Following the news that designer Archie Read has developed a toilet that uses a conveyor belt rather than water to dispose of waste, here is a roundup of 10 innovative loos including a prototype that combusts excrement into ashes and a lavatory for Mars. More about Ten inventive toilet designs that rethink the conventional loo
Dezeen Showroom: Japanese designer Teruhiro Yanagihara has created Sou, a layered sofa for Flokk-owned brand Offecct, which is informed by a jigsaw puzzle. More about Sou sofa by Teruhiro Yanagihara for Offecct
Internet traffic is controlled by the "logic of the sun" in Solar Protocol, a solar-powered network whose creators argue for digital design within planetary limits. More about Solar Protocol network explores the potential of a solar-powered internet
Biobased material developer TômTex collaborated with New York-based fashion designer Peter Do to create two looks for his Spring Summer 2023 collection at New York Fashion Week. More about TômTex and Peter Do create garments from shrimp and mushroom food waste
Dezeen Showroom: a postmodernist chair that allows multiple seating positions and a minimalist floor lamp are the latest classic reissued designs to be featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Ten iconic designs that have been reissued for contemporary interiors
Dutch design office Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck looked to ancient statues to inform the design of the world's largest inflatable sculpture, which was created for Italian fashion brand Diesel's Spring Summer 2023 show at Milan Fashion Week. More about Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck erects world's largest inflatable sculpture for Diesel show
Dezeen Showroom: US architecture studio Gensler has collaborated with design brand 3form to produce the Global Expressions collection, a range of semi-transparent room dividers based on traditional textiles. More about Global Expressions panels by Gensler and 3form
Italian architect Gaetano Pesce created a colourful resin-covered floor and designed 400 cotton-and-resin chairs for fashion brand Bottega Veneta's Spring Summer 2023 show in Milan. More about Gaetano Pesce creates swirling resin set for Bottega Veneta at Milan Fashion Week
An art installation featuring a waterfall, a wild garden and a number of kinetic artworks has opened on a former North Sea offshore gas platform in Weston-super-Mare, England, as part of the Unboxed festival. More about Newsubstance creates 35-metre-tall See Monster from North Sea gas rig
Dezeen Showroom: Portuguese tile brand New Terracotta has released a collection of tiles named Parquet Bisque, which is made up of 44 different shapes and sizes. More about Parquet Bisque tiles by New Terracotta
Brightly coloured chairs and personal memorabilia feature in the Parables for Happiness exhibition showcasing the works of London-based designer Yinka Ilori at the Design Museum. More about Exhibition dedicated to the work of Yinka Ilori opens at London's Design Museum
Mexican design office Departamento del Distrito has created a totem equipped with solar power that produces light, plays music, measures the weather and cools down the air on a Mexico City rooftop. More about Departamento del Distrito turns telecom mast into solar-power tower
British studio Holloway Li has collaborated with furniture producer Uma Objects on T4, a modular collection of chubby seats that evoke designs found in 1990s popular culture and launched during London Design Festival. More about Holloway Li releases chubby furniture collection informed by retro 1990s design
Dezeen Showroom: a rich-hued brown sofa that was informed by 1970s conversation pits is among 13 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Float sofa by Ellison Studios among new products on Dezeen Showroom
Austrian designer Julia Koerner has created a 3D-printed clutch bag for her fashion brand JK3D, which is made from bioplastic and modelled on tendrils of kelp. More about Kelp Mini Clutch is a bioplastic bag based on 3D-scans of seaweed
Furniture company SCP has tasked a group of British designers including Faye Toogood and Sebastian Cox to craft objects from the wood of a tree infected with ash dieback disease for this year's London Design Festival. More about Ten designers create products from a single dying ash tree for SCP
Dezeen Showroom: Italian company Marazzi has presented a wide range of tiles on Dezeen Showroom, including tiles that reference traditional Italian ceramics and building materials. More about A wide variety of tiles from Marazzi feature on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: Scandinavian design studio Note has created a trolley for &Tradition called Alima, which allows stacked books to be easily displayed thanks to its V-shaped structure. More about Alima trolley by Note for &Tradition
British designer Es Devlin has created Come Home Again, an illuminated dome illustrated with her own pencil drawings of the 243 flora and fauna species on London's priority conservation list. More about Es Devlin unveils cathedral-like sculpture to highlight London's endangered species
Dutch design studio Cream on Chrome has created the Solar Energy Kiosk, which uses sun rays to make orange juice as a way of demonstrating how much solar power is needed to complete simple tasks like squeezing fruit. More about Solar Energy Kiosk by Cream on Chrome serves orange juice made using solar power