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Designer Philippe Malouin describes how the Olympics has changed Hackney in this movie we filmed at Dezeen Live during 100% Design. (more...) View the full article

Matthew Nurse, director of Nike Sport Research Lab, takes Dezeen behind the scenes at the laboratory where Nike tests new technologies and introduces us to Hal, a sportswear-testing robot that perspires as he runs. (more...) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers disagreed with Bjarke Ingels' claim that BIG buildings don't have a recognisable style. Read more

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fornasetti founder Piero Fornasetti (above). With a new wallpaper collection for Cole & Son coming out this month, we met up with Piero's son, Barnaba Fornasetti (below), who told us the story behind the eccentric Italian design house that he now heads (+ interview + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Comments update: readers have been discussing Bjarke Ingels' impact on architecture this week, after Time magazine named him as one of this year's most influential people. (more…) View the full article

Jay Gort from Hackney studio Gort Scott Architects argues that the beleaguered British high street is actually a thriving location of "collision and conflict" in this talk filmed by Dezeen at our Designed in Hackney Day last year. (more...) View the full article

High-tech architecture has strayed far from its environmentally conscientious beginnings, but could rise again if it returns to them, writes Phineas Harper. Read more View the full article

High-tech architecture is not on the verge of a comeback – it actually never went away, says Owen Hatherley. Read more View the full article

High-tech architecture aligned with the revival of Victorian values in the 1980s, but did not end up producing the factories of a new period of British creativity, says Owen Hatherley. Read more View the full article

Continuing our high-tech architecture series, Catherine Slessor looks at how the women in Team 4 helped shape the narrative of the movement. Read more View the full article

When the creative industries across Europe go offline for the holiday season, the archetypal English country cottage becomes an incubator for problem-solving design brilliance says Kieran Long. (more...) View the full article

The best new hotels are stimulating all of their guests' senses, say AHEAD Europe jury members in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. Read more

Comments update: Zaha Hadid generated a heated string of comments – and a pleading request for a reasoned debate – after hitting back at criticism of her Tokyo Olympic Stadium. (more…) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are saddened after self-defence brand Guard Dog suggested that children should start wearing bulletproof backpacks. Read more

In this week's comments update, readers are divided over Katy Perry's decision to remove allegedly "racist" designs from her shoe line. Read more

Opinion: in the first of his bi-weekly columns for our new Opinion section, Sam Jacob describes the way that sites like Dezeen have unleashed a "design tsunami" and discusses how "the endless spewing of design imagery" is affecting design culture. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: watching the demolition of her own elementary school, Alexandra Lange reflects on the increasingly generic design of schools, museums and playgrounds that resign children to "places where all they can learn are the tasks we set them." (more...) View the full article

As automation places millions of us at risk of losing our jobs, now is the time to rethink how humans and robots will coexist on this planet, says designer Madeline Gannon in this Opinion column. Read more View the full article

Hillary Clinton's plans to improve infrastructure in the USA weren't ambitious enough, but at least she had plans, says Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. Read more View the full article

In this week's comment update, readers share their thoughts on the feasibility of suspended shelving in a university library and question the aesthetics of an at-home insemination kit. Read more View the full article

Manhattan's newly opened Hudson Yards is all shine and no substance, and New York City deserves better says Alan G Brake in this Opinion column. Read more

London-based practice Studio Micat has built this outdoor bakery in a forest in New England, which uses a bicycle to grind up flour for making loaves of sourdough. Read more

Humans will be replaced by artificial intelligence at the centre of our future cities, curator and brand consultant Suzanne Livingston told Dezeen Day. Read more View the full article

Systematic racism is prevalent in architecture, says Sylvia Aehle, a Part 2 architectural assistant in London, who describes her experience as a black female in the profession. Read more View the full article

British designer Faye Toogood discusses her unconventional career path and the story of her latest collection in this video interview as part of our ongoing collaboration with Friedman Benda for VDF. Read more View the full article