From experimental stone forms that defy gravity to a showcase of Lessinia's vernacular building traditions, this video, produced for Marmomac, highlights the top exhibits at this year's event in Verona, Italy. More about Five Marmomac highlights that explore natural stone and new technology
Designers Shashwath Santosh and Nithin Eluvathingal have created a small remote device called a "knocker" that attaches to a tree and knocks on wood from afar to explore well-known superstitions. More about Knocker device remotely "knocks on wood" using smartphone app
Why are AI companies opting for cute design? And why is New York building "jailscrapers"? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. More about We're scared of Meta's adorable AI device
A structure made of bio-based thermoplastic and recycled broom heads is among the works featured in a mid-career retrospective of design studio Rael San Fratello at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. More about San Francisco exhibition explores the "radical imagination" of Rael San Fratello
Start-up Freckle has created an AI-powered mobile phone for kids, designed around exploration to provide a break from parental restrictions and surveillance. More about Freckle phone aims to send kids outside to play and engage with the world
Scottish design studio Filament has developed a financial learning platform for children based around a toy egg that reintroduces physical interaction to the process of saving and spending money. More about Nest Egg is a tech-based take on a children's piggy bank
Meta is creating a tiny, portable Muse Charm device for carrying around the company's AI agent, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced. More about Meta debuts Tamagotchi-style AI agent
Has Apple just triggered another paradigm shift in smartphone design? And what's behind Donald Trump's plans for his triumphal arch to be a base for drones and snipers? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. More about Will the iPhone Duo send folding smartphones mainstream?
Meta has revealed slimline VR glasses for immersive entertainment on the go and an audio-only, camera-free version of its Ray-Ban glasses as the latest additions to its expanding product portfolio. More about Meta unveils lightweight VR glasses and camera-free AI glasses at Connect 2026
Dezeen Showroom: from glossy to stone-effect tiles, Italian manufacturer Marazzi has listed a handful of its versatile products on Dezeen Showroom. More about Marazzi lists five stone- and zellige-like tiles on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: designer Sebastian Herkner worked with Italian heating brand Tubes to create Terre, the company's first radiator made from terracotta. More about Terre radiator by Sebastian Herkner for Tubes
Design student Gargi Agrawalla has won this year's UK James Dyson Award with a device that uses artificial intelligence to alert deaf and hard-of-hearing users of important sounds like knocks or fire alarms, which they might otherwise miss. More about AI-powered alarm for deaf people wins UK James Dyson Award
Tiles decorated with hair and a dissolving washbasin made of soap are among the student projects featured in Behind Closed Doors, an exhibition by the Design Academy Eindhoven and Kaldewei at Berlin design festival Currents. More about Design Academy Eindhoven students reinvent the bathroom for a resource-scarce future
As Dyson seeks to disrupt the toothbrush market with its CameraJet, we look back at how the technology company has fared in its attempts to transform other product categories over the years. More about Four products that Dyson successfully revolutionised, and four it didn't
Dezeen Weekly returns with a conversation about Dyson's eye-catching new product launch, plus a building in north London that aims to kickstart a revival of stone architecture. More about Our thoughts on the Dyson CameraJet toothbrush
Technology company Apple has released its first folding smartphone that has the largest screen of any iPhone. More about Apple releases its first folding smartphone with "size of a passport"
With artificial intelligence encroaching on more and more aspects of daily life, there is a rising trend of fatigue and cynicism around the technology. Here, we round up five designs that push back on the AI boom.
More about Five anti-AI designs that give an element of control back to humans
Finnish firm Elementic has unveiled MO6, a wall-surfacing material produced from forestry industry offcuts that is almost pure carbon. More about Finnish company launches "world's most carbon-storing building material"
New York artist Justin Blinder has created a device that slows the city's paid-share bikes as they pass through parts of the city that are under "greater housing pressure". More about This device slows Citi Bikes in "rent-burdened" New York blocks
British carmaker JLR has combined the off-roading capabilities of a Range Rover with the improved responsiveness and torque of an EV for the brand's first all-electric car. More about Range Rover unveils its first fully electric car