Product company Gob has launched a pair of compostable, mycelium earplugs that were designed as an alternative to the 40 billion plastic earplugs produced each year. More about Gob creates single-use mycelium earplugs designed to "feed the soil" after use
Dezeen Showroom: from lighting and seating with acoustic properties to sound-absorbing panels, the following products are among noise-controlling items recently featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Eight acoustic items that help to quieten down lively interiors
Dezeen Showroom: workplace furniture brand Narbutas worked with Italian design studio Baldanzi & Novelli on a range of seating that sets out to enhance the wellbeing of people working in office environments. More about Sandie chairs by Baldanzi & Novelli for Narbutas
Dezeen Showroom: product design brand Acoufelt has developed an acoustic, grid-like ceiling frame system that presents an unobstructive way to control the noise levels of interior spaces. More about Framework Ceiling Frames by Acoufelt
On the eve of Dutch Design Week, 10 former recipients of the Dutch Design Awards have nominated 10 rising stars making waves across the Netherlands. More about Ten emerging Dutch designers to look out for at Dutch Design Week
Continuing our mid-century modernism series, we take a look at the iconic Egg chair, which was designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for the former SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. More about Arne Jacobsen "dared to work with modern materials" for Egg chair
Dezeen Showroom: Belgian lighting design brand Modular Lighting Instruments and designer Maarten De Ceulaer have released a wall lamp that casts a gradient of geometric-shaped light across walls. More about Impulse by Maarten De Ceulaer for Modular Lighting Instruments
Dezeen Showroom: furniture brand Kabin has created a compact, sound-proof pod designed for open-plan offices that are modelled on first-class aircraft cabins. More about Kabin 1 pod by Kabin
Designers Robin and Lucienne Day looked internationally to learn about modernism as contemporary design was unknown in the UK at the time, explains their daughter Paula Day in this interview for our mid-century modern series. More about "Design was a new profession" in the UK says Paula Day
Dezeen Showroom: the English Chesterfield is given a modern update in the Kashima sofa, a classic designed by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset. More about Kashima sofa by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset
Hanju Seo has won Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Competition with a concept that helps identify individual trees by their bark, enabling small forest owners to participate more effectively in carbon offset programmes. More about Hanju Seo wins Start Something Powerful Competition with tree identification system
Fashion house Prada and aerospace company Axiom Space have revealed their design for NASA's Artemis III spacesuit, set to be worn by the first astronauts to return to the surface of the moon in over 50 years. More about Prada and Axiom Space reveal spacesuits for next lunar landing
Dezeen Showroom: Australian lighting company Articolo Studios has collaborated with artist Emma Davies to produce the Barnacle wall sconce, which is covered in delicate shell-like forms handmade from reclaimed materials. More about Barnacle Wall Sconce by Articolo Studios
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Fiandre pays homage to its classic Serie 100 collection with Tribute100, a range of tiles with metallic glazes that subtly reflect light. More about Tribute100 ceramic surfaces by Fiandre
We continue our series on mid-century modernism with a profile on Danish architect Arne Jacobson, whose ethos of total design saw him craft buildings down to the smallest details. More about Whether "teaspoons or a national bank", Arne Jacobsen designed things down to the last detail
Dezeen Showroom: Romanian brand Askia Furniture has launched the modular Ripple sofa collection, named after its ruched edges that are designed to emulate draped fabric. More about Ripple sofa by Askia Furniture
Designer Rehan Petit has been awarded second place in Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Competition for his proposal to cleanup oil spill using repurposed boat bumpers. More about Oil spill cleanup proposal takes second place in Start Something Powerful Competition
Transport-focussed industrial design studio Of My Imagination has unveiled a proposal for a multi-person scooter that could travel along cycle lanes to help reduce overcrowding within cities. More about OMI designs autonomous "multi-person scooter platform" to combat urban congestion
Tokyo-based design studio We+ has released a portable table lamp made from a material that it has developed, which contains rubble and debris from building sites. More about We+ makes portable Remli lamp from "hardly recyclable" urban detritus
Dezeen Showroom: high performance meets natural textures in US brand Designtex's Facet fabric, which features a pattern of fine linework over a woven-look background. More about Facet fabric by Designtex