Entries are now open for Dezeen Jobs Top Companies 2026, our new annual list recognising the best workplaces in architecture and design. With just five weeks to go until entries close, here are five reasons why studios and practices should take part. More about Five reasons to enter Dezeen Jobs Top Companies 2026
Japanese studio AtMa Inc has created an unconventional seating collection by reassembling parts of Danish designer Børge Mogensen's revered J39 chair. More about AtMa Inc reforms broken J39 Mogensen chairs to demonstrate "importance of cherishing a single object"
Flooring brand Forbo has revealed how its floor covering acts as a clean canvas for designers to print on, as shown in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. More about Forbo's Flotex flooring offers a "blank canvas" for designers
The Rhode Island School of Design has launched Loop Lab, a pilot initiative that transforms the school's own waste into raw materials for students to reuse and reimagine. More about RISD's Loop Lab transforms its own waste streams into raw materials
A jagged entry pavilion and a suspended concrete sculpture are among the elements at a vast memorial in rural Brazil designed by local studio GPAA to honour the hundreds who died during a mining dam collapse in 2019. More about GPAA designs details of Brazil's Brumadinho Memorial to "carry profound meaning"
Architecture studio Wallmakers has completed Bridge House in rural Karjat, India, a weekend home spanning a seven-metre-deep gorge and clad entirely in furry thatched scales. More about "Thatch-mud" scales cloak habitable bridge in India by Wallmakers
Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled its Mind 001 and Mind 002 trainers, designed in collaboration with neuroscientists to improve the connection between mind and body. More about Nike's first neuroscience-based footwear "designed from the brain down"
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released photos of a sinuous high-rise building under construction in Shenzhen, which is set to become the headquarters for education charity Chen Yidan Foundation. More about Rippling charity headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects tops out in Shenzhen
Conservation group Twentieth Century Society has selected seven photos from its latest book that reveal the sculptural yet little-known features of the UK's under-threat cooling towers. More about Seven "immensely photogenic" features of UK's under-threat cooling towers
Italian duo Draga & Aurel has created a collection of striking furniture from Murano glass, resin and concrete, which forms their Dubai Design Week debut. More about Draga & Aurel crafts jewel-like furniture from liquid resin textured with sea salt
Menstrual care brand Amora has designed a discreet, portable case named Halo that lets menstrual cup users rinse their cups easily at home or in public. More about Amora designs discreet and portable menstrual cup rinsing case
Promotion: flooring brand Forbo's Flotex flooring uses digital printing technology to apply patterns to its durable surface. More about Forbo's Flotex Vision flooring features digitally printed surface designs
Promotion: Italian studio DNA Design Lab chose the natural stone collections from Italian manufacturer Antolini for an apartment in a skyscraper in Luxembourg. More about Antolini stone "undisputed focal point" of Luxembourg apartment by DNA Design Lab
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Snøhetta's expansion to the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features Snøhetta's "exceptionally detailed" Dartmouth arts centre extension
Dezeen Showroom: these lighting, seating and furnishing designs have one thing in common: they're all from catalogues of Spanish brands. More about Nine products by Spanish brands on Dezeen Showroom
Local studio Lanza Atelier has created a pavilion in the plaza of a famed Mexico City shopping centre, with a wooden platform surrounding a central reflecting pool. More about Lanza Atelier shrouds circular pavilion in water-dripping chains
A public winter garden sits at the heart of this cylindrical office in Copenhagen, designed by Danish studios Cobe, Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects and Third Nature to evoke the city's historic silos. More about Tip of Nordø office is a "modern lighthouse" on Copenhagen's coast
Marbled stools made from old car plastic and a sculptural lamp woven with silk are among the standout pieces of furniture and lighting spotted by Dezeen's design and interiors reporter Jane Englefield over the past month. More about Dezeen's favourite furniture and lighting from October
Architecture studio SANAA's co-founder Kazuyo Sejima is opening three iconic homes to the public with the Tokyo House Tour, which showcases striking post-war buildings. More about Kazuyo Sejima presents compact Tokyo homes that "show how cities and buildings grow together"
Architecture studio Jam has designed the Manor Place sports hub in south London for brands Nike and Palace Skateboards, which includes a skatepark that can be transformed into a football pitch. More about Nike and Palace Skateboards unveil transforming skatepark in Victorian public bathhouse