To mark this year's Earth Day, Dezeen has selected 12 recent interviews that will make you more informed about the major environmental issues facing the planet. More about Twelve interviews you should read this Earth Day
Tables that can charge mobile phones and bricks made from avocado pits were among the projects shown by up-and-coming designers at Salone Satellite during this year's Milan design week. More about Five emerging designers to watch from Salone Satellite
Members of ten architecture studios including Snøhetta, Brooks + Scarpa and Gensler have designed birdhouses for an exhibition on display at Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas for an initiative to support restoration projects in the park. More about Snøhetta, Brooks + Scarpa among studios to create birdhouses for San Antonio exhibition
Chinese architecture studio MAD has inserted a 12.5-metre-tall cube, named Momentum, into the courtyard of the University of Milan during Milan design week. More about MAD installs reflective ETFE cube at Milan design week
Perforated screens of gold-toned metal filter light and air into Lantern House, a villa on Banana Island in Lagos designed by Tosin Oshinowo-led studio CmDesign Atelier. More about CmDesign Atelier completes "solid and porous" villa in Lagos
Architect Shigeru Ban has created a space from paper tubes to showcase lamps by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for The Harmony of Form and Function exhibition during Milan design week. More about Shigeru Ban exhibits Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin lights in paper-tube tunnel
UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled the first flagship Apple Store in India, which has a ceiling made from 450,000 pieces of oak. More about Foster + Partners embodies "creative spirit of Mumbai" with first Apple Store in India
Tech giant Google has created an installation with American artist Lachlan Turczan that explores the "hidden qualities of water" at Milan Design Week. More about Lachlan Turczan and Google visualise sound with giant water-covered speakers
MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen has told employees of the US furniture company to be focused on profits and not their lack of bonuses at a company-wide meeting about motivation. More about MillerKnoll CEO tells employees with bonus concerns to "leave pity city"
Italian architect and Dezeen Awards judge Paola Navone has created an exhibition at Milan design week that will see her give away hundreds of eclectic pieces she has collected to the general public. More about Paola Navone to give away hundreds of objects at Take It or Leave It exhibition
Giant robots informed by South Asian temples and a "cyber-physical" sculpture are among the installations at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California. More about Four monumental installations and artworks at Coachella 2023
Niger-based Atelier Masōmī has unveiled a library in Monrovia dedicated to Liberia's former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, which will contain exhibitions designed by South African architect Sumayya Vally. More about Atelier Masōmī designs raw-earth-brick presidential library in Liberia
Design firm Prowl Studio has proven that bioplastic can be load-bearing with the launch of its mono-material Peel Chair, which is made from corn-derived PLA and hemp fibres, at Milan design week. More about Prowl Studio develops "first injection-moulded chair that can be composted"
Designers Salomé Bazin and Giulia Tomasello have tried to break down taboos with Tides, a sex toy created especially for women in midlife and older. More about Tides creates massager for women going through menopause
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled a concept for a vertiport terminal in Dubai that will accommodate "air taxi services" and encompass a curved, overhanging roof. More about Foster + Partners designs sweeping terminal for "air taxi services" in Dubai
With Salone del Mobile returning to its April slot for the first time in four years next week, president Maria Porro tells Dezeen what to expect from the design mega-fair in this interview. More about "Salone cannot be stagnant and living on its past success" says Maria Porro
North Arrow Studio has completed a compact, corrugated metal accessory dwelling unit in East Austin's Chestnut neighbourhood featuring a custom, circular pivot window that is reminiscent of the round opening in a birdhouse. More about North Arrow Studio creates metal ADU in Austin to resemble a birdhouse
Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed the visuals for Yichang Grand Theatre in China, which will have an amorphous form intended to evoke flowing water. More about Open Architecture models Chinese theatre on "ever-changing body of water"
Milan design week exhibition Alcova takes place in a new location every year. In an exclusive interview, founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima say this nomadic approach is key to supporting radical young design talent. More about "We dodge the bullet of gentrification by moving around" say Alcova founders
UK practice Heatherwick Studio and Dutch studio Barcode Architects have revealed visuals of Oopen, a stacked cylindrical tower topped with landscaped terraces designed for Utrecht's city centre. More about Heatherwick Studio and Barcode Architects unveil design for cylindrical faceted-glass tower