Good design is about interrogating systems not just creating beautiful chairs, biofabrication designer Natsai Audrey Chieza argued at Dezeen Day. More about "Designers are starting to understand they don't design in a vacuum" says Natsai Audrey Chieza
French firms Coldefy & Associés and RDAI have beaten competition from Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Studio Libeskind to build a museum and memorial dedicated to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. More about Coldefy & Associés and RDAI win competition to build museum for Orlando Pulse shooting
Edition Office, Linehouse and Takt Project have been named the best emerging studios of the year at the Dezeen Awards party in London. More about Emerging architecture, interiors and design studios of the year named at Dezeen Awards
Vo Trong Nghia Architects, SevilPeach and Studio Drift have been named best architecture, interiors and design studios of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019. More about Dezeen Awards architecture, interiors and design studios of the year revealed
Humans need to design a better future for the planet, and anger can be a good engine for that change, MoMA curator Paola Antonelli told the Dezeen Day audience. More about "The future isn't terrifying. It just needs to be better" says Paola Antonelli
In this week's comments update, readers think Sebastian Errazuriz's claims that architects will be replaced by AI are unfounded. More about "The only architects that are doomed are the ones that won't adapt"
Dezeen Day, our international architecture and design conference, is tomorrow! Didn't manage to get a ticket? Follow along on our Twitter page as we tweet from the event starting at 9am UK time, and join the discussion using #dezeenday. More about Follow the Dezeen Day discussion on Twitter tomorrow!
Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup has launched the Interceptor, an autonomous system for collecting plastic pollution from rivers before it reaches the sea. More about The Ocean Cleanup launches system to catch plastic waste in rivers
California firms Brooks + Scarpa and Plant Prefab have unveiled a low-cost housing concept for fallow urban sites, which comprise prefabricated, modular units that can be arranged in various configurations. More about Nest "toolkit" can be used to build homeless shelters and supportive housing
Coming to our Dezeen Day conference on 30 October? Here's what we're doing to lessen its impact on the environment, and ways you can help. More about Five ways we've tried to ensure Dezeen Day has a low environmental impact
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans to create a forested smart city near Cancun, Mexico, that is designed to be a "pioneer" of more eco-efficient developments. More about Stefano Boeri unveils Smart Forest City covered in 7.5 million plants for Mexico
Architect Jean Nouvel is counter-suing the Philharmonie de Paris over the €170.6 million fine he was slapped with when the concert hall opened late and over-budget. More about Jean Nouvel sues over "totally disproportionate" Philharmonie de Paris late fee
All 450 seats at Dezeen Day, our agenda-setting architecture and design conference, have now been sold. Thanks to everyone who bought a ticket! More about Tickets for Dezeen Day have now sold out!
ObelArt Biotop Water Garden, an artificial landscape by Junya Ishigami near the Nasu Mountains in Japan, has won the inaugural Obel Award. More about Junya Ishigami's Japanese water garden wins €100,000 Obel Award
Gensler has revealed plans to create a bright and minimal lobby inside Philip Johnson's landmarked postmodernist AT&T Building, as part of the major overhaul of the skyscraper led by architecture firm Snøhetta. More about Gensler redesigns lobby for postmodern AT&T Building
Falling attendances at London's Design Museum contributed to a cash crisis earlier this year that left the institute with a deficit of £1.2 million, Dezeen has learned. More about Design Museum rescued by £3 million loan after financial position deemed "not sustainable"
With one week to go until our agenda-setting architecture and design conference Dezeen Day, there are just 30 places left. Buy your ticket before they sell out! More about One week to go until Dezeen Day – just 30 tickets left!
Ingo Maurer – the German designer whose playful, unexpected creations earned him the nickname "poet of light" – passed away yesterday at age 87. More about German industrial designer and "poet of light" Ingo Maurer dies aged 87
Ninety per cent of architects will lose their jobs as artificial intelligence takes over the design process, according to designer Sebastian Errazuriz. More about Rise of artificial intelligence means architects are "doomed" says Sebastian Errazuriz
We've hit a huge social-media milestone, with one million followers on Pinterest, the image-sharing platform. More about Dezeen now has one million Pinterest followers!