Designers from ten high-profile companies have joined forces to help improve access to clean water and sanitation as part of the Design for Good consortium. Chief experience officer Fazilat Damani shares five of the most promising. More about Make-your-own-toilet kit among five standout projects from Design for Good
Designed by Marc Newson and unveiled at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, Swarovski Optik's AX Visio binoculars are equipped with artificial intelligence so they can identify bird and animal species. More about Marc Newson and Swarovski Optik create AI smart binoculars
When textile company Byborre launched a digital platform, the aim was to be a disruptor like Airbnb or Uber. In an interview three years on, founder Borre Akkersdijk says it was "too big a jump" for an industry resistant to change. More about "We wanted to change the textile industry but it wasn't ready" says Borre Akkersdijk
Academic and designer Neri Oxman has responded to allegations of plagiarism following a report by the news website Business Insider. More about Neri Oxman caught up in academic plagiarism row
Shoe brand Vivobarefoot and material science company Balena have created a prototype trainer that is 3D-printed from compostable materials. More about Vivobarefoot unveils "scan-to-print-to-soil" compostable trainers
Health tech company Withings has used the Consumer Electronics Show to unveil its BeamO "multiscope" – a device that allows people to conduct four routine medical checks at home, designed together with Elium Studio. More about Withings' "thermometer of the future" measures more than just temperature
Materials companies Circular Matters and StoneCycling have used corn cobs – one of the world's most plentiful agricultural waste materials – to make interior cladding that is biodegradable and almost entirely bio-based. More about CornWall gives discarded corn cobs new life as tiles
Design festivals Stockholm Design Week, NYCxDesign and Design Doha are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide for 2024. More about Twenty of the best design events in 2024 from Dezeen Events Guide
Electronics brand LG has unveiled the Signature OLED T, a television with a transparent screen that was on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. More about LG reveals "world's first" wireless transparent OLED TV
Testing for the floating +Pool swimming pool proposed for New York City's waterways will begin this summer upon the project receiving $16 million to advance. More about Testing for floating +Pool to begin in New York City summer 2024
Elon Musk's bulletproof Cybertruck represents a dystopian vision of America but exactly who it's intended for remains unclear, writes James McLachlan. More about "The Cybertruck encapsulates a dystopian future vision where the United States is sliding into lawlessness"
Underwear brand Modibodi and illustrator Justyna Green have collaborated on the relaunched First Period Kit, which includes a comic that speaks to teenage girls' first experience of getting their period. More about Modibodi's First Period Kit aims to destigmatise periods as "shameful and taboo"
Industrial designer Mary Lempres has created a bio-cement structure developed to mimic naturally occurring oyster reefs that tackle coastal flooding, filter seawater and promote biodiversity. More about Reef Rocket is a bio-cement reef grown from plant enzymes
Taiwanese designer Pao Hui Kao has unveiled her first solo exhibition, featuring colourful furniture made out of rolls of tracing paper. More about Colour highlights the crinkled surfaces of Pao Hui Kao's paper furniture
This week on Dezeen, we looked forward to the buildings set to be completed in 2024 and the architecture, design and interiors trends that will impact the upcoming year. More about This week we looked forward to the architecture and design trends of 2024
You can still be featured in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to Stockholm Design Week 2024, which runs from 5 to 11 February. More about There's still time to be listed in Dezeen's digital guide for Stockholm Design Week 2024
After an unsteady 2023, Dezeen's editorial director Max Fraser considers what 2024 might hold for design. More about Design trend predictions for 2024 include rush for sustainable accreditation
DesignTO, Maison&Objet and Top Drawer Spring/Summer are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More about Seven architecture and design events in January from Dezeen Events Guide
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Yoojin Chung pokes fun at the western approach to feng shui with a trio of digital devices that offer a quick-fix approach to positive qi. More about Yoojin Chung designs feng shui smart-home devices
Online design magazine Design Week is to cease publication with the website due to be taken offline in mid-January. More about Design Week magazine closing "with immediate effect" after 38 years