Punkt launches privacy-focused MC03 smartphone
Swiss technology company Punkt has launched a privacy-focused smartphone at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, promising enhanced data security for users willing to pay a subscription fee. More about Punkt launches privacy-focused MC03 smartphone
Lebanese students create drone noise-blocking headphones and more designs for life under conflict
Design and architecture students from Lebanon have tackled some of the biggest challenges facing their country in the exhibition Design in Conflict, held in Beirut's notorious abandoned Burj El Murr skyscraper. More about Lebanese students create drone noise-blocking headphones and more designs for life under conflict
Ross Lovegrove co-creates chair with Google AI trained to emulate his style
British designer Ross Lovegrove and his studio have collaborated with Google DeepMind to co-create a chair using a generative AI trained on the designer's sketches. More about Ross Lovegrove co-creates chair with Google AI trained to emulate his style
Nothing fans contribute to retro-tinged Phone (3a) Community Edition
Tech company Nothing has released its second phone model designed with the input of fans, the (3a) Community Edition, bringing to life a transparent teal handset that references Y2K-era handheld gaming. More about Nothing fans contribute to retro-tinged Phone (3a) Community Edition
The top 10 gadgets of 2025
As part of our review of 2025, Dezeen contributing editor Rima Sabina Aouf shares her picks of this year's gadgets, including a tiny sunlight emulator, a video player for your dreams and a vest for listening to trees. More about The top 10 gadgets of 2025
Heliograf launches plastic-free alternative to single-use soy sauce fish
Australian studio Heliograf has worked with Vert Design to produce Holy Carp! – a plastic-free, compostable alternative to the fish-shaped soy sauce packaging immortalised in its Light Soy lamp. More about Heliograf launches plastic-free alternative to single-use soy sauce fish
Carbon Cell makes plastic-free alternative to polystyrene
British company Carbon Cell has used agricultural waste to make a carbon-negative and compostable alternative to polystyrene packaging and building insulation that avoids contributing to plastic pollution. More about Carbon Cell makes plastic-free alternative to polystyrene
Ixi introduces "auto-focus glasses" that switch from reading to long-distance prescriptions
Finnish company Ixi has revealed what it describes as the world's first "auto-focus glasses", which change their optical power depending on where the wearer is looking. More about Ixi introduces "auto-focus glasses" that switch from reading to long-distance prescriptions
Even Realities launches Even G2 smart glasses with camera-free AI functionality
Chinese company Even Realities has launched its latest AI smart glasses, the Even G2s, offering advanced functionality such as real-time conversation enhancement while avoiding the controversial technology of an outward-facing camera. More about Even Realities launches Even G2 smart glasses with camera-free AI functionality
Design Museum pushes for stone construction in the UK with Stone Demonstrator
Stone makes up the facade, frame, foundations and floor slabs in the Stone Demonstrator, a project by London's Design Museum aimed at getting the British construction industry to embrace the "ultra-low-carbon" material. More about Design Museum pushes for stone construction in the UK with Stone Demonstrator
Eight of the best avant-garde student projects from Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week is known for bringing out the best and most original student design. This year, that included broom weapons, a swinging oven and a Chinese censorship detector. More about Eight of the best avant-garde student projects from Dutch Design Week
Designers most likely among creatives to believe AI dulls creativity
Designers have emerged as the group most sceptical towards artificial intelligence in an attitudes survey of UK creative professionals, with four in five saying that the technology undermines originality. More about Designers most likely among creatives to believe AI dulls creativity
New Order of Fashion embraces Europe's "valueless" wool in Dutch Design Week exhibition
Sheep wool was presented in a new light in the Dutch Design Week exhibition Wool (Re)discovered, which aimed to get visitors talking about Europe's unloved fleeces. More about New Order of Fashion embraces Europe's "valueless" wool in Dutch Design Week exhibition
Eight Indigenous technologies that could turn the tide on how we manage water
Architect Julia Watson has followed up her seminal book Lo-TEK with a new volume focused specifically on Indigenous approaches to extreme water scenarios. Here, she shares an exclusive preview of eight examples from floating farms to sponge parks. More about Eight Indigenous technologies that could turn the tide on how we manage water
Five unexpected themes that emerged at Dutch Design Week 2025
Every year, some surprising throughlines emerge from the programme of Dutch Design Week. This time, contributing editor Rima Sabina Aouf spotted attempts to revive democracy and a proliferation of alien creatures. More about Five unexpected themes that emerged at Dutch Design Week 2025
De Wachtkamer hacks refugee beds to provide more privacy and dignity
Visitors to Dutch Design Week are invited to consider how the country houses its asylum seekers in a pavilion by De Wachtkamer, a local organisation aiming to improve their living conditions through design. More about De Wachtkamer hacks refugee beds to provide more privacy and dignity
William Morris-inspired AI is powered by an old treadle sewing machine
An AI model is infused with the socialist ideals of William Morris and operated by pressing the treadle of a vintage foot-powered sewing machine in this project by recent Central Saint Martins graduate Max Park. More about William Morris-inspired AI is powered by an old treadle sewing machine
Blast Studio launches Cupsan biomaterial made from London coffee cups
London's discarded takeaway coffee cups are given a long and useful life in Cupsan, a new biomaterial that local design practice Blast Studio has started producing at scale. More about Blast Studio launches Cupsan biomaterial made from London coffee cups
AA Design & Make students devise simple way to build with tree forks
Students from London's Architectural Association have developed a low-cost and easily repeatable way to build with tree forks – a type of timber that is usually discarded as waste even though it is unusually strong. More about AA Design & Make students devise simple way to build with tree forks
Meta launches first AI smart glasses with integrated display
Technology company Meta has added to its Ray-Ban smart glasses series with the Meta Ray-Ban Display – its first pair to combine AI and augmented reality. More about Meta launches first AI smart glasses with integrated display