Start-up company Callaly has created a new period product that combines a tampon and pantyliner, which could offer women a more trustworthy alternative to those currently on the market. More about Tampliner designed to overcome the "inadequacy of period products"
Tom Dixon is to step away from the Milan design week circuit for the first time in 15 years, and will instead launch products during a 90-day world tour. More about Tom Dixon to skip this year's Milan design week
Designers can influence politicians by proposing "10,000 little steps" to improve the world, according to speakers at our final Good Design for a Bad World talk at Dutch Design Week. More about Design can help change the system, say speakers at Dezeen's politics talk
Dezeen has teamed up with Danish brand Rains to give three readers the chance to win a camouflage raincoat and matching duffel bag from its Sea Camo range. More about Competition: win a Rains jacket and travel bag in camouflage print
Dutch designer Lotte Douwes has created a charging solution for Danish brand Menu, which swaps discreet wall sockets for power stations that hang from the ceiling. More about Lotte Douwes celebrates the plug socket with porcelain charging device
Dezeen promotion: creases are stitched into the cushions of this sofa, designed by Italian architect Antonio Citterio for furniture brand Flexform, to emphasise the natural folds created by sitting. More about Antonio Citterio designs sofa with linear creases for Flexform
American artist Janet Echelman has suspended her latest woven sculpture made up of layers of brightly coloured polyethylene fibres above Madrid's central Plaza Mayor. More about Janet Echelman installs huge netted sculpture above Madrid's Plaza Mayor
A group of German designers have created stool seats from oddly shaped pieces of recycled plastic produced at an injection-moulding factory. More about Scrap Life Project transforms waste plastic from injection-moulding process into stools
These silver mirrors are each created by Swedish designer Jenny Nordberg in less than five minutes, using a traditional process involving chemical-infused liquid. More about Jenny Nordberg uses uncontrollable process to create unique mirrors in under five minutes
Swedish brand Voice has a launched a collection of "fundamental" furniture for the modern home, based on the concept of basics in fashion. More about Voice launches the furniture equivalent of wardrobe essentials
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Toronto-based industrial design studio Castor has managed to induce an electric current through a 2,500-pound marble slab, causing a glow from a fluorescent tube simply laying on its top. More about Castor's marble block illuminates tube light without metal contact
Scientists believe that a newly developed electronic skin that is able to mimic the function and properties of human skin could help to create prosthetics capable of providing sensory feedback. More about Self-healing "e-skin" could provide amputees with realistic sensations
A dilapidated building, once used an embassy for Mexico, was the venue where new Japanese furniture producer Ariake showcased its inaugural collection during Stockholm Design Week 2018. More about New Japanese furniture brand Ariake presents first range inside crumbling Stockholm embassy
The launch of Apple's smart home hub, the HomePod, has been marred by news that the speaker is leaving circular marks on wooden furniture. More about Apple's HomePod speaker damages wooden furniture
A 1910s barge, fitted out by Le Corbusier to be a homeless shelter for the Salvation Army, has sank during flooding of the Seine river in Paris. More about Le Corbusier-designed barge sinks in Seine flooding
Creative agency Folk has designed a typeface to mark the centenary of Lithuania's independence – basing it on the handwritten lettering used to create the country's independence declaration in 1918. More about Signato typeface celebrates 100 years of Lithuania's independence declaration
We Launch has created a new identity for the Jamaican bobsleigh and skeleton athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea – aiming to separate the team from its comedic association with the film Cool Runnings. More about Jamaican bobsleigh team rebrands to "get away from association with Cool Runnings"
A range of furniture designs from the 1950s, 60s and 70s were relaunched during this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair – proving that the demand for midcentury icons is still strong. More about Seven midcentury furniture designs relaunched at Stockholm Design Week
Germany is to make public transport cost-free in five cities, as the government attempts to meet pollution targets set by the EU. More about Germany to trial free public transport in bid to cut pollution