Tree-like timber charging stations for electric cars in Denmark

Cobe has revealed two charging stations for electric cars in Denmark, which have timber structures designed to create a "restful and Zen-like feel". | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 3 years ago

Off-grid retreats hidden in Mallorca's mountains

Creatives in need of a quiet escape can head to The Olive Houses, an off-grid retreat that Mar Plus Ask has created in Mallorca, Spain. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 3 years ago

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. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 3 years ago

PriestmanGoode's Neptune Balloon Will Fly Tourists to the Edge of Space

Transport design studio PriestmanGoode has developed a high-performance balloon and pressurised capsule for Space Perspective that plans to take space tourists on a "cruise" around the stratosphere. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 3 years ago

There's a power plant in Copenhagen with a ski slope roof

BIG has completed the "cleanest waste-to-energy power plant in the world" in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is topped by a ski slope open all year round. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

Asian Cairns by Vincent Callebaut

Vincent Callebaut designs farmscrapers for Shenzhen, China for a concept to bring natural ecosystems into cities. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

Santo Domingo's “extravagant love motels”

This photo set by Kurt Hollander captures love motels in Santo Domingo, including structures that resemble "regal palaces" and suburban communities. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

APIs Cor builds world's largest 3D-printed building in Dubai

Robotic construction company Apis Cor has used its technology to build the world's largest 3D-printed building, a two-storey administrative office in Dubai. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

Recyclable house is built from cork blocks

Matthew Barnett Howland with Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton have build Cork House in Berkshire, England, from modular cork blocks. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

Black Blacker Than Vantablack

MIT engineers have created a blackest black coating from carbon nanotubes that is reportedly 10 times darker than any material created before, including Vantablack. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

World's largest bicycle park built below Utrecht train station

Ector Hoogstad Architecten has completed a three-storey bicycle park to store 12,656 bikes below Utrecht Central Station in the Netherlands. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

SilentLab's standalone MicroOffices to shield workers from “excessive noise”

SilentLab will be showcasing its range of self-contained private workspaces at this year's London Design Fair. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

Elon Musk's Neuralink implant will “merge” humans with AI

Tesla founder Elon Musk has launched tech startup Neuralink that aims to build implants that connect human brains with computer interfaces via artificial intelligence. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

“Don't design yet another shelter” for refugees, say experts (2017)

Designers should stop proposing gimmicky solutions to the refugee crisis, according to panellists at our Good Design for a Bad World talk | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

Facebook to open pop-up cafes to give users privacy checkups

Social media company Facebook is opening five pop-up Facebook Cafes across the UK where visitors can get a privacy checkup and a free cup of coffee. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

BMW unveils “blackest black” car sprayed with Vantablack

BMW has released a Vantablack version of its X6 coupé, which has been spray-painted with "the world's blackest black" pigment that absorbs over 99 per cent of light. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

World's largest bicycle parking garage opens in Netherlands (2017)

Ector Hoogstad Architecten has completed the first stage of the world’s largest bicycle parking facility, in Utrecht’s Central Station area. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

Kanye West is building Star Wars-themed housing for the homeless

Kanye West's prefabricated affordable Yeezy Home units take inspiration from the Star Wars films and might be used as underground homeless housing. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

AI robot Ai-Da presents her original artworks in University of Oxford exhibition

An exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture made by Ai-Da, a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence, has been unveiled at a gallery in the UK. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

Museum creates deepfake Salvador Dalí to greet visitors

The Dali Museum in St Petersburg, Florida has used a controversial artificial intelligence technique to "bring the master of surrealism back to life". | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

3D-printed concrete bench / anti-terrorist barriers installed in Times Square

New York designer Joe Doucet has created a 3D-printed concrete bench that also functions as a barrier to vehicle-led terrorist attacks. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 4 years ago

IM Pei's most significant buildings

Here are 10 of the most iconic buildings designed by Chinese-American architect IM Pei, from a career that spans seven decades. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Notre Dame Re-Imagined with Glass Roof

Miysis Studio has proposed combining a reconstruction of Notre-Dame's spire with a modern glazed roof to "find the right balance between history and future" for the cathedral. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Postgraduates create open navigation system inspired by insect eyes

A team of student designers and engineers from the RCA and Imperial College have designed an open-source alternative to GPS, called Aweigh, that does not rely on satellites. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Bioplastics “as bad if not worse” than fossil-fuel plastics?

Bioplastics could potentially be worse for the environment than conventional plastics, according to recycling expert Arthur Huang. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Stephen Hawking celebrated with new 50 pence coin

The British Royal Mint has commemorated professor Stephen Hawking in a new 50p coin, which references the late physicist's pioneering work on black holes. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Studio McLeod and Ekkist create balloon-powered flying houses concept

This movie explores a concept for balloon-powered flying houses by Studio McLeod and Ekkist, which allow people to move between cities and rural settings. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

World's longest 3D-printed concrete bridge opens in Shanghai

A team led by professor Xu Weiguo at the Tsinghua University School of Architecture in Beijing has 3D printed a 26.3-metre-long concrete bridge, which they claim is the world's longest. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Büro North proposes ground-level traffic lights to prevent pedestrian accidents

Australian firm Büro North has devised a concept for in-ground traffic lights to prevent pedestrians walking out onto the road. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

BMW and North Face debut futuristic Futurelight camper concept at CES

BMW's creative division Designworks has teamed up with The North Face to design a futuristic camper concept, which utilises nanospinning technology to shelter its inhabitants from extreme weather conditions. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Dezeen's top 10 skyscrapers of 2018

We pick 10 of the year's best skyscrapers for our review of 2018, from one sporting a 100-metre-high waterfall to the northernmost tower block in the world. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Richard Rogers Scoops 2019 AIA Gold Medal

British architect Richard Rogers has won the top prize awarded by the American Institute of Architects, a choice backed by his peers Moshe Safdie, Renzo Piano and Deyan Sudjic. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Novameat develops 3D-printed vegan steak from plant-based proteins

Italian bioengineer Giuseppe Scionti from Spanish startup Novameat has invented the "world's first" 3D-printed meat-free steak made from vegetable proteins, which mimics the texture of beef. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

WEDEW turns air into drinking water by creating artificial clouds in shipping c

A team led by US architect David Hertz has developed an energy-efficient technology for harvesting fresh drinking water from the air, which is contained within a shipping container for easy transport. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

“World's first design-led bank” Anna aims to attract creative businesses

A new business-banking service called Anna has launched with a design-first strategy aimed at reducing admin hassle for small UK firms. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Panasonic's New Human Blinders for Open Offices

Panasonic's Future Life Factory is developing wearable blinkers, designed to limit your sense of sound and sight, and help you focus on what's directly in front of you. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Panasonic's human blinkers help people concentrate in open-plan offices

Panasonic's Future Life Factory is developing wearable blinkers, designed to limit your sense of sound and sight, and help you focus on what's directly in front of you. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

“People who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design”

Typographer Vincent Connare talks to Dezeen about creating the typeface that designers love to hate. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Lego Apple Park took its builder two years to complete

This mini version of Apple's Cupertino campus is made entirely of Lego, and was modelled on drone footage taken during construction | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Kano's Harry Potter wand kit lets you code spells

Tech company Kano has created a coding kit for the Harry Potter universe, with a wand that users can programme to cast spells when they wave their hand. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

David Hockney creates stained-glass window for Westminster Abbey

London's Westminster Abbey has a new stained-glass window, designed by David Hockney on his iPad, to commemorate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Evolution Door

This radical redesign of a door by Austrian artist Klemens Torggler uses a folding and pivoting system to collapse and roll to one side. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

WARR Hyperloop wins SpaceX competition with record-breaking fast pod

A team from the Technical University of Munich has topped previous hyperloop speed records with a capsule that hit 467 kilometres per hour. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Algorithm developed to predict the vertical growth of cities

Researchers from Universidade da Coruña in Spain have drawn from nature to write an algorithm that is capable of anticipating the growth pattern of cities | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

CeramicSpeed's ultra-efficient Driven bicycle works without a chain

Danish company CeramicSpeed has developed what could be the world's most efficient bicycle drivetrain and has built a prototype to prove it. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Elon Musk rebuffs claims tiny submarine was impractical for cave rescue

Elon Musk is insisting that the escape pod he hand delivered to the cave rescue team in Thailand is fully functional, after being criticised by the head of the mission. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago

Instagram design guide for architects

Architects should make Instagram-friendly elements a central part of their designs for hotels, bars and restaurants to boost their chances of success, according to a new report. | Continue reading


@dezeen.com | 5 years ago