Architects should see themselves as providing a public service even when working on luxury apartment blocks, British designer Thomas Heatherwick tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "The tone in architecture is that the public is ignorant" says Thomas Heatherwick
Architecture students today are being let down by their education, Australian architect Penelope Seidler tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "Architecture students today learn about everything except actually building" says Penelope Seidler
Google has dialled up the fun in its updated design language, Material 3 Expressive, after user testing found that people have an appetite for "wild and way-too-playful" interfaces, Google Design vice-president Vanessa Cho told Dezeen. More about Google ushers in age of "expressive" interfaces with Material Design update
The ongoing war in Gaza has fundamentally challenged Forensic Architecture's approach to its work, agency founder Eyal Weizman says in this interview. More about Forensic Architecture's normal approach "meaningless" in face of Gaza war says Eyal Weizman
Filmmaker Beatrice Minger sought to embrace Eileen Gray's boundary-pushing approach with her new docu-drama about the enigmatic designer's famous E-1027 house, she tells Dezeen in this interview. More about E-1027 film "is a present" to Eileen Gray says director Beatrice Minger
The proliferation of touchscreens in cars is "dangerous" and designers will shift back to analogue switches, British architect Norman Foster tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "The touchscreen has been mindlessly applied to the automobile" says Norman Foster
South Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has completed his first project in Europe – a simple red gravel floor. In this interview, he says more architecture should be understated and "primitive". More about "We use too much energy creating beautiful shapes" says Byoung Soo Cho
Design trade show Shelter has been organised to bring the "razzle dazzle" of Milan to New York during NYCxDesign, according to this exclusive interview with showrunners Deirdre Maloney and Minya Quirk. More about Shelter fair seeks to surprise even "jaded designers" during NYCxDesign
Conviction in her design choices guided architect Annabelle Selldorf to complete high-profile renovations of the National Gallery's Sainsbury Wing in London and The Frick Collection in New York amid controversy, she says. More about "What matters is I know why we did things" says Annabelle Selldorf
Design is being taken over by "toxic" luxury trends, French designer Philippe Starck told Dezeen in an interview at Milan design week. More about "I was shocked" by dominance of luxury brands in Milan says Philippe Starck
As British furniture brand SCP celebrates its 40th anniversary, its founder Sheridan Coakley reflects on the brand's journey over the past four decades. More about "You can't have your roots in modernism forever" says SCP founder Sheridan Coakley
Italian architect Carlo Ratti explains how people, not technology, will be at the centre of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale in this exclusive interview. More about "This certainly won't be the tech bro biennale" says Venice Architecture Biennale curator Carlo Ratti
Capital Brutalism aims to challenges people's views of brutalist architecture, say the exhibition's curators Angela Person and Ty Cole in this interview. More about "We want to complicate people's ideas of brutalism" say Capital Brutalism curators
Chameleonic British creative Henry Holland is a cult fashion designer turned ceramicist. In this interview, he tells Dezeen why he thrives on evolving and why he wears an Apple Watch that he hates. More about "The common thread between the things I do is intense personality" says Henry Holland
Former Space10 head Kaave Pour has launched a new venture tackling the challenges facing Europe, at a time when Europe's challenges seem greater by the day. In this interview, he tells Dezeen about 21st Europe's mission and its first project, a concept for high-speed rail. More about "It's super important that we don't spend all our money on defence" says 21st Europe's Kaave Pour
Art deco is starting to challenge mid-century modern's dominance in the second-hand furniture market, says Vinterior founder Sandrine Zhang Ferron in this interview as part of our Art Deco Centenary series. More about Hunt for "personality" causing art deco sales to triple says Vinterior founder
By creating moments of delight designers have the power to make the experience of driving electric cars better than petrol cars, says Volvo global head of design Jeremy Offer in this interview. More about Electric car drivers are "getting a better experience" says Volvo chief designer
London-based designer Tatjana von Stein often draws on art deco in her work. For our Art Deco Centenary series, she talks about why the early 20th-century style is still so influential and how she uses it in interiors today. More about Art deco "has a sense of drama and glamour, exuberance and decadence" says Tatjana von Stein
Ecological concerns and the pressures of the modern world mean designers no longer have the luxury of seeing their work as a form of self-expression, Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa tells Dezeen in this interview. More about Design should "blend into the background of everyday life" says Naoto Fukasawa
As Stockholm Furniture Fair begins, Dezeen spoke to this year's guest of honour, British designer Faye Toogood, about how the rise of artificial intelligence has created a need for humanity in design. More about "The way we're designing and manufacturing is broken" says Faye Toogood