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Can a $159 Bluetooth sleep mask actually help you snooze better? I tested to find out — Bluetooth sleep masks don’t only block out light, they also let you stream audio. I spent weeks testing some of the top-rated ones on the market
China’s Oil Refiners Slash Output After Crude Imports Plunge — Chinese oil refiners sharply reduced output last month to the weakest level in nearly four years, after the country’s crude imports plunged to an eight-year low due to the near-halt to shipments from the Persian Gulf.
iPhone Loyalty Rate Climbs to 87% as Switching to Android Slows — iPhone owners are sticking with the platform at a higher rate than a year ago, with new research firm CIRP putting iPhone loyalty at 87% for the first quarter of 2026. CIRP's latest quarterly survey found that…
Verstas Architects uses natural materials for "comforting and gentle" mortuary in Helsinki — <p>Finnish studio Verstas Architects has completed the Malmi Mortuary and Farewell Spaces in Helsinki using a pared-back palette of stone, timber and brick. Located next to Malmi…
"There has not been cultural change as a result of Grenfell" says ARB CEO Hugh Simpson — <p>Necessary cultural change within the construction industry is still yet to happen nine years on from the devastating Grenfell Tower fire, the man in charge of the UK architects'…
AI Token Scarcity and Arcade Economics — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/ai-token-scarcity-and-arcade-economics-5d6c0f2df3b5?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1672/1*8_AZNZ5PxzNVQ52
Never mind the prompts, here’s the thinking — I spent a year rebuilding my studio’s entire design process around AI. It didn’t make us faster, and that’s exactly why it worked. It also…
How testosterone testing will work in Hegseth's 'manly' military — US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced mandatory testosterone screening for military personnel aged 30 and over.
Mechanical Pencil — Illustrating the Engineering Around Us
Garden walls conceal compact London house by Inglis Badrashi Loddo — <p>Brick garden walls conceal the Walled Courtyard house, which local architecture studio Inglis Badrashi Loddo has completed on a historic square in Kennington, south London. The single-storey home occupies a 6
Two colours of brick give Quebec apartment building "painterly dimension" — <p>Montreal-based studio ACDF Architecture has rounded select corners of an apartment building in Quebec, Canada, and used a two-tone brick cladding system to create an interesting optical effect. Known…
Flodesk Studio: AI email design, crafted by designers — Describe it, and Flodesk Studio designs a beautifully on-brand email in seconds. Built by top designers, accelerated by AI, finished by you. Free in beta.
Student hub for academic collaboration among projects from United Arab Emirates University — <p>Dezeen School Shows: a sustainable community centre designed for academic exchange, research and innovation is among the projects by students at United Arab Emirates University. Also…
Is Gaudí the greatest architect ever? — <p>Why is Gaudí so widely admired? Is there a darker side to his architecture? And should he be made a saint? Listen to the latest episode of Dezeen Weekly now. This month marks 100 years since the death of Antoni Gaudí, one of the most…
There is(Ǝ) – Such that (∋) — Let me tell you about a language. But if you wish to go play instead go here. It's going to get a little abstract below. There is a Canvas to Compose Upon The canvas is a square with the largest circle that has a radius of ρ. There are
The weakest channel — Universality isn’t designed into things. It’s selected by surviving constraints — and often, people are the constraint.
Sander seating island encourages reclining from all angles — <p>Promotion: Berlin furniture brand Objekte Unserer Tage has released the Sander seating island, the flexible younger sibling of its marshmallowy sofa model, which was designed with a central backrest that can be…
Timex Atelier Chronographs Bring Modern Clarity to a Classic Complication — The latest release become an elevated entry point into the undeniably appealing world of Timex Atelier
How one of the oldest design portfolio formats needs to change in 2026 — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/how-one-of-the-oldest-design-portfolio-formats-needs-to-change-in-2026-b64137494f6a?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><im…
Plant pots and people-shaped portals animate Bordeaux housing by MVRDV — <p>Potted plants and doorways shaped like gardeners are dotted across the faceted La Vallée Verte housing in Bordeaux, France, recently completed by Dutch studio MVRDV. The project on the northwestern edge o
Halftone in the Browser — I kept an old iMac alive for years just to run Freehand MX. Halftones, moirés, film separations.
GitHub, autoscaling, and the component substitution fallacy — In yesterday’s post about the recent GitHub outage, there was a detail in the writeup that I didn’t say anything about: the autoscaling policy on the service with the saturated Istio si…
Liquid Glass: who gets to decide how an interface looks? — <p>Notes from the 2026 WWDC keynote.</p> <br/><br/>
‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ 20th Anniversary Trailer: Guillermo del Toro Tempts Audiences Back to the Pale Man’s Dinner Table in 3D, 4K — Doug Jones and Ivana Baquero return in Guillermo del Toro's 'Pan's Labyrinth,' back in theaters for its 20th anniversary in 3D and 4K HD this fall.
Abu Dhabi Proposes New Offshore-Oil Pricing — Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., the UAE’s biggest oil company, is proposing a new pricing methodology for the sale of crude supplies to term customers, opting for an approach that’s more aligned with wider regional trading norms,…
Wadhal subverts suburban architecture for home in west London — <p>Architecture studio Wadhal has completed Wade House in London, using textured brickwork, pared-back fenestration and concealed guttering to put a subtly contemporary spin on typical suburban architecture. Replacin
Renesa's brick-like rugs explore architecture beyond buildings — Architecture studio Renesa has collaborated with Indian rug brand House of Knots to create a series of hand-tufted collectible rugs.
Charred wood gives Vermont house a "bark-like exterior" — <p>American studio Elizabeth Herrmann Architecture + Design has used burnt-cedar cladding to help the Milo House blend with the wooded terrain in rural Vermont. Located in the town of Cornwall, the house was designed for…
Are we stuck in the typographic principles of the 20th century? Matter Of’s new anti-design manual investigates — With essays, images and typography from a giant pool of collaborators, Matter Of’s book New New Typography is a cornucopia of ideas. It’s also a manual for the most…
UX design and onboarding: How a teaching method built on outdated constraints and assumptions got mistaken for the best way to learn. — Every language app in your pocket inherited a teaching method built for Latin. Understanding why that happened is a more useful design lesson…
Barbican and Made.com launch homeware collection celebrating iconic London estate — <p>The Barbican Centre shop has launched a homeware collection with online retailer Made.com, which includes furniture and lighting modelled on details of the brutalist housing complex in…
Velvet walls and floors "retain the imprint of bodies" at Dive bar in London — <p>Design studio Golem has completed a subterranean cocktail bar in central London featuring a glossy counter and tactile booths entirely covered in soft red velvet. Occupying the basement levels of…
Middle management roles are also a trap. — Six years ago, I wrote Tech Lead Management roles are a trap. My argument then was that TLM roles present themselves as easier than moving into a full management role, but the tension between doing the software engineering and…
Transitions.dev — Essential transitions for web apps — Collection of the most essential transitions for web apps that you can just copy and paste into any project.
Cameron beats Mayer to become unified light-middleweight champion — Chantelle Cameron produced one of the finest displays of her career to beat Mikaela Mayer and add the WBA and WBC light middleweight titles to her WBO belt.
desktopcolors.com — The desktop color archive — Every solid desktop background color shipped by classic operating systems.
Design’s dreaded phrase is coming back. This time we’re in control. — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/designs-dreaded-phrase-is-coming-back-this-time-we-re-in-control-ab0c6996dc1e?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><img…
Jesús Rafael Soto's bright yellow kinetic pavilion installed in London — <p>The Serpentine has installed a colourful, kinetic sculpture by Venezuelan artist Jesús Rafael Soto alongside this year's Lanza Atelier-designed Serpentine Pavilion in central London. Named…
Destructive Fires Char Western Europe - NASA Science — Raging wildfires disrupted summer in Spain and France amid sweltering heat waves and prolonged drought.
Native wetland ecosystems in New Orleans among projects from Tulane University — <p>Dezeen School Shows: a native wetland ecosystem for a flood-risked neighbourhood in New Orleans is among the projects from students at Tulane University. Also featured is a permanent solution…
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Designing emoji for the way we communicate today — On World Emoji Day, go behind the scenes of Noto 3D to learn how we redesigned thousands of emoji for modern communication.
Eight "out there" buildings from across America — <p>From a reused church in Texas to a restaurant in the Wisconsin wilderness, a recent book shows the breadth of architecture happening in small towns and remote locations across the United States. Out There: New Architecture…
Anna and Eugeni Bach extends Fonolleres House with porches and pergolas — <p>Architecture studio Anna and Eugeni Bach has renovated and extended a holiday home in the medieval village of Fonolleres, Spain, adding a series of porches, pergolas, and terraces to bring daily living…
Helsinki Hacker News Meetup — A casual, roughly bimonthly Sunday coffee meetup for Hacker News posters in Helsinki. Open to anyone with 64+ HN karma.
Apollo Architects & Associates prioritises privacy for Tokyo home — Stacked concrete volumes conceal a double-height courtyard at the heart of this home in Tokyo, designed by Apollo Architects & Associates.
Loud Mouth LDN translates Nissan car grills into bespoke grillz — <p>Automotive brand Nissan has collaborated with London-based jewellery studio Loud Mouth LDN to create a series of custom grillz that reimagine Nissan car grills. Designed and crafted by Loud Mouth LDN, the…
Muji Made celebrates "quiet beauty" by transforming everyday objects — Muji invited Australian architects and designers to reimagine the use of its classic products in an exhibition for Melbourne Design Week.
Piercy & Company introduces curves and cutouts in guesthouse Apartment 21 — <p>London studio Piercy & Company has taken over an apartment in the north of the city and given it a new interior featuring custom timber joinery and a mysterious curved corridor. Apartment 21…
JDD creates customisable British-made office furniture using Autodesk Fusion — <p>Promotion: British furniture maker Joint Design Direction has used Autodesk's Fusion software to help expand its offering of homegrown workplace furniture, including a sleep pod that hides a…
Trump’s Korean gambit exposes a shifting East Asian order — Growing doubts about the US security umbrella are forcing new strategic calculations across the region.
Fisher & Paykel offers elevated simplicity with Minimal Style kitchen appliances — <p>Promotion: atmospherically dark glass and seamless surfaces take centre stage in appliance brand Fisher & Paykel's Minimal Style kitchen products, designed to help build spaces with…
Forest in advanced talks to sign Munoz from Palace — Nottingham Forest are in advanced talks over a deal worth up to £25m to sign Crystal Palace defender Daniel Munoz.
RIBA announces best British buildings for 2026 — <p>The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced 32 winners of the National Awards 2026, with the majority located in London. Featured among the 32 winners announced by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)…
Pearce+ stacks reclaimed materials to create multi-species wildlife tower — <p>Architecture studio Pearce+ has added a wildlife tower for bats, owls, kestrels, invertebrates and wetland species at Honeygar Farm in Somerset, UK. Built almost entirely from reclaimed materials…
Hands-On: The Parmigiani Fleurier 30th Anniversary Carillon Tourbillon — Parmigiani's signature, minimalist aesthetic hides a feature-packed caliber underneath to celebrate three decades of the brand.
Square-metre studio strapped to tree in "exaggerated response" to office rental prices — <p>German architecture studio Opposite Office has created a one-square-metre treehouse to work from, fixed to a tree at the Bauhaus University campus in Weimar. Opposite Office designed the…
Israel bars U.S. citizens over criticism and ties to Palestinian activists, lawyers say — Travelers from the U.S. and other nations are denied entry to Israel after interrogations about their links to Palestinians, plans to visit the occupied West Bank and opinions of Israel,…
Could 4+4 make 1 in Libya? UN-backed agreement looks to unite rival camps — After 15 years of civil war, a new UN-backed '4+4' agreement looks to unite Libya's rival factions.