With artificial intelligence encroaching on more and more aspects of daily life, there is a rising trend of fatigue and cynicism around the technology. Here, we round up five designs that push back on the AI boom.
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This week on Dezeen, technology brand Dyson launched its first toothbrush, which includes a mouthwash spray designed to replace flossing. More about This week Dyson unveiled its first electric toothbrush
We've rounded up five USA-based vacancies on Dezeen Jobs, including roles at CetraRuddy, Allied Works and OMA. More about Five opportunities in the USA featured on Dezeen Jobs
New York studio Surrane Design has outfitted Thai restaurant Hommali in New York with a terracotta floor, a central "courtyard" space and personal items of the founders to create a space that resembles a traditional Thai house. More about Surrane Design uses "stages of the rice plant" to tone Thai restaurant in New York
Skylit ceilings and zigzagging staircases animate this tall, skinny home and ceramics studio in Japan, completed by local studio Tato Architects. More about Tato Architects combines skinny home with ceramics studio in Kyoto
Architecture firm Studio Cadena has designed a forest-like interior for the Masa cafe in Medellín, Colombia, where over 30 plywood columns stretch to a concrete ceiling to create an "atmosphere without walls or enclosure". More about Studio Cadena fills Medellín cafe with 31 towering wooden columns
Finnish firm Elementic has unveiled MO6, a wall-surfacing material produced from forestry industry offcuts that is almost pure carbon. More about Finnish company launches "world's most carbon-storing building material"
Following the unveiling of Dyson's CameraJet, the brand's Niamh Turney explained why it decided to redesign the toothbrush. More about Dyson toothbrush updates "a cleaning routine that has remained largely unchanged for decades"
Luffu Link is a sleek, wireless wristband designed to track multiple users at once, conceived by wearable technology company Fitbit to "bring your family's health and safety together". More about Fitbit founders launch AI-powered wristband to monitor health of whole family
Promotion: construction systems manufacturer Ryno's TerraSmart Lattice Rail System was chosen to connect the planting, balustrading, seating and entertainment spaces for interior studio Thirdway Group's rooftop terrace without penetrating the waterproofing. More about Ryno equips London rooftop with integrated terracing system
New York artist Justin Blinder has created a device that slows the city's paid-share bikes as they pass through parts of the city that are under "greater housing pressure". More about This device slows Citi Bikes in "rent-burdened" New York blocks
Architecture studios MAD and Stantec have placed more than 1,200 curved panels on the "dream-like" Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, which is set to open later this month. More about MAD's spaceship-like Lucas Museum revealed ahead of opening
A takeover of Richmond's Ham House and Garden, a sound installation at Wapping Hydraulic Power Station and a group show of 102 emerging designers are among the highlights at this year's London Design Festival. More about Fourteen must-see exhibitions and installations at London Design Festival 2026
Preservation body Historic England and the City of London are in dispute over the impact future skyscraper development will have on the Tower of London. More about Historic England claims City of London office development could risk Tower of London's UNESCO status
US furniture brand Emeco has begun legal action against Zara Home for allegedly copying a chair and a stool designed for the brand by architect Norman Foster. More about Emeco sues Zara Home over chairs designed by Norman Foster
Design practice POOR Collective has unveiled Power, two flatwoven rugs informed by the brutalist Trellick Tower housing block, which will be on display at London Design Festival. More about POOR Collective's debut rug collection evokes London's Trellick Tower
Chinese interior designer Bin Wu's book Timeless East explores the idea of a design language rooted in the philosophical context of the East. For this roundup, he picks six of his own favourite projects in China and abroad. More about Six projects from Bin Wu that showcase design "articulated by the East itself"
Promotion: global commercial design studios, including JLL Design, are using AI floor plan generator laiout to "evaluate more layout options earlier". More about Studios turning to AI floor plan generator laiout to speed up design process
Dezeen Showroom: Villeroy & Boch has published several of its new bathroom products on Dezeen Showroom, highlighting creative and sophisticated tapware, basins and vanity units. More about Five products listed by Villeroy & Boch on Dezeen Showroom
Take a short tour of the recently opened Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, USA, is this video filmed by Dezeen. More about Take a look inside the Obama Presidential Center in this video