Dezeen Showroom: Swiss brand Impact Acoustic has added four colours to its Archisonic collection of sound-absorbing material, which is made from recycled plastic bottles. More about Archisonic acoustic material by Impact Acoustic
Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has created an all-wood cabin with an ornamental overhang and a decorative skylight for the restoration of the Kon-Tiki boat in Chile. More about GAAA restores 1970s Chilean boat that "carries the memory of the forests"
Dezeen Showroom: British flooring company Amtico has released the Amtico Bio bio-attributed luxury vinyl tile flooring, which is made from a renewable raw material derived from paper pulp. More about Amtico Bio vinyl flooring by Amtico
Dezeen Showroom: Chinese homeware brand Tickle Quo has launched the Slowly Rising collection of glassware, which features textured glass surfaces informed by the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. More about Slowly Rising glassware collection by Tongqi Lu for Tickle Quo
Electronics company Sony has unveiled an adaptable PlayStation controller named Project Leonardo that allows gamers with limited motor control to "craft their own play experience", as its first foray into accessible gaming equipment. More about PlayStation debuts highly customisable controller for gamers with disabilities at CES
Tokyo advertising agency TBWA\Hakuhodo and plastics manufacturer Koushi Chemical Industry Co have created Shellmet, a hard hat made from discarded scallop shells and recycled plastic. More about Shellmet is a helmet for fishing workers made from waste scallop shells
Guatemalan design studio Cinco x Cinco used a mix of contemporary and artisanal techniques for its third collection of furniture, The Sum of Small Parts, which won the highest honour at Design Week Mexico 2022. More about Cinco x Cinco references playgrounds with chrome-and-craft furniture collection
BMW has unveiled an updated version of its colour-changing car technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, expanding the concept from black and white to a full colour palette. More about BMW launches concept car that changes into 32 different colours
Consumer electronics company Sony and carmaker Honda have combined their expertise to produce an electric car prototype, which was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. More about Sony's first-ever car will function as a "moving entertainment space"
Architecture and design studio Space Popular has unveiled Search History, an exhibition at the MAXXI museum in Rome that applies the writings of Italian architect Aldo Rossi to virtual worlds. More about Space Popular reinterprets Aldo Rossi's architectural theories for the metaverse
Artist Rone has taken over Melbourne's Flinders Street Station with his Time exhibition, for which he transformed eleven previously abandoned rooms into industrial post-war settings. More about Time exhibition takes Melbourne's Flinders Street Station back to its industrial past
Technology company Digby has partnered with American furniture brand Heller to launch a tool for establishing the authenticity of physical design products using the blockchain. More about Digby Design Authenticator links furniture with NFTs to fight counterfeiting
New Zealand artist Mike Hewson has designed a public playground in Melbourne named Rocks on Wheels that contains 24 massive rough-hewn bluestone boulders. More about Mike Hewson installs giant boulders on wheels for "risk play" space in Melbourne
British startup Water-Filled Glass has developed panes of glass filled with water that use sunlight to power a "crazy" energy-saving heating and cooling system. More about Water-filled windows use sunlight to heat and cool buildings
Fog Design+Art, DesignTO and Oslo Design Fair are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More about Eight architecture and design events in January from Dezeen Events Guide
Happy new year from Dezeen! We'll be back tomorrow, but in the meantime, you can read the most-read stories of 2022 and our full review of the year. More about Happy new year from Dezeen!
To conclude our review of 2022, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a look back at this year's biggest architecture and design stories, including The Line, the Vulva Spaceship and the World's skinniest building. More about The most-read architecture and design stories of 2022
After architecture, design and interiors again ignited plenty of debate this year, Dezeen's digital team looks back on their favourite comments and commenters from the past 12 months as part of our review of 2022. More about Dezeen commenters of the year 2022
English fashion designer and activist Vivienne Westwood, who was central to defining the aesthetic of the punk era, has passed away aged 81. More about Punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood dies aged 81
Merry Christmas! We'll be back tomorrow – in the meantime read our review of 2022 and enjoy this Christmas tree designed by Japanese studio Nendo. More about Merry Christmas from Dezeen!