Mercedes-Benz offers a modern take on art deco with its latest autonomous concept car, combining decorative straw and mother-of-pearl marquetry with advances in artificial intelligence. More about Art deco meets AI in Mercedes-Benz's Vision Iconic show car
Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has teamed up with Porto-based studio OODA to design a mixed-use concrete skyscraper in Tirana, Albania. More about Eduardo Souto de Moura and OODA design gridded Tirana skyscraper as "urban gateway"
Architecture studio MAD has designed a "giant mattress" at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture that comforts people standing next to it by illuminating and releasing cooling water mist. More about MAD unveils interactive Breathing Cells sculpture at Seoul Biennale of Architecture
Living spaces richly finished with varieties of Italian marble lie behind the opaque facade of this house in Victoria, Australia, conceived by designer David Hicks. More about Windowless facade conceals "quiet grandeur" of Woodend bungalow in Victoria
Tickets for the Dezeen Awards 2025 party are selling fast, with guests from around the world attending this year's celebration of global architectural and design excellence. More about Join guests from around the world at the Dezeen Awards 2025 party
Oslo studio Omhu Projects used colour to channel different moods in the Norwegian office and recording studio of Scandinavian podcast platform Podimo. More about Omhu Projects creates colourful Oslo studio for podcast platform Podimo
Promotion: Italian surface manufacturer Casalgrande Padana has launched a range of integrated induction hobs named Ghost, crafted from porcelain stoneware tiles. More about Casalgrande Padana unveils luxury porcelain integrated induction hobs
Dezeen School Shows: a lighting collection designed to replicate human features and emotions is among the projects by students from Aalto University. More about Lighting collection conveying human emotions among projects from Aalto University
Architect Danish Kurani has developed a prototype for a "connected" classroom, designed to enable expert teachers to remotely provide lessons to students in rural communities. More about Connected Classroom by Danish Kurani allows teachers to reach rural students in Alabama
New Zealand studio Bull O'Sullivan Architecture has perched a compact aluminium-clad chapel on a hillside overlooking the Lyttelton Harbour near Christchurch. More about Bull O'Sullivan Architecture perches tiny chapel on New Zealand hillside
For our latest lookbook, we've collected hair salons that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are functional, including a salon with a galvanised-steel sound wall and one with a "dripping shampoo" ceiling. More about Eight hair salons that are a cut above
Australian designer Georgina Davies has used MDF to create a series of linear furnishings that challenges expectations of the basic building material. More about Undressed collection by Georgina Davies reveals "unexpected warmth and richness" of MDF
Bright yellow upholstery and formica pops against a 1970s colour palette inside this sandwich shop in Montreal, designed by local studio MRDK. More about "Understated nostalgia" defines Montreal sandwich shop by MRDK
Dezeen School Shows: a modular panelling system created with cork is among the projects from Istituto Europeo di Design. More about Cork panelling system that "invites a quieter way of living" among projects from Istituto Europeo di Design
Exposed blockwork walls are contrasted by screens of lightweight steel and blackened timber at SKI House in Wānaka, New Zealand, created by local studio Roberts Gray Architects. More about Roberts Gray Architects marries blockwork and charred timber for New Zealand home
Looking to up your kerb appeal? Here are nine examples of distinctive front doors from homes around the world that are guaranteed to make a good first impression. More about Nine front doors that give homes a unique personality
The latest US edition of Dezeen Agenda features president Donald Trump's proposal for a triumphal arch in Washington DC and Grafton Architects' first mass-timber building for the University of Arkansas. Subscribe today! More about Dezeen Agenda US edition features Trump's proposal for a triumphal arch in Washington DC
This week on Dezeen, the "hopeful and imaginative" Appleby Blue Almshouse social housing complex in London by local studio Witherford Watson Mann Architects won the 2025 Stirling Prize. More about This week we revealed this year's Stirling Prize winner
Local art collective Xpan has created a store in Guadalajara lined with modular aluminium shelving that can be rearranged and shifted depending on the needs of the space. More about "Metabolic systems" inform modular Guadalajara store by Xpan
Dezeen Showroom: these lighting designs have recently been listed on our Showroom section. They range from a lamp for bedrooms that encourages healthy habits and a collection based on signals and beacons. More about Six shining examples of lamps and lights on Dezeen Showroom