Design platform Exil Collective has launched its first collection at Dubai Design Week to spotlight work by both up-and-coming and established Lebanese designers. More about Exil Collective showcases work by emerging Lebanese designers
Design studio Layer has created LightVision, a headset unveiled at Design Miami during Miami art week that uses an LED light matrix to turn nature videos into biomorphic patterns to help users meditate. More about Layer launches LightVision headset to enable "powerful meditation"
In the first design instalment of our review of 2021, we round up the top 10 product launches this year, including a biodegradable face mask and a pair of laceless Nike trainers. More about Dezeen's top 10 product launches of 2021
Adidas has announced its next collection will be a mix of digital and physical items, and will be sold as NFTs produced with collaborators such as Bored Ape Yacht Club. More about Adidas to enter the metaverse with first NFT products
Dezeen promotion: Italian ceramic brand Ceramiche Refin has launched a collection of porcelain tiles that reference the textured surfaces and rich colours of traditional frescos. More about Ceramiche Refin designs porcelain tiles that take cues from traditional frescos
Dezeen Showroom: textile brand Vescom has launched a range of durable upholstery made from 100 per cent recycled plastic waste. More about Recycled PET upholstery by Vescom
Interior designer Kelly Wearstler has put an architectural spin on a Christmas classic, creating a gingerbread house in a California modernist style. More about Kelly Wearstler creates modernist Gingerbread Dreamhouse
Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition closes for entries at midnight on Monday. Enter before the deadline for the chance to win up to €35,000. More about Last chance to enter Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition
For the upcoming holiday season, we've selected 15 environmentally friendly gift ideas for architecture and design aficionados. More about Dezeen's Christmas gift guide for environmentally conscious architects and designers
Dezeen Showroom: designed to look like wood or stone, IVC Commercial's LayRed 55 intends to deliver natural-looking flooring with added durability and acoustic performance. More about LayRed 55 flooring by IVC Commercial
Last week Dezeen reported on the invention of Wondaleaf, an adhesive prophylactic which its creator claims is the world's first unisex condom. Here, we round up eight other contraceptive designs with the potential to challenge ideas about sexual health. More about Eight contraceptive designs that revolutionise sexual health
Dezeen Showroom: Italian tile brand Ceramiche Keope has presented a selection of tiles on Dezeen Showroom, including a tile with a "slate-effect" and another informed by art deco design. More about Tiles informed by natural stone from Ceramiche Keope feature on Dezeen Showroom
The second edition of Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition closes for entries on 20 December. Enter before the deadline for the chance to win up to €35,000. More about Two weeks left to enter Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition
Dutch designer Antoine Peters has developed a technique for making textiles that appear to change or move when viewed from different angles. More about Antoine Peters creates optical illusions with Lenticular Weave textiles
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with Japanese brand Muji to put together a Christmas gift guide, featuring festive candles, skincare sourced from Japanese mountains and winter accessories. More about Muji's Christmas gift guide features Japanese skincare products and festive candles
Dezeen Showroom: British textile brand Camira has launched its first vegan-friendly leather alternative called Deca, which can be used as an upholstery fabric. More about Deca vegan-friendly leather alternative by Camira
Malaysian gynaecologist John Tang has created a condom made from polyurethane that can be worn by both males and females during sex. More about "World's first" unisex condom created by Wondaleaf
An autonomous recycling machine designed by Taiwanese company Miniwiz, which can be transplanted into local communities to transform plastic waste into useful products, has received the 2021 World Design Impact Prize. More about Mobile AI-powered recycling plant Trashpresso wins World Design Impact Prize
Dezeen Showroom: Italian wall and floor tile brand Ceramiche Keope has designed a tile collection informed by the veiny appearance of slate. More about Ubik tiles by Ceramiche Keope
London studio Pearson Lloyd has worked with design and 3D-manufacturing studio Batch.Works to create pen pots, trays and a mobile-phone stand made from discarded food packaging for office brand Bene. More about Pearson Lloyd designs 3D-printed desk accessories made from recycled bioplastic waste