In this video produced by Dezeen for OPPO, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma describes how he worked with the smart device brand to create Bamboo Ring, an installation currently showing at Milan design week. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: the Acre lounge chair by US brand Blu Dot combines a minimalist silhouette with enough back support to remain comfortable for hours at a time. Read more

We explore how visualisation tools such as Twinmotion are transforming architecture in this talk to coincide with our Redesign the World competition in partnership with Epic Games. Watch it live from 2:00pm London time. Read more

For our latest competition, we’ve teamed up with Design London to offer readers the chance to win a Glo table lamp by Penta Light. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: designed by Maddalena Casadei for Pretziada, the Accanta tables are carved from Sardinian cork and based on a type of furniture traditional to the region. Read more

Japanese design studio Nendo‘s spherical cauldron, which opened to hold the Olympic flame, was the centrepiece of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony. Read more

To celebrate Independence Day we’ve rounded up eight American houses with amazing swimming pools to dream about hosting a Fourth of July party at. Read more

As we reach the end of the third week of our carbon revolution series, here are ten standout quotes from people pioneering ways of removing the element from the sky and putting it to use on Earth. Read more

Glass elevators and an observation deck are under construction at the top of Kohn Pedersen Fox‘s supertall skyscraper One Vanderbilt in New York. Read more

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes an interview with Frank Gehry in which he discusses annoying the neighbours of his Santa Monica home. Read more