Milan designers share their favourite local spots and hidden gems
Ahead of Milan design week, Dezeen has asked some of the city’s most exciting designers and tastemakers to share their recommendations for the best places to eat, drink and soak up culture across the Italian city. Read more
Charlap Hyman & Herrero designs New York fragrance store as a « place of pause »
US firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero has mixed glossy red tiles with Queen Anne-style furniture inside a store for perfume brand Nonfiction, in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Read more
Mud-coated shipping containers form Petti restaurant in India by Wallmakers
A cluster of stacked shipping containers has been coated in a layer of poured earth to create this restaurant in Tamil Nadu, India, designed by local studio Wallmakers. Read more
Five innovative products designed to help with the housework
There’s a lot of buzz around servant robots, with 2026 billed as the year automatons will begin to make housework a thing of the past. In the meantime, here are five current products that aim to turn domestic chores into domestic bliss. Read more
Exhibition marks 25 years of « incredible » Princeton Media + Modernity seminar
An exhibition highlighting the 25th anniversary of the Program of Media + Modernity seminar at Princeton University has been installed at the architecture school there, with a silver fabric curtain displaying the seminar posters over the years. Read more
Seamless HPL Translucent Surfaces by PoliLam
Dezeen Showroom: US brand PoliLam has developed a collection of translucent, clear-edged surfaces that allow light to diffuse through both the planes and edges. Read more
GBBN revamps and extends brutalist Hillman Library in Pittsburgh
International architecture studio GBBN has renovated a 1960s library at the University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, USA, adding a stacked-glass extension, to act as a central hub for students. Read more
Lauro lighting collection by Marset
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Marset has reissued one of its early lighting ranges by designers P Aragay and J Pérez Mateo, which recalls the aesthetics of the 1970s. Read more
Iki Builds uses local stone and earth for « cascading » vaulted home in India
A geological palette of rammed earth, local stone and terracotta tiles reflects the rugged, rocky character of the nearby Deccan Plateau at this home in South India, designed by local architecture studio Iki Builds. Read more
UK-Malaysia team set to bring Festival of Hungry Ghosts to British Pavilion at 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale
The British Council has announced that the British Pavilion at the next Venice Architecture Biennale will be curated by a team of UK-based curators in collaboration with a trio of Penang-based artisans. Read more
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