Dezeen Showroom: from sleek office chairs to characterful wooden stools, we've spotlighted six furniture pieces by designers and craftspeople in the US. More about Six items of furniture that add to America's history of furniture making
Royal College of Art graduate Zhaodi Feng has created an interactive toolkit named Promptac, which allows users to input prompts to AI image generators using hand movements rather than text. More about Promptac toolkit lets users modify AI designs with hand gestures and real-world materials
Following the wildfires that ravaged Brittany's Arrée mountains last summer, Ronan Bouroullec has reimagined the interior of the region's historic Chapelle Saint-Michel de Brasparts as part of a full restoration. More about Ronan Bouroullec creates pared-back furnishings for 17th-century chapel in Brittany
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a flat-pack cat house designed by Tesla. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "entry-level" Tesla cardboard cat house
Designer Yihan Dong has developed Viwipe, a prototype HPV home-testing kit that uses menstrual blood collected in the privacy of the user's own home. More about Yihan Dong designs at-home HPV test to be "as easy to use as toilet paper"
Dessert brand Jell-O has received its first makeover in ten years courtesy of branding agency BrandOpus, featuring a bolder, blockier logo and hyperreal renders of pudding swirls and jelly fruits. More about Playful Jell-O rebrand captures jelly's "jiggly goodness"
The growth of AI will put an increased environmental burden on the planet, say experts who argue it's time to think about the invisible physical infrastructures of our technology. More about AI's "eye-watering" use of resources could be a hurdle to achieving climate goals, argue experts
Dutch design studio Loop Loop has pioneered a process of adding colour to aluminium using pigments made from plants rather than petroleum. More about Loop Loop develops "world's first plant-based aluminium dying process"
Dezeen Showroom: US brand Curran has launched Terasa, a natural-look rug, which is made to be used in high-traffic settings, both indoors and out. More about Terasa rugs by Curran
Tesla has begun selling a flat-pack cat house made of corrugated cardboard, with an angular silhouette that was modelled on the car brand's controversial electric pickup truck, in China. More about Tesla releases cardboard cat house informed by Cybertruck in China
This exclusive video published by Dezeen reveals the launch of a new global architecture competition to reimagine affordable housing, hosted by construction-scale 3D-printing company ICON. More about ICON launches million affordable housing competition
Contemporary German furniture designs are displayed alongside vintage pieces at this travelling gallery that multidisciplinary designer Vanessa Heepen has launched in Berlin. More about Forma is a nomadic design gallery popping up around Berlin
Pritzker prize-winning architect Álvaro Siza has designed a square watch, the Lebond Siza, which is based on one of his earliest projects and will be his "Sunday watch". More about Álvaro Siza unveils square watch informed by his Leça swimming pool
Dezeen Showroom: created for Italian brand Billiani and sold in the US via StyleNations, designer Cristina Celestino's Raquette seating collection makes a feature of intertwined wood. More about Raquette seating collection by Cristina Celestino for Billiani and StyleNations
Multidisciplinary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei tells Dezeen why he thinks all objects have political significance in this exclusive interview. More about Every recognisable object is a "political work" says Ai Weiwei
Dezeen Showroom: a faceted modular seating system informed by Rubik's Cubes is among eight new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Erno seating by GAN among eight new products on Dezeen Showroom
Scientists from Texas A&M University and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have observed metal cracking and fusing back together, in a discovery that could pave the way for self-healing machines, vehicles and bridges. More about US scientists prove that metal can heal itself
References to the tar pits of Los Angeles and community well-being characterise Black – Still, a pavilion by local design studio enFOLD Collective at Craft Contemporary in LA. More about Tar-like pavilion created to challenge notions of blackness in design
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a low-cost energy storage system that could be integrated into roads and building foundations to facilitate the renewable energy transition. More about MIT engineers create battery alternative using cement and carbon black
As the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup takes place in New Zealand and Australia, human rights organisation Equidem has alleged that female workers producing official FIFA merchandise are being exploited. More about Human rights group alleges "rampant exploitation" of female workers making FIFA merchandise