A sponge made from a fusion of cotton fibre and squid bone could help to clear some of the world's microplastic pollution after a team of Chinese researchers found it can soak up as much as 99.8 per cent of the particles from water samples. More about Squid-bone sponge found to soak up 99.8 per cent of microplastics
A tiered, pyramidal installation by Hungarian-American artist Agnes Denes has been installed in the Coachella Valley for the fifth edition of the Desert X exhibition. More about Agnes Denes installs Living Pyramid in California for Desert X
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a slender home in Wisconsin by Johnsen Schmaling Architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "out of place" infill housing in Wisconsin
This year's Design Miami was characterised by experimental work, but that wasn't always the case at the fair, art-design duo the Haas Brothers tell Dezeen in this exclusive interview. More about "We almost got kicked out of Design Miami" say the Haas Brothers
Promotion: Hong Kong-based school My ArchiSchool has announced a competition calling for children to use artificial intelligence tools to design a school village. More about My ArchiSchool launches AI design competition for kids
Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has approved the Dubai Walk masterplan to add 6,500 kilometres of pedestrian walkways to the city, including an elevated air-conditioned looped path. More about Dubai to be transformed into pedestrian-friendly city with two-kilometre elevated walkway
For those still looking for Christmas gifts, we round up this year's top architecture and design books as part of our review of 2024. More about The top 10 architecture and design books of 2024
IKEA has announced it will re-release some of its most celebrated vintage designs from the 1960s, 70s and 80s, including a steel-framed shelf that is one of the Swedish furniture brand's most popular products on the resale market. More about IKEA revives popular 1970s shelf by Niels Gammelgaard in Nytillverkad vintage collection
Dezeen Events Guide is creating its annual guide to Stockholm Design Week, which takes place from 3 to 9 February in 2025. The guide spotlights all the key events taking place during the festival. More about Get listed in Dezeen's digital guide for Stockholm Design Week 2025
Design studio Atelier NL is finding new uses for some of the four million cubic metres of clay being unearthed by the widening of the Maas river in the Netherlands. More about Maas river widening provides clay for Atelier NL's ceramics and bricks
New York-based architect and educator Deborah Berke has won the 2025 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for her architecture and educational work that "exemplifies innovation, inclusivity, and sustainability". More about "Transformative figure" Deborah Berke wins AIA Gold Medal
Furniture brand Paulin, Paulin, Paulin and American football player Stefon Diggs have displayed the athlete's personal furniture collection and a hybrid speaker/sofa prototype by the brand at a Miami residence during the city's art week. More about Paulin, Paulin, Paulin and Stefon Diggs deck out Miami's M Building
Dezeen School Shows: a rocking chair inspired by water lilies is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at University of Gothenburg. More about University of Gothenburg spotlights eight student design projects
Dezeen Showroom: French furniture brand Tiptoe aimed to bring simplicity and character to its Étude chair, a lightweight and stackable design with versions for the lounge and dining room. More about Étude chair collection by Tiptoe
UK studios Bennetts Associates and Citizens Design Bureau have completed a cluster of textured brick volumes to house the BEAM cultural centre in Hertford, England. More about Brick cultural centre evokes "historic grain of Hertford's town centre"
Spray-on trainers, a water-filtering bottle cap and inflatable self-defence devices for protestors feature in our roundup of the most impactful product designs from 2024. More about The top 10 product designs of 2024
The World Cement Association has predicted that global demand for cement and clinker will decrease more than previously expected by 2050 due to changing market trends and sustainable material advancements. More about World Cement Association predicts "unprecedented transformation" in cement demand over next 25 years
Fashion house Dior has unveiled the Gold House concept store in Bangkok, which is surrounded by facades modelled on the brand's headquarters in Paris. More about Dior wraps Bangkok concept store in golden replicas of HQ facade
Interior designer Tola Ojuolape demonstrates how to apply materials and finishes to a project using SketchUp in the second part of her Design Workshop, produced by Dezeen for the software brand. More about Watch part two of Tola Ojuolape's Design Workshop with SketchUp about materials and finishes in interior design
A large winter garden provides "relaxation and respite" for visitors to the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in England, by architecture studios HKS, Cagni Williams and Sonnemann Toon Architects. More about Hospital fronted by large winter garden opens in UK