Stories by Rima Sabina Aouf
Google ushers in age of “expressive” interfaces with Material Design update
Morocco rethinks earthen architecture in Venice pavilion
Diller Scofidio + Renfro serves up canal water coffee at Venice Architecture Biennale
Togo centres its “eccentric” modernist architecture in Venice Biennale debut
AI-fuelled data centre demand will set back energy transition
Studio TOOJ uses mycelium to craft “dreamlike” Duk tables
EcoLogicStudio opens Design Apothecary as “experiment in living in the fourth industrial revolution”
Nintendo brings video chat to gaming with Switch 2
Ohio State design students bring beauty to sound effects with Foley instruments
Infinix’s mini triple-folding phone compacts to size of a credit card
UTT Empower grows shacks into safe and vibrant terrace housing in South Africa
Nifemi Marcus-Bello explores exploitation of Africa’s natural resources with copper furniture
Australia’s first all-Indigenous Venice team aims to avoid “false sense of Australiana”
“We are not going to be silenced” say Lebanese Pavilion curators
Slate strips out tech for “radically customisable and affordable” electric truck only available in grey
Petal camera uses AI to produce nature documentaries of personal backyards
Lachlan Turczan makes “the invisible visible” for Google Milan installation
Yves Béhar designs first Laufen sink to be made in electric kiln
Joe Doucet develops colour-changing paint to help heat and cool the home
“It’s super important that we don’t spend all our money on defence” says 21st Europe’s Kaave Pour
Lenovo unveils solar-powered laptop that charges itself
MIT researchers create “fibre computer” that can be woven into clothes
