Dezeen design

Open Architecture has risen quickly to become one of China's most influential studios and is now set to curate a major exhibition in Sydney. In this interview, married founders Huang Wenjing and Li Hu explain their unusual approach. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: this cocooning lounge chair was created by British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert and his studio Layer for Spanish furniture brand Andreu World. Read more

A medical device to support a newborn's body during resuscitation and a pregnancy test feature in this roundup of the curators' favourite pieces from the Designing Motherhood exhibition. Read more

Dezeen has announced the shortlisted projects for this year's Dezeen Awards China, which include a seaside pavilion on the remote island of Chaishan and a cultural centre sheltered by sloping roofs in Guangzhou. Read more

Students from London's Architectural Association have developed a low-cost and easily repeatable way to build with tree forks – a type of timber that is usually discarded as waste even though it is unusually strong. Read more

Identical shipping container-style units make up this hotel, where guests feel as though they are "on Mars" at the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, designed by Benjamin Uyeda and Gry Space. Read more

London studio James Grayley Architecture has used red bricks, oak shingles and terracotta floors to give a rustic character to its extension of Church Cottage, an old farmhouse in Suffolk, UK. Read more

A chicken-shaped observation deck and a geometric classroom were among the playful installations on show at Cabin Fever 2025 in the Czech Republic. Read more

Scientist Roxana Chicas has collaborated with the Georgia Institute of Technology to create a wearable biopatch for outdoor workers to monitor and protect their health.

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Toronto studio LGA Architectural Partners has created a shelter for Indigenous women affected by domestic violence, ensuring the building and interiors honour their traditions. Read more

Prefabrication specialist Blok Modular has worked with Australian architecture studio Vokes and Peters to create Blok Three Sisters, a trio of prefabricated holiday homes on North Stradbroke Island in Queensland. Read more

Autumn is well on its way in the northern hemisphere. To mark the seasonal shift, we've compiled a lookbook of eight open-plan living rooms cosied up with warm, earthy tones. Read more

This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter examines the future of lab-grown meat and features an interview with Iris van Herpen. Subscribe to Dezeen In Depth today! Read more

This week on Dezeen, RIAS announced four buildings in contention for this year's Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award, including a bridge clad with local granite. Read more

Massachusetts-based designer and professor Iman S Fayyad has created a shelter from standard sheets of plywood, moulding it and fastening it with straps to form a "collective space" that is easy to assemble for the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: from cork flooring to materials made from recycled plastic, the following surfaces are among those recently published on Dezeen Showroom. Read more

US president Donald Trump has announced that there will be a 30 per cent tariff on upholstered furniture being imported to the USA from the start of October. Read more

British architecture studio Medium has completed its renovation of Hearth House, a 1950s country home in Surrey, bringing clarity to a series of hotchpotch extensions. Read more

This year's Seoul Architecture Biennale aims to directly engage the public rather than replicate the "echo chamber" of other architecture festivals, says the event's general director Thomas Heatherwick in this exclusive interview. Read more

While big brands largely steered clear of major launches at this year's London Design Festival, the next generation was out in force. Below, we meet some of the most promising young furniture and lighting designers coming out of the UK. Read more