the headquarters of Itaú Cultural, which feature a tall, slender building wrapped in glass and white louvres. More about Estúdio Módulo releases designs for Itaú Cultural headquarters in São Paulo
Dezeen Showroom: an aluminium floor standing lamp with a wedge-shaped head is among seven new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Knekt floor lamp by Hegren among seven new products on Dezeen Showroom
Designers Shashwath Santosh and Nithin Eluvathingal have created a small remote device called a "knocker" that attaches to a tree and knocks on wood from afar to explore well-known superstitions. More about Knocker device remotely "knocks on wood" using smartphone app
Blocky volumes in exposed concrete contrast with the lush greenery and rooftop vegetable garden at House K, a home in Vietnam designed by local architecture studio HGAA. More about Nature is "inseparable from daily life" at House K in Vietnam
From a fire jacket grown from fungi to building blocks made from algae and oyster shells, the latest exhibition at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) explores humanity's relationship with the plant world through design. More about Plant Life exhibition imagines a future where "plants return as the dominant source"