Dezeen promotion: bathroom manufacturer Ideal Standard has unveiled its latest product range, which includes colourful design-led appliances and fixtures. More about Ideal Standard launches Atelier Collections for the bathroom
Dezeen Showroom: product designer Layla Mehdi Pour took cues from nature when creating the geometric Jasmine acoustic panels for Flokk-owned brand Offecct. More about Jasmine acoustic panels by Layla Mehdi Pour for Offecct
Dezeen Showroom: IVC Commercial has updated its Studio Moods flooring system, expanding the range to add even more versatility and creativity. More about Studio Moods flooring by IVC Commercial
Japanese design studio Gelchop has created a lamp for IKEA that takes the shape of an oversized Allen key in a nod to the company's flat-pack furniture legacy. More about IKEA unveils Allen key lamp in homage to "the most iconic IKEA item of all"
Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer has designed tactile packaging, a layered fabric face mask and the overall branding for Never Go Alone, a collection that aims to help protect against the coronavirus. More about Benjamin Hubert creates packaging and branding for wellness brand Never Go Alone
San Francisco-based footwear brand Allbirds is set to introduce what it claims is the first leather alternative entirely made from plant-based ingredients. More about Allbirds to make shoes using plant-based leather to help "eradicate petroleum from the fashion industry"
Dezeen Showroom: the world's rugged and arid landscapes inspired the flooring in the Sierra Collection, from Australian brand Tsar Carpets. More about Sierra Collection by Tsar Carpets
Spanish designer Júlia Roca Vera has created a line of cosmetics from fruit that was discarded for purely aesthetic reasons, to encourage people to make use of waste products. More about Júlia Roca Vera turns food waste into skincare
Dezeen Showroom: Giovanni Barbieri's Squar(e) collection combines irregular mosaic and standard ceramic tiles that can be used to create customised 3D wall finishes. More about Squar(e) tiles by Giovanni Barbieri
Dezeen Showroom: Split is a demountable partition wall system by IOC Project Partners that is designed to be easily installed and helps users create private spaces even in busy work areas. More about Split partition wall system by IOC Project Partners
Stockholm Design Week's showcase of emerging talent, Greenhouse, has switched to a digital format for 2021. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out 10 of the best student projects on show. More about Ten standout student projects from Stockholm Design Week
IKEA has released its first line of furniture designed for PC gaming in collaboration with popular hardware brand Republic of Gamers. More about IKEA launches esports furniture collection to "democratise the gaming experience"
Designers and environmentalists have slammed Coca-Cola's efforts to tackle plastic pollution as "greenwashing" and "a huge step backwards in sustainability". More about Coca-Cola's plans to reduce plastic waste "simply don't go far enough"
Brighton College student Pietro Pignatti has designed a compact avocado cutter that can be used to safely open avocados while on the go. More about School student creates travel-sized Avogo tool to "eliminate avocado hand"
Porcelain-covered handbags, extension cord ornaments and a vaccination board game are among the student projects featured in this school show from the ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands. More about Nine projects from ArtEZ product design students that rethink everyday objects
In the Centre of the Table is a collection of practical and decorative objects including marble and wood serving plates and wooden dinosaurs made by students from Mexico's CENTRO University. More about Mexican design students fill tables with marble platters and wooden dinosaurs
German designer Emilie Burfeind has developed a sock sneaker with a mushroom mycelium sole and a knitted upper made from canine hair that was shed while grooming and would otherwise have been discarded. More about Sneature is a compostable trainer made from 3D-knitted dog hair
Industrial designers Hank Beyer and Alex Sizemore have made prototype computers from unconventional materials such as ice and honey to explore how people value emotional connection versus usability. More about Designers make desktop computers and mice out of honey and ice
Nendo has completed a comprehensive makeover of all of Japan Airlines' in-flight amenities, from meal trays to slippers and earplug wrappers, which draws on the lines of a paper crane. More about Origami crane informs Nendo's minimalist overhaul of Japan Airlines amenity kits
Icelandic designer Valdís Steinarsdóttir is turning byproducts from the meat industry into vessels made of bone and a bioplastic material for packaging. More about Valdís Steinarsdóttir turns animal skin and bones into food packaging and vases