British startup The Tyre Collective has begun to make products from the microplastic particles that come off car tyres as they drive on roads, producing results including jewellery, a lamp and a battery. More about The Tyre Collective turns microplastic tyre-wear particles into objects
Booths demonstrating a hybrid-electric aircraft and other innovative projects as well as talks by scientists such as Bill Nye were among the climate-focused presentations at the Climate Science Fair held on New York's High Line. More about "We need to distribute electricity" to combat climate change says Bill Nye
Local architecture studio Practice for Architecture and Urbanism has installed a glass office building with a vaulted roof inside the shell of the 19th-century Domino Sugar Refinery on the waterfront in Brooklyn. More about PAU places vaulted glass structure in shell of Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Refinery
Dezeen Showroom: a collection of colourful carpet tiles designed to gradually fade into one another is among eight new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Fuse Landscape carpet by Tarkett among new products on Dezeen Showroom
Promotion: four international researchers have explored ways to develop energy sources that are both renewable and compostable using bacteria and biomaterials. More about Researchers develop renewable and biodegradable power sources using bacteria
Winding balconies and outdoor learning spaces feature in Kindergarten of Museum Forest, a curvy building that Chinese studio Atelier Apeiron has added to an existing nursery in Shenzhen. More about Chinese kindergarten designed as "small town" of flexible classrooms
British architecture studio Stanton Williams has designed a 35,000-square-metre academic building for the University College London, located in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. More about Stanton Williams unveils UCL East building where "structure is the architecture"
Hidden away in the basement of this year's Vienna Design Week headquarters, The Series exhibition collated works by 22 independent designers from 14 countries to explore the idiosyncrasies of small-batch production. More about Inflated 3D-printed clocks and molten-wax lamps feature in Vienna Design Week exhibition
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans to stop councils in the UK from creating 15-minute cities, as part of a wider scheme to "back drivers" and slam the brakes on "anti-car measures". More about UK prime minister launches plan "to stop councils implementing" 15-minute cities
If design is about solving problems we need to start questioning whether new products and furniture are always the answer, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "The design industry needs to let go of its obsession with the new"
A stool with a self-supporting wool seat and a previously unreleased armchair by Sverre Fehn are among Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson's top picks from Designers' Saturday in Oslo. More about Seven seats that showcase the best of Norwegian design
Promotion: utilising a new project management platform named Programa, interior design studio Smac Studio has outfitted a duplex in Australia with blue-toned stone. More about Smac Studio transforms duplex with project management platform Programa
British designer Gareth Neal and Dutch studio The New Raw have used thrice-recycled plastic and a new 3D-printing method to create the objects in the Digitally Woven series, which are printed in loops rather than layers. More about Gareth Neal and the New Raw develop 3D printing style based on crafts
Dezeen School Shows: a project that uses VR technology to display the history of Nantucket, Massachusetts, is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Kean University in New Jersey. More about Ten architecture and design projects by students at Kean University
Arched niches provide stations for tattoo artists at Atelier Eva, located in a former Brooklyn hardware store transformed by designer Alp Bozkurt. More about Alp Bozkurt creates "calming" interior for Brooklyn tattoo parlour
Dezeen School Shows: an art gallery designed in the shape of a jumping fish and a lotus-shaped stadium are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at My ArchiSchool. More about My ArchiSchool showcases 10 student design projects
Natural materials and large windows overlooking a garden are used to create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort at this dental clinic in Japan, designed by local studio TSC Architects. More about TSC Architects prioritises garden views for alternative to "scary" dental clinics
A tactile Amsterdam apartment and a birch plywood-lined extension feature in our latest lookbook, which collects eight loft conversions created for maximum space. More about Eight airy and pared-back loft conversions
Local architecture studios Productora and Esrawe Studio have outfitted a Mexico hotel with planes of green tile suspended from the lobby ceiling. More about Productora and Esrawe Studio outfit Mexico hotel with planes of green tile
Gut-renovating this São Paulo apartment has allowed Brazilian studio Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos to incorporate the personalities of it occupants, particularly in the bedrooms of the family's two children. More about Pascali Semerdjian creates Aurora Apartment to hold "two universes" in Brazil