Dezeen Showroom
Port dining chair by Blu Dot
Dezeen Showroom: US brand Blu Dot has created the Port dining chair, a piece with gentle curves and traditional joinery intended to celebrate the beauty of wood. More about Port dining chair by Blu Dot
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Talks
Live panel on architecture and art with Carsten Höller and Stefano Boeri
Dezeen teamed up with Salone del Mobile to stream a live talk on the interplay of art and architecture.
More about Live panel on architecture and art with Carsten Höller and Stefano Boeri
Design
Note Design Studio reuses Vestre fair stand to form indoor park installation
Vestre is showcasing a collection of urban furniture that encourages biodiversity at this year's Milan design week, set within a leafy installation constructed by Note Design Studio from one of the brand's old fair stands. More about Note Design Studio reuses Vestre fair stand to form indoor park installation
Design
Competition: create and win your own customised Fiber chair from Muuto
Dezeen has teamed up with Danish furniture brand Muuto for our latest competition, which offers readers the chance to make and win their own customised Fiber chair. More about Competition: create and win your own customised Fiber chair from Muuto
Design
Contemporary designers create one-off candle holders for A Flame for Research charity project
Designers including Patricia Urquiola, Jaime Hayon and Marcel Wanders have created metal candle holders for a project to raise funds for cancer research, which is currently on show at Milan design week. More about Contemporary designers create one-off candle holders for A Flame for Research charity project
Architecture
Tríptico Building in Córdoba is divided into three vertical houses
Architects Mariela Marchisio, Cristián Nanzer and Germán Margherit have completed a concrete building in central Argentina that contains a trio of tall, skinny residences designed for both living and working. More about Tríptico Building in Córdoba is divided into three vertical houses
Architecture
Former Apple design director launches mass-timber housing company "to bring productisation to the built environment"
Apple's former design director BJ Siegel has recently established a mass-timber housing company named Juno. In this exclusive interview, he explains how it aims to design housing like it is a product. More about Former Apple design director launches mass-timber housing company "to bring productisation to the built environment"
News
World's largest carbon-capture plant Orca opens in Iceland
The world's largest direct air carbon capture and storage plant has started operating in Iceland, run by Swiss company Climeworks. More about World's largest carbon-capture plant Orca opens in Iceland
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards 2021 media shortlist announced
The Dezeen Awards 2021 media shortlist has been revealed, with 33 projects selected across five newly introduced media categories for the best photographs, videos, visualisations and websites. More about Dezeen Awards 2021 media shortlist announced
Promotion
Call for entries to Clarion Housing Group's William Sutton Prize
Dezeen promotion: designers and architects are invited to submit their entries for housing provider Clarion Housing Group's annual William Sutton Prize, which this year will focus on sustainability and placemaking. More about Call for entries to Clarion Housing Group's William Sutton Prize
Installations
Geneva students draw upon female form to reimagine Clockwork Orange milk bar
Imagery of breasts and beakers is combined in this fountain, designed by graduates Lolita Gomez and Blanca Algarra Sanchez based on the Korova Milk Bar from A Clockwork Orange and currently on display at Milan design week. More about Geneva students draw upon female form to reimagine Clockwork Orange milk bar
Dezeen Awards
Dezeen Awards 2021 sustainability shortlist announced
The Dezeen Awards 2021 sustainability shortlist has been revealed, with 15 projects selected across three new sustainability categories. More about Dezeen Awards 2021 sustainability shortlist announced
9/11 anniversary
Eight trends that have defined the past 20 years of skyscraper design
From glass facades to vertical farms, we take a look at some of the trends that have influenced the past two decades of skyscraper design as part of our 9/11 anniversary series. More about Eight trends that have defined the past 20 years of skyscraper design
News
Eighty four percent of the world's skyscrapers have been built since 9/11
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has revealed that 84 per cent of the world's skyscrapers over 200 metres have been built in the past 20 years. More about Eighty four percent of the world's skyscrapers have been built since 9/11
Talks
Live panel on radical design with Formafantasma and Philippe Malouin
Dezeen teamed up with Salone del Mobile to live stream a talk with Formafantasma and Philippe Malouin exploring radical approaches to design. More about Live panel on radical design with Formafantasma and Philippe Malouin
Exhibitions
Bethan Laura Wood's Ornate exhibition features furniture informed by boudoirs
British designer Bethan Laura Wood has unveiled Ornate, an exhibition of furniture that seeks to reclaim ideas of femininity, at the Nilufar Gallery as part of Milan design week. More about Bethan Laura Wood's Ornate exhibition features furniture informed by boudoirs
Promotion
Aluprof's Future Builders series will explore the future of architecture
Dezeen promotion: how artificial intelligence might change the future of architecture is one of the questions that will be put to architects from across Europe as part of a series of interviews organised by aluminium systems supplier, Aluprof. More about Aluprof's Future Builders series will explore the future of architecture
Architecture
RIBA reveals UK's best buildings for 2021
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced 54 winners of the 2021 RIBA National Awards for architecture including a floating church, the MK gallery and a mosque in Cambridge. More about RIBA reveals UK's best buildings for 2021
Video
Watch a virtual fly-through of the Uncensored Library in Minecraft
This one-minute video shows how BlockWorks collaborated with has non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders to build a virtual library to support freedom of speech. More about Watch a virtual fly-through of the Uncensored Library in Minecraft
Promotion
MENASA – Emirati Design Platform intends to bring Emirati crafts to a global stage at Expo 2020 Dubai
Dezeen promotion: Expo 2020 Dubai's Design and Crafts Programme has launched a design platform to present more than 40 local and international designers who showcase stories from the UAE through exclusive curated collections. More about MENASA – Emirati Design Platform intends to bring Emirati crafts to a global stage at Expo 2020 Dubai