As the inaugural Design Biennale Rotterdam takes over the Netherlands' second city, Dezeen has rounded up 10 standout projects from the 10-day event. More about "Depressed furniture" and Madagascan totem stools among highlights from Design Biennale Rotterdam
Promotion: Ukrainian-German company Lemki Robotix has created a functioning prototype for a 3D-printed caravan using fibreglass mixed with over 7,000 recycled plastic bottles. More about Lemki Robotix creates "world's first 3D-printed mobile home"
Dezeen Showroom: the latest and largest addition to Latvian brand Wigiwama's line of modular children's furniture is the Flipster seat, which can be used as a chair, lounger or play mat. More about Flipster seat by Wigiwama
Dezeen Showroom: designed to maximise prep space in the kitchen, US manufacturer Ruvati have released sinks that can be converted with two levels of add-on accessories. More about Workstation sinks by Ruvati
Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has unveiled a Madrid Design Festival exhibition showing how the discarded roots of olive trees could be turned into design objects. More about Jorge Penadés shows new uses for olive tree roots in Uprooted exhibition
Designer Rio Kobayashi used salvaged wood to craft furniture and sculptures that are on display alongside works by American painter Fritz Rauh as part of an exhibition at California gallery Blunk Space. More about Rio Kobayashi creates furniture from redwood offcuts for Blunk Space exhibition
Dezeen has launched Dezeen Competitions, a dedicated platform for discovering and participating in top architecture and design competitions worldwide. More about Dezeen Competitions launches to provide a platform for architecture and design contests
Norwegian robotics firm 1X has developed a humanoid robot for home chores that is wrapped in beige knitwear to "complement living spaces rather than disrupt them". More about Scandi robot servant Neo Gamma is dressed head-to-toe in beige knitwear
Designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello embraced the difficulties of working with copper in Nigeria, where the material is mined but rarely sold, to make his latest metal furniture collection for Los Angeles gallery Marta. More about Nifemi Marcus-Bello explores exploitation of Africa's natural resources with copper furniture
Industrial designer Tej Chauhan has revamped the 1960s DiaStar by Swiss watchmaker Rado, adding brightly coloured accents and a chunky bezel informed by golden sci-fi space helmets. More about Tej Chauhan's latest Rado watch tells the wearer when it's "party time"
Speaker design studio Silence Please has created a showroom for its bespoke speakers outfitted with a tea room, record store and listening space in a New York City loft. More about Silence Please creates "giant living room" for New York showroom and listening space
Dezeen Showroom: informed by art deco architecture, the H04 pull handle by US studio Civilian for Bankston Architectural brings an impactful material interplay to doors and joinery. More about H04 Pull Handle Long by Civilian for Bankston Architectural
US company Alef Aeronautics has released videos of its Alef Model Zero electric flying car driving on a road in California before vertically taking off into flight. More about Videos reveal vertical takeoff of electric flying car in California
There's still time to be included in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to Milan design week, which spotlights the key events taking place between 7 to 13 April 2025. More about You can still feature in Dezeen's digital guide to Milan design week 2025
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a jacket made from walnut wood designed by clothing brand Vollebak. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features a prototype wooden jacket by Vollebak
Spanish architect Miguel Arraiz has released designs informed by Japanese craft and volcanic stone for a monumental temple to be installed at this year's Burning Man event in Nevada. More about Miguel Arraiz designs "natural and futuristic" temple for Burning Man 2025
Rubber shelving and an origami-infused update to the Adirondack Chair feature in this roundup of furniture and lighting by emerging Canadian designers. More about Eight furniture and lighting designs from up-and-coming Canadians
Architecture firm MVRDV has blanketed the square outside Bangkok's city hall with a woven floor mat made from recycled rice bags, inviting residents to sit, congregate and consider Thailand's plastic pollution crisis. More about MVRDV creates public seating area that doubles as "860-square-metre infographic" in Bangkok
Experimental clothing brand Vollebak has made a prototype jacket from 250,000 pieces of laser-cut American walnut. More about Vollebak creates prototype Wooden Jacket from 250,000 pieces of American walnut
Tea-stained cups, caterpillar-shaped cabinets and colourful flower lights feature in an exhibition celebrating the work of English designer Bethan Laura Wood at London's Design Museum. More about Bethan Laura Wood's first solo UK museum show is a "living body of work"