A receptacle for gifting your best DNA, a tech-disabling glove for punishing cybercriminals and a device that harvests edible fungus from your own body are among the concepts presented by students of five Lebanese universities for the Speculative Needs exhibition. More about Lebanese students anticipate future human needs for Beirut Design Week exhibition
Swedish designer Jonas Wagell's collection of simple home products for From the Bay includes tables with propellor-shaped bases and a bulbous lamp that can be carried by a thin black handle. More about Jonas Wagell adds to minimal product line for From the Bay
Apple's chief design officer Jonathan Ive is set to replace James Dyson as chancellor of London's Royal College of Art. More about Apple's Jony Ive appointed chancellor of Royal College of Art
With graduate fashion season underway, design reporter Alice Morby has picked the six best collections from University of Westminster's catwalk, including garments branded with beer logos and painterly dresses. More about Six designers to watch from Westminster's graduate fashion show
Using a pen or paintbrush, this small WiFi-connected robot arm is able to recreate on paper, whatever you draw on a touchscreen device. More about Affordable robot drawing arm brings computer sketches to life on paper
New York design duo George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg have created a crystal lighting collection in collaboration with Czech glass manufacturer Lasvit. More about Yabu Pushelberg presents handblown celestial lighting collection for Lasvit
Products to aid those with memory loss and an exhibition stand made from carved blue foam and mirrors are among the award winners at this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York. More about ICFF award winners include designs for Alzheimer's sufferers and a blue foam booth
London design duo Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien discussed a decade of collaboration with Italian brand Moroso in this Dezeen talk, which we streamed live from Moroso's London showroom. More about Watch our talk with Doshi Levien at Moroso's showroom during Clerkenwell Design Week
Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion opens at London's V&A today, with the exhibition showcasing over 100 pieces of the Spanish designer's work from the later stages of his career, as well as the works of designers he has influenced. More about V&A celebrates legacy of fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga in new exhibition
Dezeen promotion: Spanish furniture brand Sancal has collaborated with Note Design Studio to create a new seating solution for tired travellers at airports. More about Sancal provides refuge for weary travellers with La Isla sofa
Brooklyn studio Good Thing and grooming brand Harry's have unveiled a collection of unusual shaving brushes, which include designs made from bobbly cast aluminium, towered stacks of magnets and a wobbly metal ball. More about 13 designers reimagine the shaving brush for Good Thing collection
Skateboards, Snapchat Spectacles, an early Gay Pride flag and a self-driving car sit side by side in a new Design Museum exhibition that explores how California has become the new centre of the design industry. More about "Designed in California" is the new "made in Italy" according to Design Museum exhibition
An illuminated alabaster totem pole and a marble disk that appears to balance on a neon string feature in New York design collective Colony's politically charged furniture and lighting installation. More about Colony reacts to US political landscape with Lightness exhibition in New York
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a customisable kitchen island for Italian brand Boffi, which is fitted in apartments of the firm's 520 West 28th project nearing completion in New York's Chelsea. More about Zaha Hadid Architects' kitchen for New York condo building launched by Boffi
IKEA is set to increase its production of furniture in the UK as a way to keep costs down following the country's decision to leave the European Union. More about IKEA could move more manufacturing to UK to avoid post-Brexit price hikes
The UK's Labour Party has praised the nation's architecture and design sector, and promised to put the creative sector at the centre of Brexit negotiations if it wins next month's general election. More about Labour Party pledges to put creative industries at heart of UK's Brexit negotiations with dedicated manifesto
The winning entry plus eight runners up in Dezeen's Brexit passport design competition will be on display at the London showroom of Italian furniture brand Arper this week, as part of Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Arper showroom hosts exhibition of Brexit passport designs during Clerkenwell Design Week
For this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, London designer Giles Miller worked with watch brand Shinola to create a pavilion made from 8,000 lightning-bolt-shaped pieces of plywood. More about Giles Miller installs louvred plywood pavilion in London's Clerkenwell
Copenhagen-based Anker Bak has created a foldable rocking chair that incorporates traditional materials with a minimalist approach. More about Young Danish designer reimagines the rocking chair at Carl Hansen & Son's New York showroom
From 13 unusual takes on the shaving brush to interactive live and work spaces, we've picked out the best in show at this year's WantedDesign trade fairs in New York. More about Dezeen's top 10 products and installations at WantedDesign 2017