South African designer Porky Hefer imagined how polluted oceans might force marine animals to mutate when designing his five fantastical creatures, including a giant octopus made from hand-felted cigarette butts. More about Porky Hefer creates mutant sea creatures to warn of ocean pollution for NGV Triennial
Italian furniture designer and author Enzo Mari has passed away in Milan at age 88. More about "Giant" of Italian design Enzo Mari dies aged 88
Dezeen x DDW2020: Dezeen has teamed up with Dutch Design Week to present an exclusive virtual tour featuring emerging designers plus a live discussion each day this week exploring key design trends. More about Dezeen presents a virtual tour of Dutch Design Week plus five live talks with emerging designers
Shanghai-based graphic design studio Lin Shaobin has created packaging for tea that uses burnt paper to emulate traditional Chinese ink paintings of misty mountains. More about Lin Shaobin emulates mountainous scenes with burnt paper for Chinese tea packaging
This week on Dezeen, British architect Norman Foster said that the coronavirus pandemic will not fundamentally change cities. More about This week Norman Foster made predictions about post-coronavirus cities
Animal furniture design company LucyBalu has collaborated with Choupette, the beloved pet of the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, on a hammock-style cat bed called Swing. More about Karl Lagerfeld's pet Choupette collaborates with LucyBalu on Swing cat bed
To highlight sustainable and ethical substitutes for animal leather we've rounded up six materials that can rival its textural and performance qualities, from vegan pineapple leather to a leather alternative made of seafood shells. More about Six alternatives to animal leather made from plants and food waste
Dezeen Showroom: Andreu World's in-house design team has created the Status table collection, which features flat, "boat-shaped" tabletops supported by wide polyethylene legs. More about Status tables by Estudio Andreu for Andreu World
Tampons, matches and charging ports protrude from integrated openings in these Netina shoes, which Netha Goldberg designed to allow wearers to "assist while on the go". More about Netha Goldberg designs shoes with attachments for tampons and matches
Julia Koerner explains how she uses technology to apply architectural techniques to fashion and costume design in the first video of our Design for Life collaboration with Dassault Systèmes. More about 3D-printed fashion has "no limitations of form and geometry" says Julia Koerner
Dutch designer Richard Hutten worked with Lensvelt to create 27,000 new seats for Amsterdam's Schiphol airport that make use of the building's existing resources. More about Richard Hutten melts down airport's old chairs for "radical" new seating system
Christopher Patten has redesigned the mail-in envelopes for North Carolina ahead this year's US presidential election to make them clearer so the chance of votes not counting is reduced. More about Good design can reduce voter errors says postal vote envelope designer
Finnish brand Light Cognitive has created a circular LED skylight that gradually changes colour according to the time of day, in a bid to bring the benefits of natural light to a windowless retail space in Barcelona. More about Light Cognitive develops artificial skylight that mirrors the actual colour of the sky outside
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the imminent demolition of a house designed by David Adjaye. More about "Looks like the unwanted child of Villa Savoye and a trailer" says commenter
New York architect and designer Jes Paone has created a collection of lights in collaboration with his aunt, the ceramicist Anne Paone, which feature cracked, wobbly porcelain shades. More about Jes Paone's Desert lights resemble dried-out river beds rendered in porcelain
D&AD deputy president Ben Terrett has refused to step up to the presidency of the UK design and advertising body saying "there has not been enough diversity" in industry leadership roles. More about Ben Terrett declines D&AD presidency citing lack of diversity
Pastel-coloured aluminium bottles of cleaning products can be purchased once and reused endlessly with UK startup Spruce's plastic-free dehydrated refills. More about Spruce is a refillable bottle system for cleaning products
Plastic makes way for moulded paper in this chocolate packaging designed by Norwegian practice OlssønBarbieri to inspire a more mindful approach to materials. More about OlssønBarbieri makes minimalist chocolate packaging for CF18 Chocolatier
For our latest competition, we've teamed up with Finnish Design Shop to offer readers the chance to win a €1,000 gift card, or one of 10 €100 gift cards. More about Competition: win a €1,000 gift card to spend at Finnish Design Shop
Pendant lights sculpted from pebble stones and bronze bowls cast from objects found on hikes are among the pieces on show at Alpenglow Projects gallery in Vancouver. More about Alpenglow Projects' first exhibition features cactus lamps and pendants molded on river stones