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Dezeen selects 11 Mexico design studios you should know in 2026

After a busy Mexico City art week, Dezeen's US editor Ben Dreith selects 11 studios whose recent work stands out, from decorative pieces that incorporate steel and candles to a bench with pneumatic-tube cushions.

The following list represents a swathe of designers at various points in their careers, working at different scales and in different categories, from furniture and lighting to full-fledged interiors and architecture. Most, but not all, practice in Mexico City.

Contrary to many contemporary highlights in Mexican design, which often feature monolithic or raw forms, many of the studios on this list focus on clean lines and constructions.

Read on...

Eight furnishings with their roots in design icons

Dezeen Showroom: the following pieces from our Showroom section are either reissues or reinterpretations of classic furnishings, spanning the 1800s to the 2010s.

The selection below spans faithful reworkings of William Morris wallpapers, a Danish modern desk from 1958, a retro-yet-futuristic 1980s task chair and a sofa system with moveable cushions released in 2014.

Seating, wallpapers, lighting and tables are among recent pieces published on Dezeen Showroom that present new colourways for iconic pieces, rereleases of design classics, continued runs of recognisable designs and reinterpretations of celebrated pieces.

Read on to discover more about these items, designed and manufactured by global design brands.

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Core77 Weekly Roundup (2-23-26 to 2-27-26)

Here's what we looked at this week:

How to Go Sledding on a Flat Surface

Kents RC is a Chinese RC influencer (yes, that's a thing) known for creating powerful 1/6th-scale trucks.

As it turns out, all of that torque can be put to another purpose:

I can't be certain, but I believe that's the frozen Songhua River in Harbin, China. Looks like fun!

Core77 Design Awards 2026: James Krenisky on Design's Disappearing Walls

James Krenisky has watched the silos come down. As a mechanical engineer who began his career specializing in thermal design for high-performance lighting fixtures and now serves as Senior Technical Marketing Manager for Autodesk's Fusion and Inventor products, he's witnessed a fundamental shift in how products get made.

"What really gets me energized is how the walls between design, engineering, and manufacturing are disappearing," James says. "Teams are sharing the same workflows, the same language, the same data. It makes it so much easier to take an idea and turn it into something real without losing the original intent...

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A Minimalist Remote Control Snowplow

The PistenBully 600 Polar is a $500,000 snowcat from Germany. It's what high-end ski resorts around the world use to "groom" snow, smoothing out the rough patches to yield a consistent skiing surface.

Willem Smith creates 3D-printable RC vehicle kits through his company, 4x3D. For his most recent design, he scaled the PistenBully 600 down to 1/7th scale and jettisoned the operator's cabin:

Then he put it to the test:

It runs on brushless motors, and is strong enough to tow him in a sled:

Also incredible is the amount of adjustability he's...

A Pair of Elephant Seal Pups Wins the 2026 Underwater Photographer of the Year

From dramatic aquatic encounters to deep caves to fish and amphibians closely guarding their eggs, there’s an entire world below the surface that few of us ever really get to see. That’s where images like those in the annual Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) come in, glimpsing some of the darkest depths and most alluring and fragile ecosystems on the planet.

The top prize of the 2026 competition, which has been running annually since 1965, goes to Matthew Smith for his capture of two young elephant seals in the Falkland Islands. Additional winning images include Natalie Yarrow’s tableau of hinge-beak...

Splinter Society uses "warm, natural palette" for coastal home in Australia

Australian architecture studio Splinter Society has completed Coastal House, a minimalist home in Victoria finished in a palette of concrete, limestone, copper and hardwood designed to "age beautifully" in the harsh coastal weather.

Designed for a local builder as a development project, the family home is located in the town of Ocean Grove and occupies an elevated position that is set back from the beach.

Organised on a relatively narrow, deep plot, Splinter Society designed the layout of Coastal House to balance panoramic, south-facing views of the ocean with protection and privacy for...