Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the brand's long-awaited driverless Robotaxi as well as surprise prototype Robovan at the We, Robot event in Los Angeles, USA. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/tesla-robovan-robotaxi-driverless/

Promotion: footwear brand Birkenstock is launching a multisensory installation at its London creative residency space, Birkenstock Studio, where visitors are encouraged to reconnect with nature. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/birkenstock-nature-highwood-installation-london/

Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Vondom has listed a selection of its outdoor furnishings on Dezeen Showroom, including those created in collaboration with designers and architects. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/vondom-outdoor-furnishings-dezeen-showroom/

London-based artist John Akomfrah has collaborated with LG OLED to present a five-screen film installation, as revealed in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/john-akomfrah-lg-frieze-london-video/

Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Vondom has collaborated with architect Ram'on Esteve to launch a sun lounger named Gatsby, which was informed by the elegance of the Art Deco movement. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/gatsby-sun-lounger-ramon-esteve-vondom-dezeen-showroom/

Slim openings and silver wallpaper bounce light around the interiors of this minimalist home in Japan, which local studio FujiwaraMuro Architects designed "to block noise and visibility from the outside". Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/house-in-kyobate-fujiwaramuro-architects/

The Frieze art fair in London has unveiled its biggest redesign in over a decade featuring a layout inspired by city planning by design office A Studio Between. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/frieze-london-a-studio-between/

Continuing our series on mid-century modern design, we spotlight the Eames Shell chair, which features a seat that was moulded to the contours of the human body. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/eames-fiberglass-chair-mid-century-modern-series/

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Paddington Square, a contentious mixed-use building in London with curtain walls and an exposed steel structure completed by architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/paddington-square-renzo-piano-london-comments/

Dezeen Showroom: industrial designer Khodi Feiz has designed a range of acoustic lighting defined by gently folded shapes for Swedish brand Abstracta. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/vika-acoustic-lighting-khodi-feiz-abstracta-dezeen-showroom/

Dezeen has announced the Designers of the Year shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes Studio Gang, Fala Atelier, Holloway Li and FOG Architecture. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/designers-of-the-year-shortlist-dezeen-awards-2024/

Economist Cris Ballester Parets has been awarded the 2024 Royal Academy Architecture Prize for her portfolio of sustainable social housing developments in the Balearic Islands. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/projects-ra-architecture-prize-winner-cris-ballester-parets/

Taiwanese studio Bio-Architecture Formosana followed the principles of a circular economy when designing the Taisugar Circular Village, a housing complex in Tainan, Taiwan. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/bio-architecture-formosana-taisugar-circular-village/

Dezeen Showroom: designer Stefan Diez worked with German bathroom brand Kaldewei to create the Meisterst"uck Oyo Duo bath, an elegant, freestanding steel enamel tub with room for two. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/11/meisterstuck-oyo-duo-bath-stefan-diez-kaldewei-showroom/

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a concept car by British automaker Lotus. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/lotus-theory-1-concept-car-agenda/

Mexican design studio Centro de Colaboraci'on Arquitect'onica has created a series of buildings in J'alpa de Mendez, Mexico, centred around a sports complex and baseball stadium shaded by monumental concrete umbrellas. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/cca-baseball-stadium/

Dezeen Showroom: design brand Carnegie Acoustic Solutions' new series of acoustic products aims to "transform walls and ceilings into functional, beautiful acoustic solutions". Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/tuned-collection-carnegie-acoustic-solutions-dezeen-showroom/

Architecture studio VATRAA has added an extension to a house in London that features a "brutalist cat flap" and is built with the bricks of the structure it replaced. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/vatraa-reclaimed-bricks-london-extension/

Next in our mid-century modern series, we examine Eero Saarinen's seminal Tulip table, which embodied the Finnish-American designer and architect's hatred of table legs. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/eero-saarinen-tulip-table-mid-century-modern/

British architect John Pawson has collaborated with cashmere brand Oyuna on a collection of throws that draw on his design for the Lake Crossing in London's Kew Gardens. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/john-pawson-cashmere-collection-oyuna/

Francis Ford Coppola's bizarre new epic movie about a visionary architect has been panned by critics. Will Wiles asks what it all says about the profession's role within contemporary popular culture. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/megalopolis-will-wiles-opinion/

South African architect Sumayya Vally is collaborating with creative platform To.org to create a geometric wellness and fitness centre, designed for the refugee community in Kakuma, Kenya. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/regenerate-kakuma-sumayya-vally/

Dezeen Showroom: designer Maja Ganszyniec and Swedish brand Abstracta have created a soft seating range called Akunok, intended to provide acoustic seclusion in open environments. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/akunok-seating-maja-ganszyniec-abstracta-dezeen-showroom/

Mass rural-to-urban migration in India will put pressure on the country's architects in the coming years, Morphogenesis co-founder Sonali Rastogi tells Dezeen in this interview. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/morphogenesis-sonali-rastogi-interview/

Dezeen has announced the sustainability shortlist for this year's Dezeen Awards, which includes designs by Mater, Tengbom, Kvadrat and Kirkby Design. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/sustainability-shortlist-dezeen-awards-2024/

Models, sketches and photos of works by architects and designers including Neri&Hu, B"uro Ole Scheeren, Paul Priestman and FOG Architecture feature in Dezeen's Global China: Connecting The World Through Design exhibition in Shanghai. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/dezeen-global-china-exhibition-spotlights-cultural-collaboration/

Film director Luca Guadagnino's interior design studio has turned a historic palazzo in Rome, Italy, into a luxury hotel. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/10/luca-guadagnino-palazzo-talia-hotel-rome/

Local designers Andrea McLean Studio and the Airey Group have teamed up to create a light, urban beach house with open roof decks and a folding screened facade in Vancouver, British Columbia. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/09/andrea-mclean-airy-group-vancouver-beach-house-folding-facade/

A stepped facade and a level almost completely wrapped in glass feature in the design of an arts and technology centre in New Mexico by architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/09/university-new-mexico-arts-centre-diller-scofidio-renfro/

Beverage company PepsiCo has unveiled a rebrand of its Mountain Dew drink with a new logo and packaging focused on its mountain roots. Read more

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/10/09/mountain-dew-rebrand-reclaim-mountain/