The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Shanghai Grand Opera House by Snøhetta. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "the most beautiful public stair design I have seen"
California governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that exempts infill housing from environmental review under the state's California Environmental Quality Act in the hopes of expediting development. More about California exempts infill housing from environmental review in state's "most consequential" housing reform
Dezeen School Shows: a chair and footstool designed to help children adjust to desk work is among the product design projects from Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art. More about Chair that supports children's learning among projects from Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Indian office Iksoi Studio has remodelled a former factory in the western state of Gujarat into its new HQ, drawing on "memories, familiar forms and emotional attachments of the past". More about Iksoi Studio turns Indian factory into own architecture studio
Chinese electronics company Honor has regained its lead in the ongoing race to create the thinnest possible folding phone with the release of its 8.8-millimetre-thick Magic V5. More about Honor's Magic V5 claims title of "world's thinnest" folding phone
British designer Jasper Morrison has created a collection of cherry wood cutlery for French silverware company Puiforcat, coated using a Japanese lacquering technique. More about Jasper Morrison designs "super-normal" wooden cutlery
Running clubs are a stimulating alternative to the staid networking drinks that dominate the design industry, writes Jo Barnard. More about "Design studios should start organising running clubs"
Architecture studio ASKA has created the Experience Center for skincare brand Lumene, which features soft pastel hues and interiors that draw on natural phenomena. More about ASKA designs Lumene showroom and HQ as "an abstracted landscape"
Spanish interiors studio Isern Serra has updated an apartment in Barcelona, introducing monochrome micro-cement surfaces and collectible design pieces to create a gallery-like atmosphere. More about Isern Serra blurs the lines between home and gallery with Barcelona apartment renovation
Dezeen School Shows: a project proposing methods to maintain alpine farming in the summer months is among the spatial design projects from Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art. More about Alpine farming project among proposals from Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Local studio Ogawa Fisher Architects has completed a wedge-shaped California house with skylights, board-formed concrete walls, and a submerged workshop with a functioning car lift. More about Ogawa Fisher Architects outfits California house with underground workshop
Promotion: a fish-shaped lamp and a handwoven bag informed by abstract sculptures are among the furniture and lighting products on display at the Philippines' trade show Manila FAME 2025. More about Ten imaginative home furnishings by Filipino designers
Architecture studio Order Matter has completed Raw House, a pared-back apartment block designed to shield itself from the bustling streets of Seoul in South Korea. More about Order Matter shields South Korean housing with "resolute and calm" facade
Architecture studio Snøhetta has collaborated with local studio B2Ai on a trio of buildings in Roeselare, Belgium, adding housing, offices and shops adjacent to the city's train station. More about Snøhetta adds trio of buildings to Roeselare railway site to "reconnect the city"
Dutch studio V8 Architects has created a pair of semi-detached homes in the Netherlands using recycled and reused materials above all else to demonstrate how circular design principles can be applied to housing. More about V8 Architects builds Rotterdam homes almost entirely from reused and recycled materials
An arts centre designed by Balkrishna Doshi in Ahmedabad, India, has been extended by Studio Sangath, the architecture studio co-led by the Pritzker Architecture Prize winner's granddaughter. More about Balkrishna Doshi's granddaughter adds black box theatre to his Kanoria Centre for Arts
Artificial intelligence supercharges Ukraine's reconstruction effort in a project called Circularity on the Edge, which analyses drone footage of bombed-out buildings to identify reusable materials. More about Circularity on the Edge AI finds reusable materials in rubble of Ukrainian buildings
Swedish furniture brand Svenskt Tenn filled a canal-side Copenhagen apartment with its colourful, patterned furniture, wallpaper and accessories during 3 Days of Design. More about Svenskt Tenn creates apartment installation to "reflect the intimate feeling of a real home"
Dezeen School Shows: a skull-shaped handbag that critiques luxury fashion brands is among the projects from the Paris School of Architecture. More about Project critiquing luxury fashion brands among projects from Paris School of Architecture
Perforated concrete blocks mark the entrance and define the spaces within this restaurant in West Palm Beach, USA, by architecture studio Kimmel Eshkolot. More about Breeze block partitions frame Florida restaurant by Kimmel Eshkolot