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Dezeen Showroom: made of ultra-thin birch plywood, designer Ilkka Kauppinen’s sculptural Adilo pendant lamp for Finnish brand Secto Design unfurls from flat. Read more

Japanese design firm Studio Aluc « deliberately retained traces of past craftsmanship » to transform a historic machiya residence into a short-stay hotel in Kyoto. Read more

Interior designer Matthew Williamson has created an amber-toned trophy for the 2026 BRIT Awards, which was designed to mark the ceremony being hosted in Manchester for the first time. Read more

London-based design brand Ventete has developed a blow-up cycling helmet that uses air instead of foam to absorb impact and easily fits into a bag when deflated. Read more

Promotion: French furniture brand Tiptoe has celebrated its 10th anniversary by asking 10 designers and artists to creatively reinterpret its first product – the clamp-on table leg. Read more

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Herzog & de Meuron’s Art Basel trophies. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Read more

Canadian studio Ste Marie has created three interconnected yet distinct hospitality venues at the base of a residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta. Read more

Finnish company Ixi has revealed what it describes as the world’s first « auto-focus glasses », which change their optical power depending on where the wearer is looking. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Canadian design brand Bocci has brought intrigue to portable table lamps with 118p, a rechargeable version of its dramatic 118 pendant light. Read more

Architecture studio De Rosee Sa has completed a house in Cornwall, UK, with barn-like volumes and natural materials that draw on the surrounding coastal landscape. Read more