AI artist Thierry Lechanteur has transformed a speculative design by Antoni Gaudí for a supertall hotel in New York into a series of digital renders, featured as part of our Gaudí Centenary series. More about Gaudí's "ghost of an alternative New York" visualised by AI artist Thierry Lechanteur
Designers should use AI's foibles as a chance to move away from the ruthlessly rational approach that has come to dominate software, writes Nick Foster. More about "Software designers must abandon their roles as the custodians of libraries, logic and grids"
IKEA is set to open a pop-up shop in the metaverse in collaboration with game platform Roblox, allowing players to add classic IKEA designs to their virtual homes. More about IKEA launches pop-up furniture shop in Roblox game
Increasing numbers of architects and designers are moving into UX design in search of better pay and working conditions, we report as part of our Performance Review series. More about Architects and designers moving into UX, say recruiters
Rumours of the metaverse's demise are greatly exaggerated – particularly when it comes to designing virtual buildings, writes Sarah Housley. More about "The idea of designing for virtual worlds is just getting started"
The most desirable phones are no longer only the ones with the most advanced features. Here, contributing editor Rima Sabina Aouf reviews four of the best contemporary dumbphones with deliberately pared-back functionality. More about Four of the best dumbphones for a digital detox
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a stretchable digital screen by LG Display. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features stretchable screen that showcases "amazing engineering"
After five years of development, LG Display has created a stretchable digital screen capable of expanding up to 50 per cent, which can also be twisted and bent into various shapes. More about LG Display develops stretchable screen capable of expanding 50 per cent
A screenless smartphone alternative powered by artificial intelligence, the Humane AI Pin was savaged by critics but designers should not make the mistake of dismissing it entirely, writes Abb-d Taiyo. More about "The 'worst product ever' has a lot to admire"
As "immersive experiences" continue to proliferate, Shane Reiner-Roth considers the implications for our relationship with architecture and the built environment. More about "The distinction between theme parks and urban venues is rapidly dissolving"
Dezeen Courses: we've rounded up five digital design courses that encourage students to introduce new technologies into their work and explore the latest developments in digital and virtual design. More about Five digital design courses listed on Dezeen Courses
Danish architecture firm BIG has designed the 3D graphics that define the identity of this year's 3 Days of Design festival in Copenhagen under the slogan Dare to Dream. More about BIG unveils visual identity for Denmark's 3 Days of Design festival 2024
American architecture studio NBBJ has created a series of interactive media displays in a California children's hospital to ease young patients' anxiety. More about NBBJ creates interactive forest display at California children's hospital
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Felicita Gāga has turned the practice of doomscrolling into a digital outfit. More about Felicita Gāga designs digital dress "made of social media noise"
Visualisation artist Charlotte Taylor discusses how she is translating her digital design work into built architecture projects for the first time in this interview. More about "Not having architectural education makes you find different solutions" says Charlotte Taylor
Royal College of Art graduate Zhaodi Feng has created an interactive toolkit named Promptac, which allows users to input prompts to AI image generators using hand movements rather than text. More about Promptac toolkit lets users modify AI designs with hand gestures and real-world materials
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"
Swedish designer Christoffer Jansson created a virtual apartment and pretended to live in it for months as part of a social experiment he exhibited at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair. More about Christoffer Jansson passes off virtual apartment as Instagram home renovation project
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an opinion piece that claims "AI is putting our jobs as architects unquestionably at risk". More about "Nothing is replacing human designers in our lifetimes" says commenter
Architects urgently need to get to grips with the existential threat posed by AI or risk, in ChatGPT's words, "sleepwalking into oblivion", writes Neil Leach. More about "AI is putting our jobs as architects unquestionably at risk"