Metal objects such as anti-bird spikes, flag holders and air vents are turned into household items in this project by industrial design duo Liang-Jung Chen and Shuei-Yuan Yang. More
Design collective Dutch Invertuals celebrates "the mother of all forms: the circle" with an exhibition of objects from fragmented mirrors to sculptural ceramics. More
A timber pavilion called Biobasecamp at Dutch Design Week brought together projects that demonstrate the potential of the "concrete of the future" to fight against climate change. More
Designer Irakli Sabekia has developed a device that can turn the border fence between Russia and his native Georgia into a radio transmitter. More
The Growing Pavilion is a temporary events space at Dutch Design Week constructed with panels grown from mushroom mycelium supported on a timber frame. More
Central Saint Martins graduate Annie Larkins addresses issues of food production with her unusually shaped egg-free alternative to chicken eggs, made using pea protein, salt and algae-derived acid. More
Atelier NL has made a series of wooden benches from trees uprooted in a huge storm that hit Eindhoven earlier this year, to sit alongside objects made from wood at their studio. More
French designer Dorian Renard has applied traditional glassblowing techniques to a series of plastic furniture and sculptural pieces, in a bid to present the maligned material in a new light. More
Design Academy Eindhoven alumni studios look at the myriad consequences of junk in a globalised world in an exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum and across the city for Dutch Design Week. More
The Netherlands could build a million new homes from sustainably harvested local wood and save 100 megatons of carbon in the process, according to architect Marco Vermeulen. More
Amsterdam-based Studio Drift has created an installation of 3,000 blue blocks, which each represent the plastic used to make an individual supermarket bag, at the Van Abbemuseum for Dutch Design Week. More
Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs spoke to a panel of experts today in Eindhoven about the circular economy and architecture, as part of Dutch Design Week 2019. More
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Micheline Nahra has disassembled a four-person dinner setting and rebuilt it for one person, in a bid to make absence visible. More
British designer Vivienne Westwood has said that "we haven't got time to talk about fashion" in light of the climate crisis, and is instead calling for a ban on private land ownership with her One World Rent campaign. More
Dezeen promotion: Decovery paint ingredient manufacturer DSM is hosting a talk at Dutch Design Week on the vital role that plant-based paint can play in making the whole design industry more environmentally friendly. More
French designer Marlène Huissoud asks humans to "Please Stand By" with her first chairs, which are designed to be refuges for insects. More
Traditional Indian crafts are celebrated in the inaugural collection from Kam Ce Kam, a furniture brand launched by 27-year-old designer Jehanara Knowles during London Design Festival. More
Kirkby Design has given a 1967 London Underground carriage a candy-coloured overhaul by upholstering it in the brand's Underground Vol. II fabric collection. More
The Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council has paired Bedouin craftswomen in the UAE with international artists to create items that can be sold to a global market. More
Architecture and design collective Edit has designed a vacuum cleaner that requires three people to operate as a feminist thought experiment to draw attention to women's unwaged domestic labour. More
