Polish designer Tomek Rygalik has launched Loope – a recycled plastic furniture brand that allows customers to return used products when they are no longer needed, so they can be turned into a different piece of furniture free of charge. More about Unwanted furniture turned into new items at no extra cost with Loope take-back scheme
With just one week left until entries close for Dezeen Awards 2025, past winners have shared stories about the transformative impact the accolade has had, with one designer heralding it as "a lifetime achievement." More about Winning a Dezeen Award is "the ultimate seal of approval"
New York-based designer Kouros Maghsoudi has unveiled a chair with sculptural arms meant to demonstrate the "in-your-face" nature of American design, at an exhibition co-hosted by Dezeen during NYCxDesign. More about Kouros Maghsoudi's Hug Chair is a "pedestal for sexiness"
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has partnered with Victory Cruise Line on a series of onboard lectures about the American architect's life, as well as visits to projects such as Unity Temple in Chicago. More about Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announces themed cruise on the Great Lakes
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features news that Apple is developing products that can be controlled using brain implants. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "successor to the annoying AI hype"
New York-based designer Henry Julier's collection of Danish paper cord-topped furniture with Swiss furniture company USM was among the stand-out exhibitions at the inaugural Shelter fair during NYCxDesign. More about Henry Julier creates woven tops for USM collection at Shelter fair
Berlin-based studio Kéré Architecture has designed the Thomas Sankara Mausoleum in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to commemorate the country's former president who was assassinated in the 1980s. More about Kéré Architecture unveils brick mausoleum for Burkina Faso's former president
With the Venice Architecture Biennale underway, we collect 10 exhibitions and pavilions outside the event's Giardini and Arsenale venues that you might have missed. More about Ten off-the-beaten-track Venice Architecture Biennale exhibitions you may have missed
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
Artist Alex Chinneck has designed A Week at the Knees, a rippling installation that looks like a historic Georgian brick house sitting down, for Clerkenwell Design Week in London. More about Alex Chinneck creates undulating house to bring sense of "playful escapism" to Clerkenwell Design Week
Cornish stone and cross-laminated timber come together in this seaside bolthole in Cornwall, England, designed by London-based Rundell Associates for two families. More about Rundell Associates embeds CLT-framed house into Cornish cliffside
Architect Patty Hopkins and designers Joseph Grima, Sebastian Herkner, Natsai Audrey Chieza and Ben Saltmer have joined the judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2025. More about Patty Hopkins, Joseph Grima and Sebastian Herkner revealed as Dezeen Awards judges
The San Marco Art Centre (SMAC) has opened in Venice with a retrospective exhibition presenting the life and work of the 20th century architect Harry Seidler. More about SMAC opens with Harry Seidler retrospective in Venice's David Chipperfield-renovated Procuratie
Promotion: the Norman Foster Institute is now accepting applications for its Master's Programme on Sustainable Cities, which prompts students to address urban challenges through immersing them in both practical and academic study. More about Norman Foster Institute's Master's Programme on Sustainable Cities opens for applications
Lighting manufacturer Gantri partnered with vintage furniture dealer Rarify on a modular 3D-printed light system using elements from Swiss furniture studio USM, showcased with local designer Studio Guapo for NYCxDesign. More about Rarify collaborates with Gantri on "infinitely expandable" 3D-printed light
Promotion: Spanish design brand Kriskadecor has installed a wall of tensioned aluminium chains across the facade of a sushi restaurant in Andorra la Vella, creating the impression of a traditional Japanese landscape painting. More about Kriskadecor's chain installation brings Japanese landscape to Andorra at restaurant Ginza 41
Environmental consultancy Finding Infinity has invited leading Australian architecture studios to propose concepts that could transform Melbourne into a zero-carbon city by 2030. More about A New Normal exhibition aims to transform Melbourne into a zero-carbon city
Swiss designer Nadja Stäubli has curated a multi-sensory installation featuring interactive sculptures during NYCxDesign. More about Chroma installation celebrates "fun and fantasy" of Swiss design at NYCxDesign
A crimson, pink and orange entrance pops against the white exterior of Multi-childcare Crèche in north-eastern France, completed by local studio Dominique Coulon & Associés. More about Dominique Coulon & Associés creates colour-blocked creche in France
Architecture studio Behles & Jochimsen has created the Regensburg Quarter, 35 colourful affordable-housing apartment blocks in Nuremberg, Germany, across from the former Nazi party rally grounds. More about Behles & Jochimsen flanks Nazi housing with pastel-hued apartment blocks