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
Japanese toy company Bandai has reimagined its cult video game Tamagotchi as a miniature wearable so fans can always have their digital pet to hand. More about Tamagotchi is reborn as a tiny playable ring for its 30th birthday
For this roundup, we've collected five smartphones and dumbphones with exciting designs, ranging from a phone with a robot arm to a keyboard phone built for messaging. More about Five innovative smartphones and dumbphones that put design first
Researchers at MIT have found a way to grow bacteria to function as signal-senders that might allow plants to "sense and respond to environmental conditions such as drought or attack by pests". More about MIT researchers engineer bacteria that could program plants for self-defence
The first production model of the electric Ferrari designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson has sold for $40 million – a record price for a new vehicle at auction. More about Ferrari's controversial first EV sells for record million at auction
The electric vehicle market remains dominated by chunky SUVs, but some carmakers are also producing battery-powered hatchbacks that are modest in size but bold in design. Here, we round up six of the most eye-catching. More about Six small but cool electric cars
California start-up Satyress has unveiled its Threehalves robot, a teleoperated centaur-like humanoid designed to aid humans doing dangerous jobs that expose them to injury, death or extreme conditions. More about Satyress designs centaur-like robot to give workers "superpowers" for dangerous jobs
Researchers in China have created a textile from living mycelium that is self-cleaning, near self-repairing and can be coloured or made UV protective through "plug-and-play" add-ons of different fungi or yeast. More about Dress made of living mycelium can renew and repair itself
Is building tall with timber more than an architectural gimmick? Why is a new robotic hand a big step towards sci-fi becoming reality? And what's special about Dezeen's editor's new tattoo? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. More about Are timber skyscrapers the future?