Continuing our Designing for Disaster series, disasters expert Ilan Kelman shares advice for designers and architects on averting catastrophe. More about "Design professionals can make choices to prove that disasters are not natural"
The world urgently needs architects and designers to start prioritising humanitarian projects, writes Cameron Sinclair as part of our Designing for Disaster series. More about "How we respond to disasters tells us a lot about our future"
Dutch architecture may be at the forefront of sustainable building practices, but Aaron Betsky feels it has rather lost its sparkle in recent years. More about "Architecture in the Netherlands has become notably boring"
Yet another low-key shortlist for the Stirling Prize this year reflects UK architecture's continued fading from the public eye, writes Catherine Slessor. More about "What do such dutifully dull shortlists say about the wider state of the Stirling?"
Tech companies must move away from hype-chasing annual product releases in order to drive meaningful design innovation, writes Sarah Housley. More about "The tech hype-cycle is spinning ever faster"
Designers and architects must start taking human-rights violations in the supply chain more seriously, writes Talia Radford. More about "Our built environment embodies violations against human beings"
Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser reflects on this year's LDF, touted by organisers as a full revival of the UK's biggest design festival post-Covid. More about "This year's LDF generally felt energetic and optimistic"
If design is about solving problems we need to start questioning whether new products and furniture are always the answer, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "The design industry needs to let go of its obsession with the new"
Designers and brands must get thinking now about the simple, immediate changes that can make their products more accessible to people living with disabilities, writes Luc Speisser of Landor & Fitch. More about "People living with disabilities are done waiting for accessible designs"
A recent documentary about The Line mega-project in Saudi Arabia paints a bleak picture of the architecture profession, writes Dana Cuff. More about "Why would architects let themselves be so vitiated?"
Discussions about planning and urbanism are awash with talk of "placemaking" but the term remains strangely and troublingly opaque, writes Reinier de Graaf. More about "I have a confession to make: I have no idea what placemaking is"
The inauguration of Muyiwa Oki as RIBA president must become a moment of real, positive change in British architecture, writes Marsha Ramroop. More about "If we're to ask one man to turn this around, that's a heavy task indeed"
AI should be embraced by architects rather than met with scepticism or fear, writes Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher. More about "I am not at all worried about facing the newly empowered competition enabled by AI"
It's time for equitable design to become a priority rather than an afterthought, writes Google's Annie-Jean Baptiste. More about "Space that is exclusionary does not live up to its full potential"
As wildfires exacerbated by climate change wreak increasing havoc around the world, Greg Kochanowski argues it's time for a different approach. More about "The design professions are not stepping up to address the wildfires problem"
Architects need to rethink their part in Britain's dysfunctional relationship with laundry, writes Phineas Harper. More about "Britain's architects should refuse to let moralising snobbery define their approach to laundry"
It's now two years since Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel was closed following a spate of suicides. As the ill-fated project gathers dust, Matt Shaw reflects on what went wrong. More about "The Vessel shows us how bad the vampiric ultra-wealthy are at making public space"
Today is Earth Overshoot Day, marking the date when humanity's consumption of resources exceeds the planet's annual capacity to regenerate them. It should serve as a reminder for designers to take the lead in building a more sustainable future, writes Sian Sutherland. More about "Now is the time for the creative industry to rise up and grab the reins"
Design involving artificial intelligence will always require a human touch, write YuJune Park and Caspar Lam as part of our AItopia series. More about "As machine learning progresses tactile design becomes ever more important"
Architects must start placing greater emphasis on protecting biodiversity in their projects, writes RSHP sustainability lead Michelle Sanchez. More about "By focusing so much on carbon reduction we are neglecting other areas where our industry causes harm"