The Design Museum in London has unveiled costumes, props, and other ephemera from Wes Anderson's personal archives as part of an exhibition showcasing the design behind each of his films. More about Design Museum displays never-before seen Wes Anderson film props
New York's Department of Buildings has greenlit designs by architecture studio PAU and engineering outfit Arup for the city's sidewalk sheds to make them "safer, more egalitarian, and more beautiful". More about Department of Buildings approves six designs for New York's scaffolding
The San Francisco Arts Commission has voted to dismantle and store a 1970s concrete fountain in San Francisco designed by artist Armand Vaillancourt. More about "Iconic and unusual" Vaillancourt Fountain set to be dismantled
French flooring brand Tarkett has announced that its linoleum is now carbon-negative across all stages of its life cycle, from sourcing raw materials to end-of-life deconstruction and recycling. More about Tarkett achieves "world's first" carbon negative linoleum
Interior designer Matthew Williamson has created an amber-toned trophy for the 2026 BRIT Awards, which was designed to mark the ceremony being hosted in Manchester for the first time. More about Matthew Williamson unveils worker bee-informed BRIT Award
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia has confirmed to Dezeen that he has been appointed America's first chief design officer by president Donald Trump. More about Joe Gebbia confirms role as America's first chief design officer
A traditional Japanese cladding method informed the overlapping wooden panels used to display knives at Tojiro Knife Gallery in Osaka, Japan, designed by creative agency L/O. More about L/O designs Osaka shop to "celebrate artistry and utility" of Japanese knives
The Pyramids: Special Economic Vortex Zones of North America explores pyramidal structures throughout the continent. Here, the book's creator Ian James comments on ten of the weirdest and most interesting examples. More about Ten American pyramids that show "capitalism's penchant for nostalgia"
As part of our Performance Review series, Edwin Heathcote sets out 12 key problems facing the architecture profession. More about Everything that's going wrong with architecture
London-based designer Maggie Yang has created a collection of wax candles replicating different foods, including a Ploughman's pie, a wheel of brie and an entire breakfast plate with beans and brown sauce. More about Full English breakfast cast in wax for Maggie Yang's hyperrealistic food candles
Bespoke terrazzo tiles made using the shells of local rock oysters clad this colonnaded pavilion on Sydney's waterfront, designed by local architecture studio Besley & Spresser. More about Besley & Spresser clads Sydney Harbour pavilion with oyster shell terrazzo
Architecture studio BIG has unveiled designs for a waterfront home for Hamburg State Opera, which will be enclosed by a series of interconnected terraces. More about BIG designs Hamburg State Opera as "landscape of concentric terraces"
Dezeen takes a look inside the late critic Charles Jencks's architectural masterpiece in this video produced by Dezeen for The Cosmic House. More about Dezeen explores postmodernist landmark The Cosmic House
Interiors firm UNC Studio has transformed a traditional wooden house in Kyoto into a Japanese-Mexican fusion cafe and eatery with a bold, all-red interior. More about Challe cafe in Kyoto fuses Mexican and Japanese design
Photography has revealed the near-complete exterior cladding on the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, designed by Chinese studio MAD, ahead of its opening in September 2026. More about "Dream-like" Lucas Museum of Narrative Art by MAD nearing completion in LA
The world's most important furniture fair, Milan's Salone del Mobile, has announced plans to launch a satellite fair in Riyadh to "create a cultural and commercial bridge between Italy and Saudi Arabia". More about Salone del Mobile to launch "fully-fledged" Saudi edition in 2026
Local studio Nitsche Arquitetos has completed a modular, cross-laminated timber house with a rectangular dogtrot-style plan outside of São Paulo, Brazil. More about Nitsche Arquitetos focuses on "broad adaptability" for modular house in Brazil
Fashion brand Issey Miyake has teamed up with Apple to launch the iPhone Pocket, a wearable smartphone carrier that stretches, much like the fashion brand's pleated clothing, to hold any iPhone. More about Apple and Issey Miyake create expandable "extra pocket" for iPhones
Stone makes up the facade, frame, foundations and floor slabs in the Stone Demonstrator, a project by London's Design Museum aimed at getting the British construction industry to embrace the "ultra-low-carbon" material. More about Design Museum pushes for stone construction in the UK with Stone Demonstrator
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for The Grand Ballroom, a sports arena in Tirana, Albania, held within a 100-metre-wide sphere modelled on a sports ball. More about MVRDV designs giant sphere for sports arena in Tirana