Geneva Motor Show 2015: car manufacturers are helping to change outdated perceptions of hybrid and electric vehicles by using the technologies in faster, sleeker cars, finds Dezeen's motoring correspondent Ross Bryant. More about Six of the best electric and hybrid car designs from the 2015 Geneva Motor Show
Voluminous origami-influenced garments and headdresses featured in Japanese fashion designer Junya Watanabe's catwalk show during Paris Fashion Week. More about Junya Watanabe folds textiles into mathematical patterns for Autumn Winter 2015
London's Royal College of Art has been hit by more senior staff changes, with Ab Rogers (above) stepping down as head of the Interior Design programme, Clare Johnston retiring as head of Textiles and Jeremy Myerson departing as head of research institute the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design. More about "Changing of the guard" as more senior staff step down at Royal College of Art
Japanese studio Nendo has turned woven bamboo baskets into backrests for chairs and storage compartments for tables in this furniture range (+ slideshow). More about Nendo's Tokyo Tribal furniture incorporates bamboo baskets
Design Indaba 2015: designer Kathryn Fleming has presented prototypes for new organisms that could be created using synthetic biology, including a cat-dog hybrid with reflective fur and a tightrope-walking herbivore. More about Kathryn Fleming proposes engineering animals to thwart extinction
Swedish designer Stefan Borselius has created a modular sofa system for Fogia, based on the Tondo chairs he designed for the Swedish furniture brand last year. More about Stefan Borselius develops Tondo chair into sofa system for Fogia
Tiny Shoreditch gallery Kemistry is rebranding itself as the UK's first public institution dedicated to graphic design, and is staging a retrospective exhibition as part of its funding bid. More about London gallery to re-launch as UK's first public institution of graphic design
Apple has revealed its latest laptop computer, which weighs only two pounds and comes in colours to match the tech giant's iPhone 6 (+ slideshow). More about Apple's thinnest and lightest MacBook comes in gold
Italian designer Piero Lissoni has paired a round-edged cube seat with a vertical rectangular back to create this upholstered chair for furniture brand Viccarbe. More about Season chair by Piero Lissoni comprises two simple volumes
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: French designer Marlène Huissoud explains how she produced a range of "glass" and "leather" objects using resin collected from beehives and silkworm cocoons in this movie from Eindhoven. More about Marlène Huissoud uses insect by-products to develop new materials
Paris department store Bon Marché Rive Gauche will host an exhibition of furniture by Danish designer Finn Juhl to celebrate the 75th anniversary of his Pelican Chair and two new product launches. More about Bon Marché to host Finn Juhl furniture exhibition
Berlin-based designer Sybille Paulsen has worked with people undergoing chemotherapy treatment to create bespoke jewellery from their own hair. More about Sybille Paulsen creates jewellery for cancer patients using their own hair
This sofa by Danish designer Anne Boysen can be arranged as an armchair, a chaise longue or for two people to sit facing each other thanks to its moveable armrests. More about Anne Boysen's Toward Sofa reconfigures for different sitting positions
A range of lifestyle products created by music producer Will.i.am and Coca Cola using recycled plastic bottles and aluminium, has launched at a dedicated shop-in-shop at London department store Harrods (+ slideshow). More about Will.i.am launches Ekocycle range of products made with sustainable materials
Opinion: in a desperate grab to attract the attention of children reared on digital devices, board game manufacturers have forgotten that interaction design matters more than brand extensions, says Alexandra Lange. More about "Games that have withstood the fads of fashion and television should look like it"
Australian designer Alex Goad has created a system of modular ceramic components for forming structures that can help rebuild diminished coral reef environments (+ slideshow). More about Lego-inspired modular structures restore damaged coral reefs
A set of stacked terracotta planters, colourful geometric hand-held mirrors and ombre-glazed vases are among the homeware products included in the debut collection by Canadian design duo MPGMB (+ slideshow). More about MPGMB's homeware includes terracotta cacti pots based on desert forms
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Gothenburg-based Studio Esinam to give readers the chance to win its latest monochrome prints showing elevations of iconic structures in London. More about Competition: five London Landmarks and Elevations posters to be won
News: Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby have announced their departure from teaching roles on the Design Interactions course at London's Royal College of Art. More about Dunne and Raby step down from Royal College of Art
Dutch designer Gert-Jan Soepenberg has created a concrete vase that mimics a structural element of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer's Palácio de Alvorada. More about Oscar Niemeyer facade informs cross-shaped concrete vase