Central Saint Martins graduate Saima Fateh has designed a system of automatically closing window blinds that shade the interior when it gets too hot and change colour to signal dangerous levels of UV radiation. More about TranSense Screens automatically respond to outdoor temperature changes
American furniture producer Knoll has commissioned photographer Adam Jason Cohen to shoot its re-editioned black, white, and archival dark red Bauhaus-era collections at significant locations throughout Los Angeles. More about Knoll unveils new colours for its Bauhaus-era collections
Dezeen Showroom: designers have been using glass to create furnishings for many years – here, we detail some of the products on Dezeen Showroom made from the material. More about Eight delicately crafted products and homeware made from glass
Promotion: Welsh brand Smile Plastics' products promote the "imaginative, repetitive reuse" of plastic in a bid to mitigate its environmental impact. More about "Is plastic the problem or the future?" asks Smile Plastics
Dezeen Showroom: British brand Tornado continues its minimalist wall lighting range with the Linear Plaster lamp, which can be used as a light source in an emergency. More about Linear Plaster wall light by Tornado
Designers are increasingly manufacturing their own limited-edition products rather than waiting for brand or gallery partnerships. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson looks at what's driving the shift. More about Young designers "cutting out the middle man" by producing objects themselves
Artist Tavares Strachan has positioned a large-scale model of a ship in a rooftop pond at London's Hayward Gallery, forming an outdoor installation to accompany his current art exhibition There Is Light Somewhere. More about Tavares Strachan perches giant ship atop Hayward Gallery
Technology company Dyson has unveiled the OnTrac noise-cancelling headphones, which are the brand's first-ever audio-only headphones. More about Dyson aims to "disrupt" with launch of first headphones
Design studio IDEO has created a device for healthcare startup Teal Health that enables women to self-collect samples required for cervical cancer screening in the privacy and comfort of their own homes. More about Teal Wand offers accessible and comfortable at-home sampling for cervical cancer
Ahead of London Design Festival's 22nd anniversary, there's still time to feature in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to the festival. More about You can still be listed in Dezeen's guide to London Design Festival 2024
If we don't change the fearful way in which we perceive climate change, "we will constantly reinforce this role of the future being fucked," said Disrupt Design founder Leyla Acaroglu at the Design and Climate: Rethinking Our Role conference. More about Unaddressed eco-anxiety "is just going to fester and become more problematic" says Leyla Acaroglu
Promotion: the six finalists for this year's DesignEuropa Awards have been revealed, including industrial designer Dieter Rams as the winner of its lifetime achievement award. More about Transparent turntable and cantilevered holiday home among DesignEuropa Awards 2024 finalists
Architecture studio MAD has created Ephemeral Bubble, an installation designed to resemble a bubble being blown by a century-old wooden house, for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in Japan. More about MAD adds giant bubble to century-old Japanese house
Global design agency Ogilvy has developed a compact water filtration device that can attach to any plastic bottle, offering an accessible and affordable way to provide communities with clean drinking water. More about Filter Caps transform bottles into handheld water treatment system
Collaborations between artists and designers and a show celebrating local chair makers were part of Los Angeles Design Weekend, which organisers said was successful due to its localised "progression of events". More about "Enabling walking" led to "successful experiment" at inaugural LA Design Weekend
Fine woodworking and explorations of recycled materials are among the furniture and object designs from these eight independent Chicago design studios presented as part of our North American Design 2024 series. More about Eight independent design studios working in Chicago
Dezeen Showroom: Hungarian brand Cavaril's Geomo 026 tile collection has a three-dimensional form created by two stacked layers of geometric shapes. More about Geomo 026 tiles by Cavaril
French ceramicist Jacques Monneraud has created Carton, a collection of ceramics that appear to be crafted from cardboard and tape. More about Jacques Monneraud designs cardboard-like ceramics collection
British-Ghanaian designer Giles Tettey Nartey has used welded aluminium to craft his Serwaa chair, which reinterprets the traditional wooden Lobi stool native to West Africa as an "industrial product". More about Giles Tettey Nartey reimagines traditional West African chair in aluminium
Dezeen School Shows: to mark its annual summer show, we've summarised the final three of the seven School Shows published in 2024 by British design graduate showcase New Designers. More about New Designers presents diverse selection of projects in three Dezeen School Shows