Architect Jordan William Hughes has created a conceptual design for a space elevator that would travel between an ocean-based spaceport and a multi-use space station. More about Jordan William Hughes designs space elevator that "connects the ocean to the stars"
Tech companies must move away from hype-chasing annual product releases in order to drive meaningful design innovation, writes Sarah Housley. More about "The tech hype-cycle is spinning ever faster"
Central Saint Martins graduate Luke Talbot has created a portable charger that can be hooked up to rental bikes to allow people experiencing homelessness to charge their phones for free. More about MyPowerbank hacks London's Santander bikes so homeless people can charge their phones
Central Saint Martins graduate Arianna Pezzano has developed a way to make nipple prosthetics from keratin extracted from hair lost during chemotherapy, to help breast cancer patients "regain a sense of wholeness". More about BioProsthesis uses human hair to create prosthetic nipples for breast cancer patients
Dozens of AI tools are emerging that could dramatically alter how architects and designers work. As part of our AItopia series, Dezeen rounds up 10 of the most significant. More about Ten AI companies that architects and designers need to know
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"
Game developer Pat Naoum has launched a video game with backgrounds, creatures and scenery entirely painted by hand, which took seven years to complete. More about The Master's Pupil is a hand-painted video game informed by Monet's artworks
Killer robots and god-like computers are far from the most pressing threats posed by artificial intelligence, AI ethicist Alice Xiang tells Dezeen in this interview. More about Rise of AI could see "a lot of people living as second-class citizens" warns Sony's Alice Xiang
The impact of AI on design and architecture is an increasingly hot topic. Searches for AI design have risen significantly on Pinterest, and we've rounded up seven architecture projects from our AI designs board. More about Seven AI-designed architecture projects from Dezeen's Pinterest
AI-powered algorithms used by Instagram and Pinterest are impacting how designers and architects look for ideas and leading to more homogenous work, according to a University of Oxford research project. More about Design, Interrupted explores how "everyday AI" is restricting creativity
Following the conclusion of Dezeen's reader competition to design the artwork for the AItopia series using text-to-image tools, here we publish the 10 shortlisted entries. More about Ten AI illustrations shortlisted in Dezeen's AItopia competition
Our collective obsession with cyberpunk narratives risks turning dystopian visions of AI into a self-fulfilling prophecy, writes Freyja Sewell. More about "If everyone believes the future is dystopian, could that cause us to make it dystopian?"
Launching today, AItopia will explore AI's impact on design, architecture and humanity both today and in the future. Dezeen features editor Nat Barker introduces the series. More about You are now entering the AItopia
American designer Marvell Lahens has launched an app at NYCxDesign that enables everyday people with no professional training to design a piece of furniture and have it produced and shipped to them within three weeks. More about Parametric design tool Self allows anyone to create their own furniture
Finnish mobile manufacturer Nokia has partnered with repair specialists iFixit to release the smartphone G22, which comes with replaceable parts and toolkits so that customers can fix their phone themselves. More about Nokia launches smartphone with DIY repair kit to "make repairs more accessible"
British doctor Adam Hamdi has developed a discreet wearable pad that can be secured to the skin to help relieve the wearer's menstruation cramps. More about Myoovi is a wearable device designed to alleviate period pain
Powerful new chatbot ChatGPT has delivered a stark warning to architects about the existential threat that AI poses to the profession. More about "Architects may become a thing of the past" says ChatGPT
Design studio PriestmanGoode has collaborated with startup Skyted on a mask that uses jet-engine technology to absorb the wearer's voice so they can make calls in public without being overheard. More about PriestmanGoode unveils voice-absorbing face mask
Designers including Philippe Starck and Titi Ogufere share their predictions for 2023's major design trends, from the continued rise of AI to how inflation could impact the industry. More about Artificial intelligence and the circular economy will dictate design in 2023
Technology company Dyson has announced that its Dyson Zone air-purifying headphones are set to go on sale, despite the product attracting widespread criticism when it was revealed earlier this year. More about Dyson launches air-purifying headphones to tackle "dual challenges" of noise and pollution