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Design is not just about beauty. It is about function, clarity, and trust. When it fails at this foundational level, the consequences can ripple across millions of users and cost companies billions. Beyond mere aesthetic misfires, the most expensive design mistakes reveal a profound misunderstanding of user behavior, cultural context, or basic human psychology. Let’s …

We are entering an era where the most profound interactions may have no screen at all. The blinking cursor, the tactile button, the familiar swipe these are giving way to a whisper, a gesture, or a shift in the light of a room. This is the frontier of Zero UI: designing for interactions that happen …

For a skating event held in Waco, Texas, USA, creative studio Zenga Bros has combined half pipes with elements of local architecture, such as wood shake, to create cabin-like gathering spaces for spectators within the ramps. Read more

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Zaha Hadid Architects’ plans for a garden hospital. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Dutch design brand Blended has released a collection of handmade ceramic tiles made out of materials sourced from local demolition sites. Read more

Brooklyn-based writer Sam Venis has photographed « charter city » Próspera, a semi-independent community in Honduras, where UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has designed upcoming buildings. Read more

“The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.” – Seneca

Dezeen School Shows: a modular housing structure designed to adapt alongside growing families is among the projects from the University of Southern California. Read more

Imagine playing fridge poetry with the world. Enter playhtml.fun/fridge.

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” ― E.B. White