The first week of the Dezeen 15 digital festival celebrating Dezeen's 15th birthday saw Yasmeen Lari call for "a new activism among architects" and Winy Maas state "it's okay to lose a commission" if the client resists sustainable proposals. More about Dezeen 15 festival highlights include Es Devlin calling for "code of conduct" for architects and designers
Spanish furniture brand Sancal has released Core and Remnant, two coordinating seating ranges by Note Design Studio that play with negative and positive space. More about Note Design Studio creates Core and Remnant seats as opposite versions of the same silhouette
A museum that pairs monitoring soil with artistic research and a women's home that offers pregnant women and mothers a space for empowerment are included in Dezeen's latest school show by the University of North Carolina Charlotte. More about University of North Carolina Charlotte spotlights 10 architecture projects
This week on Dezeen, a proposed university dormitory at the University of California was criticised for housing 90 per cent of its 4,500 students in windowless rooms. More about This week the mostly windowless Munger Hall university dormitory block caused controversy
Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari has developed a mud and lime-plaster stove that counters the unfavourable environmental and health consequences of cooking with open fires. More about Earthen stove by Yasmeen Lari lets women in rural Pakistan cook in an eco-friendly way
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes hydrogen-powered flights, an Architects Climate Action Network talk and Bjarke Ingels on a "hedonistic" future. More about "Hedonistic" future could be better for the environment says Bjarke Ingels at COP26
Dezeen Showroom: hundreds of shiny spheres make up the Tila chair, created by Shepherd Studio as an exploration of density. More about Tila chair by Shepherd Studio
Mando Xie imagines humanity moving into ship-like floating cities covered with trees to escape rising sea levels in this proposal, which is a finalist in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More about Mando Xie proposes green floating cities to enable "human civilization to continue" on the ocean
American studio Ptacek Home has produced the Chunk Line furniture collection, which aims to combine traditional techniques with a "modern, sculptural twist," from trees that were downed by storms or felled for safety. More about Ptacek Home creates Chunk Line furniture from storm-downed trees
American firm Parnagian Architects has released images of a conceptual house lifted on stilts above a site in coastal New Jersey that was hit hard by a hurricane. More about Parnagian Architects imagines Salt Box Residence for the Jersey Shore
Dezeen promotion: large-scale installations of Kriskadecor's aluminium chains feature in two new projects: a Kengo Kuma installation in Antoni Gaudí's Casa Batlló and the largest shopping centre in The Netherlands. More about Kriskadecor chain curtains installed on a grand scale in new projects by Kengo Kuma and MVSA
Dezeen Showroom: Andreas Engesvik has designed the Velar sofa for Fogia, giving it a curved high back to create the feeling of sitting up in bed. More about Velar sofa by Andreas Engesvik for Fogia
Many people are starting to come back to the office after months of working remotely. Here are 10 office furniture designs from Dezeen Showroom to make office spaces more flexible and comfortable places to be. More about Ten furniture designs to get people back to the office
Eames Demetrios, who is the grandson of Charles and Ray Eames, shares his highlights from an exhibition of Eames Office's work that opens tomorrow to mark its 80th anniversary. More about Five Eames Office highlights from the 80 Years of Design exhibition
Daily COP26 briefing: today's COP26 briefing includes melting Antarctic ice, Norman Foster's calls for "higher standards" on embodied carbon and a film screening of Olafur Eliasson's Little Sun project. More about Arup exhibits melting 18th-century Antarctic ice at COP26
Dezeen Showroom: British textile brand Camira has launched Quest – a versatile fabric made of recycled plastic waste taken from the oceans. More about Quest recycled fabric by Camira
An experience of 24-hour surveillance led Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Hsin Min Chan to create a dress that exaggerates the "to-be-looked-at-ness" of its wearer. More about Hsin Min Chan's giant dress empowers its wearer by making them unapproachable
Dezeen promotion: Swedish designer Alexander Lervik has collaborated with local manufacturer Aritco to create an elevator with a clear glass shaft that allows its customisable interior to become a feature in the home. More about Aritco reimagines domestic elevator as "expressive design element" with Aritco HomeLift
Genderless robes and puffer jackets feature in Season 0, a collection of exclusive digital garments created for the metaverse using The Fabricant's new online co-creation studio. More about Season 0 is the debut fashion collection of The Fabricant Studio
Digital fashion house The Fabricant has launched an online design studio in which users can create exclusive virtual garments to trade and wear in the metaverse. More about The Fabricant Studio "allows anyone to become a digital fashion designer"