We've been inundated with requests for student tickets for Dezeen Day on 30 October, so we've released 25 half-price tickets for the conference. More about Limited number of Dezeen Day student tickets on sale now
Architecture studio MAD has designed a concept for a nature-friendly hyperloop network with raised green walkways alongside tubes topped with a solar panel skin. More about MAD envisions solar-powered hyperloop system
Italian rug manufacturer CC-Tapis brings contemporary ideas and processes to the traditional handicraft of Tibetan rug-knotting with their latest collections, presented in an "architectural" campaign called Spectrum. More about Spectrum campaign by CC-Tapis shows rugs against kaleidoscopic set
Swiss art curator Klaus Littmann has planted 300 trees in a football stadium in Austria as a "memorial" to the environment in the anthropocene era. More about Klaus Littmann plants forest in Austrian football stadium
Paint brand Dulux has selected a cool-tone shade of green as it's Colour of the Year for 2020, which is meant to offer an antidote to an "increasingly disconnected" modern society. More about Tranquil Dawn named Colour of the Year for 2020
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has developed an orange juice bar that turns the waste fruit peel into 3D-printed bioplastic cups to drink the contents from, as an example of the circular economy in practice. More about Carlo Ratti's orange squeezer serves juice in bioplastic cups made from the peel
Contenders for this year's Beazley Designs of the Year awards include Diller Scofidio + Renfro's The Shed, a pocket-sized home HIV test kit, and the world's first genderless voice. More about Designs of the Year 2019 nominees include genderless voice and home HIV test kit
British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert will speak at the Dezeen Day conference in London on 30 October. More about Benjamin Hubert to speak about building a design business at Dezeen Day
Joichi Ito has stepped down as director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab after The New Yorker magazine claimed he made efforts to hide donations from American businessman and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. More about MIT Media Lab director resigns after allegedly covering up Jeffrey Epstein donations
Danish brand Veark has developed a chef's knife that is manufactured using a drop-forged process that creates a unique texture on the handle of each product. More about Veark's CK01 knife is made from a single piece of steel
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg will give a keynote lecture at Dezeen Day in London on 30 October. More about Artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg to speak at Dezeen Day
Bangkok designer Apiwat Chitapanya has created a collection for specialist brass furniture brand Masaya that emulates Chinese ink paintings through the process of lost-wax casting. More about Chinese ink paintings come alive in Apiwat Chitapanya's wax-cast furniture
Engine noise, fumes and carbon emissions are all nonexistent with X Shore, one of the first electric boat-makers to target the consumer market. More about X Shore electric boats designed for emission-free sea travel
Hyundai has created a prototype scooter that folds down to the size of a backpack and can be charged in a car using the energy created while driving. More about Hyundai reveals foldable electric scooter designed to be charged in its cars
Curling edges detail these hanging lamps that New York designer Nina Edwards Anker has created from dried sheets of algae. More about Nea Studio creates lamps from dried seaweed
Digital art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast marks the opening of the Kengo Kuma-designed Odunpazari Modern Museum with two virtual reality installations that comment on humanity's dependency on nature. More about Marshmallow Laser Feast's VR exhibition sends "important environmental message"
We've divided and updated our Pinterest board of minimalist projects into sections containing austere architecture, pared-back interiors and essential designs that do more with less. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More about Keep it simple with this week's minimalist Pinterest board
This week on Dezeen, we announced the shortlisted architecture, interior and design projects that are in line to win Dezeen Awards in 2019. More about This week, we unveiled Dezeen Awards shortlists
Designers Marco Merendi and Diego Vencato have collaborated with Italian firm Gypsum to develop a dirt-resistant concrete, which they used to create a collection of bathroom furniture suitable for outdoor use. More about Petra bathroom collection is made from stain-resistant concrete
Delicate beadwork, plant-stuffed plastic jackets and dangling threads flowed down the runway at Parsons School of Design's graduate show in New York this week, where collections with intricate details were among US reporter Bridget Cogley's highlights. More about Eight eye-catching designs from Parsons 2019 graduate fashion show