Game Boy gets extra life in minimal Analogue Pocket
Retro handheld gaming meets contemporary design in the Analogue Pocket, a new device for playing old Nintendo Game Boy cartridges. More about Game Boy gets extra life in minimal Analogue Pocket
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Explore New York with Virgil Abloh and Louis Vuitton's retro video game Endless Runner
Louis Vuitton has released a retro-style video game called Endless Runner, which was inspired by Virgil Abloh's Autumn Winter 2019 show for the brand. More about Explore New York with Virgil Abloh and Louis Vuitton's retro video game Endless Runner
IKEA reveals 3D-printed Uppkoppla accessories designed for gamers
IKEA has unveiled a collection of customisable 3D-printed accessories created to help people play video games at home in greater comfort and style. More about IKEA reveals 3D-printed Uppkoppla accessories designed for gamers
Love Hultén creates shrine to Nintendo Entertainment System
Swedish-based craftsman Love Hultén has designed and built a NES topped with a glass dome as a tribute to the hugely popular 1980s video games console. More about Love Hultén creates shrine to Nintendo Entertainment System
V&A curator Marie Foulston describes five pioneering designs in Videogames exhibition
A new exhibition at the V&A in London explores the designs of video games of the past decade. In a Dezeen exclusive, curator Marie Foulston picks out five of the most groundbreaking examples and reveals the stories behind them. More about V&A curator Marie Foulston describes five pioneering designs in Videogames exhibition
Microsoft redesigns Xbox packaging to better suit gamers with disabilities
Microsoft has rethought the packaging design for its Xbox Adaptive Controller, in a bid to make it easier to open for gamers with limited mobility. More about Microsoft redesigns Xbox packaging to better suit gamers with disabilities
Virtual Cities explores the urban landscapes of 40 video games
Game developer and writer Konstantinos Dimopoulos has crowdfunded an atlas exploring the design of cities in video games. More about Virtual Cities explores the urban landscapes of 40 video games
Microsoft launches adaptive Xbox controller for gamers with disabilities
Tech giant Microsoft has revealed a video game controller designed for people with limited mobility. More about Microsoft launches adaptive Xbox controller for gamers with disabilities
Modernist building blocks feature in Tetris-inspired mobile game
The geometric blocks of 1980s video game Tetris are replaced by Soviet-era apartment buildings in Tower Block Tetris, a mobile game by Lithuanian designer Lukas Valiauga. More about Modernist building blocks feature in Tetris-inspired mobile game
Audi makes the virtual reality with real-life Gran Turismo car
Audi has transformed a virtual car design taken from video game Gran Turismo into a real-life racing vehicle. More about Audi makes the virtual reality with real-life Gran Turismo car
Pip is a portable gaming device that teaches children to code
UK tech start-up Curious Chip has created a handheld gaming device that teaches children to code their own games and apps. More about Pip is a portable gaming device that teaches children to code
Minecraft video game used to design public space in more than 25 developing countries
Local authorities have been "amazed to see that young women from slums could design as architects or urban planners", according to the co-ordinator of a United Nations initiative using the video game Minecraft to get communities designing their own public spaces. More about Minecraft video game used to design public space in more than 25 developing countries
BIG transforms its website into a classic 1980s arcade game
Bjarke Ingels' firm has unveiled a duplicate version of its website that mimics 1980s video game Arkanoid (+ game). More about BIG transforms its website into a classic 1980s arcade game
Johnny Lui reimagines London planning process as multiplayer video game
Graduate shows 2016: in this movie, Royal College of Art graduate Johnny Lui explains his concept for a digital planning system, which architects would play like a video game to get projects built in the real world. More about Johnny Lui reimagines London planning process as multiplayer video game
Pokédrone allows Pokémon GO users to catch out-of-reach species
Tech brand TRNDlabs has customised its miniature drone so Pokémon Go video game players can access Pokémon in difficult places and avoid walking into hazards (+ movie). More about Pokédrone allows Pokémon GO users to catch out-of-reach species
"Pokémon GO has redrawn the map of what people find important about the world"
Opinion: the Pokémon GO smartphone video game has become a cultural phenomenon that is changing the way people interact with cities and buildings, says Alex Wiltshire. More about "Pokémon GO has redrawn the map of what people find important about the world"
Keiichi Matsuda's Hyper-Reality film blurs real and virtual worlds
London designer Keiichi Matsuda has released a short movie depicting a futuristic scenario where digital media and the physical world have merged to create a kaleidoscopic "hyper reality"(+ movie). More about Keiichi Matsuda's Hyper-Reality film blurs real and virtual worlds
Video games will become "new tools" to solve architecture's global challenges
Video games will become an increasingly important tool for designing cities, according to Los Angeles architect and game developer Jose Sanchez (+ movie). More about Video games will become "new tools" to solve architecture's global challenges
"Prison Architect is a graveyard for the utopian spirit where noble ambitions go to die"
Opinion: controversial computer game Prison Architect offers a grim lesson for real-world architects, whose good intentions often count for nothing, says Will Wiles. More about "Prison Architect is a graveyard for the utopian spirit where noble ambitions go to die"
Sebastiaan Deviaene designs medical implants using video game development software
Future Makers: industrial designer Sebastiaan Deviaene explains how he works with digital tools more commonly used by video game developers to create 3D-printed implants for bone reconstruction in this movie. More about Sebastiaan Deviaene designs medical implants using video game development software