In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an outsized, light-up version of the iconic Bic Cristal ball-point pen, unveiled by designer Mario Paroli and Italian brand Seletti at Maison&Objet. More about "We need a version with a chewed up end" says commenter
Glass bricks and stainless steel characterise this apartment by Berghain designer Studio Karhard, renovated to capture the mood of Berlin's most famous nightclub. More about Berlin apartment designed to be "Berghain in a homely context"
The co-founder of Belgian studio Decancq Vercruysse has overhauled a mid-century townhouse in Kortrijk, Belgium, adding oak panelling, birch joinery and a patinated stainless-steel fireplace. More about Steel-panelled fireplace forms heart of Emiel Vercruysse's renovated 1950s townhouse
Promotion: New York's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is partnering with Dezeen for the 10th edition of its Look Book design exhibition, which spotlights North American design. More about ICFF champions North American design at Look Book 2026
Italian design studio Pininfarina has completed the mixed-use Vitra skyscraper in Brazil's Balneário Camboriú that "was conceived as a single, coherent architectural gesture". More about Pininfarina gives Brazil skyscraper a "continuous aluminium frame"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features designs for a hotel on the moon. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features plans for "the first hotel on the Moon"
American architecture studio SOM has revealed the interiors of the trading floors inside the new Foster & Partners-designed JPMorganChase supertall skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. More about SOM unveils NYC's "most advanced trading environment" inside JPMorganChase skyscraper
Mexico City art fair Zona Maco has announced the launch of Forma, a distinct collectible design category within the fair during Mexico City art week 2026. More about Zona Maco to launch collectible design category
Dezeen School Shows: a kindergarten in Brooklyn, New York, built from sustainable materials, is among the projects from the New York Institute of Technology. More about Kindergarten built to honour local heritage among projects from New York Institute of Technology
A curvy three-tiered roof tops the red brick and tile walls of Clay Rise, a house designed and built by the founders of British studio Templeton Ford in southeast England for their own family. More about Templeton Ford builds multigenerational home that reinterprets archetypal Sussex houses
Jackson 5 member Jackie Jackson, who recently launched furniture brand Hayvenhurst with his wife Emily Jackson and Dutch designer Robert Milder, explains why he made the move from singing to sofas in this exclusive interview. More about "I've always wanted to be in the furniture business" says Jackie Jackson
The only building attributed to Roman architect Vitruvius, who wrote the first book on architecture, has been identified in Fano, Italy. More about Vitruvius's only building discovered in Italy
A minimalist prefabricated timber house formed the set for Louis Vuitton's Autumn Winter 2026 menswear show during Paris Fashion Week, designed by the brand's men's creative director Pharrell Williams. More about Pharrell Williams designs prefabricated home as centrepiece for Louis Vuitton menswear show
The renovation of Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by Australian studio Architectus has been awarded the 2026 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize. More about Restoration of Africa Hall in Ethiopia wins WMF modernism prize
Interiors studio YSG used glossy tiles, saturated colours and plenty of patterned wallpaper to create the interior of Plantasia, a colourful holiday home in a 1990s building. More about YSG creates "welcome to the funhouse" feeling in Australian holiday home
American studios Gensler and HDR, with Spanish studio Luis Vidal + Architects, referenced the hills and foliage of Western Pennsylvania when creating a terminal building for Pittsburgh's international airport. More about HDR, Gensler and Luis Vidal create "pavilion in the landscape" for Pittsburgh airport terminal
London studio David Chipperfield Architects has designed a skyscraper in Miami clad in fluted ceramic columns that will be "the very first residential offering" in the city's Design District. More about David Chipperfield Architects designs ceramic-clad skyscraper for Miami
Colourful metalwork contrasts with the worn bricks of this former industrial courtyard in Riga, Latvia, which has been converted into a residential complex by local studio Sampling. More about Sampling transforms industrial site in Latvia into colourful residential complex
Architecture studio BIG has released photos of San Pellegrino Flagship Factory under construction in a mountain valley in Italy, nearly a decade after designs were first revealed. More about BIG reveals colonnaded entrance to San Pellegrino factory in Italy
The US National Labor Relations Board has filed a formal complaint against architecture studio Snøhetta, accusing the New York office of unlawfully dismissing eight employees following an attempt to unionise. More about Snøhetta accused of laying off pro-union employees by National Labor Relations Board