Dezeen has launched Dezeen Competitions, a dedicated platform for discovering and participating in top architecture and design competitions worldwide. More about Dezeen Competitions launches to provide a platform for architecture and design contests
Norwegian robotics firm 1X has developed a humanoid robot for home chores that is wrapped in beige knitwear to "complement living spaces rather than disrupt them". More about Scandi robot servant Neo Gamma is dressed head-to-toe in beige knitwear
Designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello embraced the difficulties of working with copper in Nigeria, where the material is mined but rarely sold, to make his latest metal furniture collection for Los Angeles gallery Marta. More about Nifemi Marcus-Bello explores exploitation of Africa's natural resources with copper furniture
Industrial designer Tej Chauhan has revamped the 1960s DiaStar by Swiss watchmaker Rado, adding brightly coloured accents and a chunky bezel informed by golden sci-fi space helmets. More about Tej Chauhan's latest Rado watch tells the wearer when it's "party time"
Speaker design studio Silence Please has created a showroom for its bespoke speakers outfitted with a tea room, record store and listening space in a New York City loft. More about Silence Please creates "giant living room" for New York showroom and listening space
Dezeen Showroom: informed by art deco architecture, the H04 pull handle by US studio Civilian for Bankston Architectural brings an impactful material interplay to doors and joinery. More about H04 Pull Handle Long by Civilian for Bankston Architectural
US company Alef Aeronautics has released videos of its Alef Model Zero electric flying car driving on a road in California before vertically taking off into flight. More about Videos reveal vertical takeoff of electric flying car in California
There's still time to be included in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to Milan design week, which spotlights the key events taking place between 7 to 13 April 2025. More about You can still feature in Dezeen's digital guide to Milan design week 2025
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a jacket made from walnut wood designed by clothing brand Vollebak. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features a prototype wooden jacket by Vollebak
Spanish architect Miguel Arraiz has released designs informed by Japanese craft and volcanic stone for a monumental temple to be installed at this year's Burning Man event in Nevada. More about Miguel Arraiz designs "natural and futuristic" temple for Burning Man 2025
Rubber shelving and an origami-infused update to the Adirondack Chair feature in this roundup of furniture and lighting by emerging Canadian designers. More about Eight furniture and lighting designs from up-and-coming Canadians
Architecture firm MVRDV has blanketed the square outside Bangkok's city hall with a woven floor mat made from recycled rice bags, inviting residents to sit, congregate and consider Thailand's plastic pollution crisis. More about MVRDV creates public seating area that doubles as "860-square-metre infographic" in Bangkok
Experimental clothing brand Vollebak has made a prototype jacket from 250,000 pieces of laser-cut American walnut. More about Vollebak creates prototype Wooden Jacket from 250,000 pieces of American walnut
Tea-stained cups, caterpillar-shaped cabinets and colourful flower lights feature in an exhibition celebrating the work of English designer Bethan Laura Wood at London's Design Museum. More about Bethan Laura Wood's first solo UK museum show is a "living body of work"
Dezeen has teamed up with Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard to challenge architects and designers to create an installation celebrating the essence of water for Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Dezeen, Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard launch Shaping Water Competition
Dezeen Showroom: an iconic postmodernist style chair upholstered in new colourways is among nine new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Ekstrem chair by Varier among nine new products on Dezeen Showroom
As part of OMA's exhibition design for the second Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the architecture studio formed walls and columns from translucent textiles to move away from conventional museum displays. More about OMA uses "abstract architectural language" for scenography of Islamic Arts Biennale
Artist Marina Abramović has collaborated with Mexican design studio La Metropolitana on the Elephant in the Room collection, which was presented in an exhibition and performance during Mexico City art week. More about Marina Abramović designs chair collection to "transcend utility"
Dezeen Showroom: created by designer Alejandra Gandía-Blasco Lloret for Gan, Nomad rugs are designed to create a sense of home and comfort in the outdoors. More about Nomad rugs by Alejandra Gandía-Blasco Lloret for Gan
US president Donald Trump has signed an order to abandon paper straws for single-use plastic. In light of his critique, we've rounded up 10 other examples of plastic alternatives that probably won't "break" or "explode". More about Ten plastic alternatives designed to trump paper straws