Five great Dezeen features you might have missed in 2025
This year saw Dezeen publish more features than ever before. As part of our review of 2025, Dezeen features editor Nat Barker picks five that are worth revisiting.
Dezeen survey points to "broken" architecture and design industry
In January, we published the results of a major piece of research conducted by Dezeen. Our survey of people's experience of working in architecture and design received more than 450 responses from around the world, and some of the findings were troubling.
Seven in 10 people said they feel poorly paid, with nearly two-thirds expected to do regular unpaid overtime. More than 60 per cent said they have experienced rude, belittling or demeaning behaviour at work in the past five years.
Behind these statistics sit dozens of personal stories, some of which we collected in a separate article.
Can we quit our air-con addiction?
When it comes to air-conditioning (AC), the world is facing a catch-22 situation.
As the world gets hotter, keeping cool is becoming ever more important. But AC increases temperatures in cities, as well as contributing to the root causes of global warming.
In this piece, we explored possible solutions to this difficult dilemma.
What will it take for us to eat lab-grown steak?
Polls indicate that most people in Britain and the US don't find the idea of lab-grown meat particularly appetising.
But with global demand for protein soaring, experts are increasingly warning that we must accept alternatives to eating emissions-intensive farmed red meat.
That's where design comes in. Dezeen design reporter Jane Englefield spoke to designers, scientists and foodies about whether the public can be creatively persuaded to embrace cultured meat, including Financial Times food critic Jay Rayner.
Green wall systems marketed with questionable fire safety claims
This exclusive investigation from Orwell Prize-winning journalist Peter Apps dove into fire-safety claims being made by leading manufacturers of green walls in the UK.
It revealed that one major system was fire tested when it was so wet that 45 per cent of its total mass was water, while another is marketed as being safe to use on high-rise residential buildings, based on testing carried out without any plants in place.
November saw Dezeen run a groundbreaking editorial series probing the myriad issues with architecture and design. In particular, we looked into the extraordinary difficulty of forging a strong career in the field.
As part of the coverage, deputy editor Cajsa Carlson tackled a question that is increasingly being pondered: are there simply too many aspiring designers?
Spoiler alert: not everyone she spoke to shared the same view.
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