Dubai's Global Grad Show has announced an open call to universities and students for designs that address critical issues resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. More about Global Grad Show calls for student designs that respond to coronavirus
Monolithic slabs of pearlescent polycarbonate make up the latest designs from Dutch startup Plasticiet, which aims to bring new value to recycled plastic. More about Plasticiet stretches recycled plastic like taffy for Mother of Pearl furniture
Finnish artist Kari Kola used myriad emerald and blue lights to transform an area of Ireland's Connemara mountains into what he claims was "the largest site-specific light artwork ever created". More about Kari Kola illuminates Irish mountainside with 1,000 lights
Multidisciplinary group Wevolve Labs modelled its pavilion for last year's Burning Man on a bird-like dinosaur, with large wings that lit up at night and shaded seats underneath. More about Large "sail-like canopy" topped Burning Man installation Archaeopteryx
As China recorded its first day with no new coronavirus cases, architecture and design studios in the country have said they are gradually returning to normality. More about "Glimmer of hope" as studios in China reopen after coronavirus shutdown
Dezeen promotion: British textile company Camira has created fabrics that contain recycled plastic collected from oceans and beaches. More about Camira creates colourful Oceanic fabrics from recycled plastic bottles
Spanish-Italian designer Pablo Dorigo Sempere has extracted algae polluting the Venetian Lagoon and used it to make paper postage stamps for the Italian city. More about Pablo Dorigo Sempere turns Venice canal algae into postage stamps
Italian additive manufacturing start-up Isinnova has reverse engineered and 3D printed a crucial valve for an overrun hospital in Chiari, a small town in Lombardy which is among the areas worst affected by the coronavirus outbreak. More about 3D printers fabricate emergency valves for ventilators to keep coronavirus patients breathing
New York architecture firm SO-IL has designed an exhibition to present a Japanese handicraft that uses remnants of hemp fabric. More about SO-IL designs exhibition to showcase patchwork boro fabrics
New Stone Age at London's Building Centre shows the potential of stone as a modern construction material. Curator Steve Webb picks five projects from the exhibition that use it in innovative, practical and sustainable ways.
More about New Stone Age exhibition demonstrates material's "potential to revolutionise construction"
Artists and designers have grabbed their pens, pencils and digital styluses to create images of support and informative illustrations to help distribute advice on how to slow the spread of coronavirus. More about Graphic designers get creative to circulate helpful advice during coronavirus outbreak
The Design Museum is closing its doors today, following British prime minister Boris Johnson's official advice that citizens should avoid all public gatherings and non-essential travel in light of the coronavirus pandemic. More about London's Design Museum closed indefinitely to help stem spread of coronavirus
Last week, we announced plans for an online design week called Virtual Milan. Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs explains why this was the wrong thing to do, and what we intend to do about it. More about "I want to apologise to our Italian friends"
Cardiff and Amsterdam-based design studio Smörgåsbord has developed Cymru Wales, a "nation-defining" font family that gives an accurate, digital expression to the Cymraeg language for the first time. More about Smörgåsbord designs first digital typeface family for the Welsh language
US shoe company Rothy's has launched handbags that it claims are made from 100 per cent recycled materials. More about Rothy's creates handbag collection using ocean-bound plastics
Experience designer Bompas & Parr has launched a design competition to rethink hand sanitisers to encourage hand-washing during the coronavirus pandemic while raising money for charity. More about Fountain of Hygiene competition calls on designers to rethink hand sanitisers amid coronavirus pandemic
NYCxDesign and Chicago's NeoCon furniture fair have been postponed due to the US outbreak of coronavirus. More about NYCxDesign and NeoCon 2020 postponed due to coronavirus
The Creative Industries Federation has criticised the UK government's decision not to ban group gatherings due to coronavirus, as it could restrict the ability of creative organisations to claim compensation. More about Government's coronavirus advice "crippling blow to the UK’s creative industries" says Creative Industries Federation
The small piece of plastic that saves a pizza from being touched by its box has been made into a human-sized table by IKEA in collaboration with restaurant chain Pizza Hut. More about IKEA and Pizza Hut collaborate to create full-size version of pizza box table
Clerkenwell Design Week in London has been postponed from May until July, becoming the latest architecture and design event to be impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. More about Clerkenwell Design Week postponed due to coronavirus outbreak