This week on Dezeen, we looked at the highlights of this week's London Design Festival, which included a pavilion topped with police shields. More about This week we reported on London Design Festival
New York creative agency Basura and musician Big Data have collaborated on a stuffed toy that resembles a data centre and emits a recording from a data centre in Virginia when squeezed. More about Basura creates data centre toy that emits "ear piercing hum" when squeezed
Dezeen School Shows: a housing project for victims of domestic violence with courtyards, winter gardens and a nursery is among architecture projects by Cardiff University students. More about Housing project for victims of domestic violence among projects from Cardiff University
A group of five New York artists has created Lifeline, a tote bag that can convert into a self-inflating life jacket as a conceptual design object meant to bring awareness to the threat of climate change-related flooding. More about This tote bag-life jacket combination is an "essential that shouldn't exist"
A sculptural cluster of cylindrical forms defines the "calm, continuous" House in Las Rozas, a home in Madrid completed by local studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. More about Cluster of cylindrical volumes forms Spanish home by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
From laser-cut steel to melted polystyrene waste, 10 designers have reinterpreted the humble hanging basket for a London Design Festival exhibition curated by design gallery Slancha. More about Slancha presents Hanging Baskets referencing David Bowie, brutalism and the Romans
It's LDF week, and this year's edition is surprisingly strong. Could it be that London's creative scene is recovering after a difficult decade? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. More about Is London having a design renaissance?
Chiselled acoustic foam, hand-bent metal and interlocking rulers feature in an exhibition of stools created with single tools, presented by students from the Royal College of Art at London Design Festival. More about RCA design students exercise restraint in One Tool One Stool exhibition
Architecture practice Studio Egret West has submitted a "more-permeable" masterplan for the final phases of the Battersea Power Station development in London. More about Studio Egret West revises Battersea Power Station masterplan for final phases
Designer Tom Pearson has created industrial furniture pieces with rivets that are both structural and decorative for the 10,000 Rivets collection, on show at APOC Store during London Design Festival. More about Tom Pearson unveils riveted aluminium furniture with droplet-like patterns
Promotion: H World has debuted its latest hotel brand, the Grand Ji Hotel, in Hangzhou, China, designed by Chinese studio Vermilion Zhou Design Group, which aims to reinvent hotel design through its dedication to symbolic ritual. More about Grand Ji Hotel debuts at Paris Design Week
Promotion: subtly reflective silver-grey glass and tactile physical controls characterise Fisher & Paykel's Contemporary Style kitchen appliances, designed with versatility for the social heart of the home. More about Fisher & Paykel crafts Contemporary kitchen appliances for tactile luxury
Dezeen Showroom: from glossy to stone-effect tiles, Italian manufacturer Marazzi has listed a handful of its versatile products on Dezeen Showroom. More about Marazzi lists five stone- and zellige-like tiles on Dezeen Showroom
Canadian studio RHAD Architects has completed Two Bay House in Nova Scotia, Canada, which consists of blocky volumes with carved-out voids, mass-timber framing and blackened wood cladding. More about RHAD Architects gives Nova Scotia house "quiet, monolithic presence"
Architecture studio HKS has unveiled interior designs for the upcoming Washington Commanders NFL stadium in Washington DC, showing what its glass ceiling will look like. More about HKS unveils interior of Commanders stadium with window framing Capitol
Austrian studio Lechner & Lechner Architects has added an annexe clad in charred timber to a house in the Alps, designed as a minimalist space to "withdraw and think". More about Lechner & Lechner Architects adds charred timber-clad annexe to home in Austrian Alps
Artist Isamaya Ffrench has opened her second-ever Studio Iron show as part of this year's London Design Festival, with participants including Andu Masebo and Barnaby Lewis. More about Studio Iron exhibition is all about chainmail, cowhide and tattooed leather
A land reclamation project has added the equivalent of 42 football pitches to Denmark's southern coast, as part of the construction of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel under the Baltic Sea. More about Denmark grows by 300,000 square metres in land reclamation project
A Matti Suuronen Futuro House has been manufactured for the first time in decades and decked out by Finnish design brand Marimekko for Helsinki Design Week. More about How a Facebook post led to the resurrection of a space-age architectural icon
Fifteen leading architects and designers met last week to decide the winners of Dezeen Awards 2026, in partnership with Trimble, which will be revealed at the Dezeen Awards 2026 party in November. More about Ma Yansong and Daniel Libeskind join Dezeen Awards 2026 master jury in London