Promotion: a stool designed for toddlers that can transform to fit adults by designer Jenna Gillinger is the winner of Danish brand OYOY Living Design's Togetherness Award. More about A modular pine stool with multiple uses wins OYOY Living Design's Togetherness Award
Melbourne studio Reef Design Lab has created a series of organically shaped modules from concrete blended with oyster shells to help reduce coastal erosion in Port Phillip Bay, Australia. More about Reef Design Lab crafts Erosion Mitigation Units from recycled oyster shells
Seattle-based designer Jay Sae Jung Oh has created a chair made of discarded instruments hand-wrapped in cords of cowhide leather. More about Jay Sae Jung Oh creates chair with discarded instruments wrapped in leather
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MyPowerbank, a portable phone charger designed for London's homeless community that runs on kinetic energy from rental bikes. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features powerbank that is charged using rental bikes
Arched doorways and a rooftop studio feature in the Y.27 House, which has been overhauled by architecture firm Estudio Estudio in a way that honours the historic building's original character. More about Estudio Estudio unveils "hidden architectural treasures" in Mexico City house
Promotion: gravity-defying wooden furniture and a monumental light sculpture are among the highlights of this year's PAD London art and design fair, which opens this month in London. More about Sixty-two galleries from 16 countries to exhibit at the 15th edition of PAD London
A band of limestone separates old and new at Fohlenweg, a house in Berlin that London studio O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects created using the walls of an existing bungalow. More about O'Sullivan Skoufoglou transforms Berlin bungalow with blocky extension
Following the start of a new academic year in much of the world, searches for school buildings have seen a 60 per cent increase on Pinterest. Here are 11 striking examples from our boards. More about Eleven vibrant schools from Dezeen's Pinterest
A circular wooden structure with a diameter of 700 metres is under construction off the coast of Japan as part of architect Sou Fujimoto's masterplan for Expo 2025 Osaka. More about Construction begins on Expo 2025 Osaka masterplan by Sou Fujimoto
Urbanist Carlos Moreno has urged UK prime minister Rishi Sunak to rethink his stance on 15-minute cities following the announcement that he will stop councils implementing the concept. More about UK prime minister's 15-minute city ban "baffling" says concept creator
The MSG Sphere Las Vegas opened its doors for the first time this weekend with a concert by U2 featuring visuals by designer Es Devlin, artist John Gerrard and more on a 15,000-square-metre wrap-around screen. More about MSG Sphere in Las Vegas opens with bespoke artworks by Es Devlin and John Gerrard
Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser reflects on this year's LDF, touted by organisers as a full revival of the UK's biggest design festival post-Covid. More about "This year's LDF generally felt energetic and optimistic"
Artist Yoshihisa Tanaka made "hundreds of metres" of pleated and folded washi paper to create an interactive installation for Japanese brand Issey Miyake's Spring Summer 2024 show at Paris Fashion Week. More about Yoshihisa Tanaka creates reactive "membranes" from washi paper for Issey Miyake show
Promotion: Spanish surfaces company Cosentino has welcomed hundreds of international designers to Almeria, Spain, as part of C-Next Designers Europe, one of the continent's largest interior design conventions. More about C-Next Designers Europe explores designs for a "meaningful future"
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