British design studio Layer has aimed to bring sustainability to mattress design in a collaboration with Chinese start-up Mazzu, creating a modular, foamless product made up of textile-covered springs. More about Layer rethinks bed design with foamless and disassemblable Mazzu mattress
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features AI smart binoculars designed by Marc Newson. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features AI smart binoculars that "ruin the fun of bird-watching"
US start-up Rabbit and tech company Teenage Engineering have designed the R1, a "pocket companion" that aims to upturn the dominance of smartphones in our lives by using artificial intelligence to complete tasks. More about Rabbit reimagines the digital experience with AI-powered R1 device
Designed by Marc Newson and unveiled at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, Swarovski Optik's AX Visio binoculars are equipped with artificial intelligence so they can identify bird and animal species. More about Marc Newson and Swarovski Optik create AI smart binoculars
Health tech company Withings has used the Consumer Electronics Show to unveil its BeamO "multiscope" – a device that allows people to conduct four routine medical checks at home, designed together with Elium Studio. More about Withings' "thermometer of the future" measures more than just temperature
Materials companies Circular Matters and StoneCycling have used corn cobs – one of the world's most plentiful agricultural waste materials – to make interior cladding that is biodegradable and almost entirely bio-based. More about CornWall gives discarded corn cobs new life as tiles
Industrial designer Mary Lempres has created a bio-cement structure developed to mimic naturally occurring oyster reefs that tackle coastal flooding, filter seawater and promote biodiversity. More about Reef Rocket is a bio-cement reef grown from plant enzymes
Berlin-based designer Kimia Amir-Moazami hopes to tackle the issue of food waste with a container system that reveals if something is safe to eat or not. More about Vorkoster smart lid detects when food has gone off
New York-based designer Kickie Chudikova worked with cannabis brand Gossamer to develop The Nesting Set, a glass ashtray, pipe and one-hitter that can be integrated stylishly into a user's home. More about Kickie Chudikova designs "sculptural yet unobtrusive" cannabis accessories
London-based Studio Indigo and craftsmen Little Halstock have created a sculptural gimbal decanter for whisky distillers The Glenrothes that can be used aboard a yacht to protect and pour its rare Demijohn 1969 spirit. More about Philos is a gimbal decanter designed for serving whisky on superyachts
Examples of practical and playful paper packaging were presented at this exhibition curated by designer Makoto Umebara as part of the Takeo Paper Show in Tokyo, Japan. More about Takeo packaging exhibition highlights "unique sensory properties" of Japanese paper
Dezeen Showroom: a stool with a mottled finish reminiscent of terrazzo that is made from recycled plastic is among 11 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Stump Recycled stools by Derlot among 11 new products on Dezeen Showroom
Netherlands-based designer Kyran Knauf has created a tabletop device that allows users to breed and harvest crickets as an alternative protein source. More about Kyran Knauf creates tabletop cricket farm for household meat alternative
With the holiday season fast approaching, Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson has picked out a selection of products for design-conscious gifting. More about Dezeen's Christmas gift guide for design aficionados
Dezeen Showroom: created by designers Pio and Tito Toso for Italian brand Pulkra, the Dome range is intended to bring the austere beauty of concrete into the bathroom. More about Dome bathroom suite by Pio and Tito Toso for Pulkra
A phone charger for rough sleepers, a basketball that never goes flat and glasses that instantly change prescription are among this year's top product designs, which we've rounded up as part of our review of 2023. More about Dezeen's top 10 product designs of 2023
Pods are more popular than ever but offer far more than merely a place to take a call in a busy office, writes Freyja Sewell. More about "Pods have quietly become a standard part of our open-plan interior landscape"
Designer Yves Béhar's studio Fuseproject has created a family of portable power stations with accompanying solar panels for US start-up Yoshino, utilising ultra-efficient solid-state batteries. More about Fuseproject designs "world's first" portable solid-state power station
Dezeen Showroom: the colours and textures of nature are thoughtfully deconstructed and evoked in the Deep Connections fabric collection, created by HBF Textiles. More about Deep Connections fabric by HBF
London design studio Blond has worked with Electric Air to develop an elevated product design and visual identity for the start-up's heat pump system, in a bid to bring low-carbon heating and cooling to more US homes. More about Blond designs "attractive and desirable" heat pump system for Electric Air