For the third consecutive year, an audit by environmental initiative Break Free From Plastic has found The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé to be the companies creating the most plastic pollution. More about Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named world's worst plastic polluters for third year running
Swedish studio Front has collaborated with Italian brand Moroso to translate elements in nature into amorphous furniture items using 3D-scanning technologies. More about Front and Moroso's Design by Nature furniture imitates mossy rock formations
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with glassware brand LSA to curate a gift guide for the festive season, featuring a decanter inspired by Battersea Power Station and vases designed in partnership with the Eden Project. More about LSA's Christmas gift guide features 15 contemporary glassware designs
South African designer Ricky Stoch has created a scratch-card-style sticker for medicine bottles that "gamifies" taking medication in order to encourage patients to remember to take their daily dose. More about FebriSol is a scratch-card-style sticker that helps people remember to take their medication
GXN, the innovation arm of Danish architecture studio 3XN, has developed a twittering air-quality sensor that hopes to draw attention to the negative effects of air pollution within our homes and offices. More about AirBird is a smart sensor that chirps to highlight indoor air pollution
Dezeen Showroom: office furniture brand Bene has revealed its latest release by London studio Pearson Lloyd, the PORTS Table, an adaptable design for modern workplaces. More about PORTS Table by Pearson Lloyd for Bene
Dezeen promotion: seven multidisciplinary creatives, including interior designer Alessandro La Spada, architect Mauro Lipparini and design duo Draga & Aurel, have contributed to the Beauty collection by Italian "metaluxury" furniture brand Visionnaire. More about Art meets design in Visionnaire's latest furniture collection
As part of our 2020 review, we've rounded up this year's most incisive opinions on how the coronavirus pandemic will impact our lives, courtesy of everyone from Norman Foster to Li Edelkoort and Rem Koolhas. More about Ten predictions of how the pandemic will change the world
US sportswear brand Under Armour has designed the spacesuits and footwear that Virgin Galactic's pilots will wear for its first commercial spaceflight later this month. More about Under Armour designs pilots' spacesuits for Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight
This week on Dezeen, two of the original signatories to the Architects Declare climate change network – Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects – withdrew from the group, triggering a feud over whether designing airports is compatible with decarbonisation goals. More about This week Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects withdrew from Architects Declare
Red slats create a wave-like movement when people play on swings in this temporary installation, which Chilean studio GT2P designed and developed for Miami Design District. More about Red wings ripple above GT2P's swing-set installation in Miami
Architect Tosin Oshinowo and designer Chrissa Amuah have made the conceptual, jewellery-like Egaro face shield for this year's Design Miami. More about Tosin Oshinowo and Chrissa Amuah create "spectacular" bronze face shield
Finnish furniture brand Basta (above), Danish manufacturer Verpan and Australian brand Tsar Carpets are among brands showcasing products on Dezeen Showroom this week. More about Basta, Verpan and Tsar Carpets showcase products on Dezeen Showroom
Continuing our review of 2020, we've selected 10 of the most charmingly unusual furniture designs from the past year, from a futuristic birthing chair to sagging shelves made of foam. More about Dezeen's top 10 quirky furniture designs of 2020
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has designed a concept for a compostable marker pen comprising natural fibres and a water-based, edible ink that would break down within six months. More about Carlo Ratti Associati designs "world's first fully compostable marker"
To celebrate the end of Rado Design Week, we are giving readers the chance to win one of the Swiss watch brand's unique new timepieces in a special competition. More about Competition: win a Rado True Square watch by YOY, Formafantasma or Tej Chauhan
Dutch design platform Droog has launched Le Freak, a mask that uses colourful tassels to express personality. More about Droog presents the face mask as a flirtatious fashion statement
New York designer Brecht Wright Gander has created a light that is switched on by sliding a phallic conductor inside of a puckered, rubber opening, in the hopes of maximising the user's feelings of discomfort. More about Brecht Wright Gander designs lamp with rubber orifice that lights up when "turned on"
Chicken nuggets that US startup Eat Just created in fermentation tanks will soon be available in a restaurant in Singapore, as the first lab-grown meat in the world to be approved for sale. More about Lab-grown meat to feature on restaurant menu for first time after "breakthrough" approval
Dezeen Showroom: Irish brand Mullan Lighting has released a ceramic pendant light with a crackled exterior that resembles the bark of a tree. More about Pando ceramic pendant by Mullan Lighting