Google buys Renzo Piano's Central Saint Giles as London office
Search engine company Google has purchased the Renzo Piano-designed Central Saint Giles development in London for £730 million, as it commits to a future of physical office working. More
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Technology
Technology
Google's Material You design language enables more personal interfaces
Google will add a colourful "new set of capabilities" to its digital interfaces, allowing users to further personalise visuals on their phone and tablet screens. More
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Carbon neutrality "still allows for carbon emissions" says Google sustainability lead
Google continues to emit greenhouse gases despite claiming to be carbon neutral, Dezeen has learned. More
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Dezeen Weekly
Dezeen Weekly
An interview with the creators of a climate change animation features in today's Dezeen Weekly
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes the background to a 2012 computer-generated timelapse which depicts New York City being buried under a mountain of giant bubbles. More
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Google opens first physical retail space in NYC by Reddymade
Google has opened its first physical retail space in New York's Chelsea, designed by architecture studio Reddymade to include cork furniture and recycled materials. More
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Video conferencing with Google Meet Series One is like "being in the same room"
Google and design agency Aruliden have created an AI-enabled video-conferencing kit for that automatically senses the number of participants in a room and optimises sound quality and video framing for each. More
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Google ditches signature Gmail envelope in revamped logo
liThe envelope stamped with the red letter M, which has featured in every Gmail logo since its launch in 2004, has been abandoned as part of a new simplified, multi-coloured brand identity for Google's G Suite tools. More
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Loon launches floating balloon-powered internet service in Kenya
Google's sister company Loon is deploying a fleet of 35 solar-powered balloons that will provide internet service across more remote areas of Kenya by floating on stratospheric winds. More
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"Corporations are beginning to sound a lot like governments" says Bianca Wylie at reSITE conference
Open-government advocate Bianca Wylie discusses her concerns over smart-city project Sidewalk Toronto in the fourth VDF talk in collaboration with reSITE. More
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Google's Wing drones deliver essentials during coronavirus pandemic
The Wing drone delivery system developed by Google is being used to deliver toilet paper and medicine to residents in lockdown in Virginia, USA. More
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Apple, Google and Amazon unite to make all smart home products talk to each other
Apple, Google, Amazon and the Zigbee Alliance have joined forces to develop a smart-home standard that will mean new devices are likely to be compatible with any of their hubs and voice assistants. More
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Companies like Google "have an obligation" to be more sustainable says Ivy Ross
Influential companies should be leading the development of sustainable products, according to Google's vice president of hardware design Ivy Ross. More
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Ivy Ross creates Google Design Lab at company's Silicon Valley headquarters
Google's vice president of hardware design Ivy Ross has created an office building for her Silicon Valley team that is arranged around an atrium, skylight and staircase. More
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Li Edelkoort curates "contemplative installation" showing Google devices in everyday settings
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort teamed up with Google's Hardware Design Studio to curate this Tokyo exhibition demonstrating how the company's latest products can be integrated into living spaces. More
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Google includes recycled plastic in latest Nest Mini speaker
Google has created a fabric made of recycled plastic for the latest version of the Nest Mini speaker, which launched today along with an updated Pixel smartphone with two cameras on its back. More
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Roof completes on Heatherwick and BIG's Google HQ
New photos capture the latest progress on the headquarters that BIG and Heatherwick Studio have designed for Google in California's Mountain View. More
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Google Maps launches AR walking directions
Google has released a beta feature for its Google Maps service called Live View, which uses augmented reality to show users which direction to walk in. More
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Google Doodle celebrates Bauhaus school's 100th anniversary
Today's Google Doodle celebrates the centenary of the founding of influential German design school the Bauhaus. More
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Google offers "scientific proof that design is important" with A Space for Being
Google has partnered with scientists on a Milan design week exhibition that shows how different aesthetic experiences can impact our health and wellbeing. More
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ZGF converts historic LA airplane hangar into Google Spruce Goose office
American studio ZGF Architects has transformed the interior of a 1940s hangar in Los Angeles into a Google office, featuring open workspaces, elevated walkways and exposed timber beams. More
