In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the completion of Ray Phoenix by California studio Johnston Marklee in partnership with Lamar Johnson Collaborative. More about "An attractive, well built thing. I approve" says commenter
Designers shouldn't worry about their ideas being stolen by AI since they have already lost control of their intellectual property to social media platforms, Tom Dixon has said at the Global Design Forum in Istanbul. More about Designers have "signed away all of our ideas" to Instagram says Tom Dixon
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has created the Toune holiday home in a 120-year-old machiya, preserving its original layout and the "sense of time embedded within the building" while giving it a contemporary update. More about Keiji Ashizawa creates holiday home within historic machiya
Christian Herren has curated an installation featuring over 200 rediscovered Swiss experimental films during NYCxDesign. More about Frame in Frame installation showcases rediscovered Swiss films during NYCxDesign
Swiss brand On has showcased its trainer-spraying robot on the London leg of its world tour. More about Watch On's spray-on running shoe robot in action
Promotion: Melbourne Design Week returns for its tenth edition, spotlighting how the latest in design innovations impacts contemporary life in Australia and internationally. More about Melbourne Design Week to highlight how powerful design can "shape the way we live"
International architecture office Studio Gang has completed the Samuel H Scripps Theater Center in Upstate New York for local theatre company Hudson Valley Shakespeare, which opens to the surrounding valley and is covered in a mass-timber shell. More about Studio Gang covers theatre for Hudson Valley Shakespeare with mass-timber shell
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an interview with British industrial designer Jasper Morrison. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features interview with designer Jasper Morrison
With a busy design fair calendar, launching a collection during NYCxDesign shows a specific commitment to the city's creative scene. Here, we've chosen 11 stand-out launches to look out for in New York this week. More about Eleven design collections launching at NYCxDesign 2026
Dezeen School Shows: a textiles project created using deadstock and second-hand yarn is among the projects from this year's New Designers showcase. More about Zero-waste textiles project among work featured at New Designers 2026
Dezeen Showroom: this collection of surfaces by US brand PoliLam aims to capture the characteristics of various species of wood from forests around the world. More about Nature's Capsule surface collection by PoliLam
A skylit pool sits at the centre of the House of Quiet Raga, a home in Indore, India, designed by local practice Otlo Studio to provide a calm atmosphere for its residents. More about Otlo Studio designs skylit home in India to provide "meditative experiences"
Experimental clothing brand Vollebak has created the prototype Sonic Jacket, which is fitted with 180 inward-facing speakers. More about Vollebak creates speaker-covered jacket to "change people's brain state"
Continuing our parametricism series we look at the Seoul Robot & AI Museum by Turkish studio Melike Altınışık Architects, which was designed to showcase the technologies used in its construction. More about Parametric design at Seoul Robot & AI Museum is "both shelter and pedagogy"
A 150-metre-high skyscraper punctuated by arched windows is nearing completion in Rotterdam, designed by New York studio ODA as part of an adaptive reuse project involving an old post office. More about ODA skyscraper nears completion atop historic post office in Rotterdam
Luxury brands and the widespread presence of opulence made this year's Milan design week an uncomfortable occasion, says Li Edelkoort. More about "Times have changed and the power of money has contaminated culture"
The works of architects Le Corbusier and Balkrishna Doshi influenced Amaltash, a residence in Gujarat, India, designed by multidisciplinary studio Design ni Dukaan. More about Design ni Dukaan references Corbusier and Doshi for geometric Gujarat house
Danish studio Spacon has completed a welcome pavilion for Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, featuring a multifunctional table with hidden pull-out display drawers and decorated stools. More about Spacon designs "practical and inviting" welcome pavilion for Copenhagen's Rosenborg Castle
Promotion: visualisation and design software company Chaos has released data on AI use in architecture, reporting that it is increasingly being used to support decision-making as well as image generation. More about Chaos survey finds "AI is becoming an active collaborator" in architecture workplaces
Encouraging critical thinking is a top priority at Parsons School of Design and "something machines and AI can lack," says the institution's Mark Gardner. More about "Huge gap in how everyone understands AI and how industries understand it" says Parsons School of Design