This raincoat by design practice Studio Mesh comprises a zip-up, hooded cape made from recycled materials to offer a more sustainable alternative to umbrellas. More about Urbanella is a rainproof cape that packs away into a handy bag
Artist Edoardo Tresoldi has placed 46 columns in a park in the Italian city of Reggio Calabria to create a permanent installation called Opera. More about Edoardo Tresoldi installs 46 wire mesh columns on Italian coast
TU Delft researcher Bob Hendrikx has created Living Cocoon, a coffin made from mycelium that helps bodies decompose faster while improving the surrounding soil. More about Bob Hendrikx designs "living coffin" from mushroom mycelium
Urban Forest is a 30-storey apartment building covered in thousand trees and plants that Koichi Takada Architects has designed for Brisbane, Australia. More about Koichi Takada unveils plant-covered Urban Forest housing high rise for Brisbane
Berlin-based publisher Gestalten has released a book that showcases whimsical architectural and interiors renderings. The book's editor, Elli Stuhler, highlights five artists that feature inside. More about Dreamscapes & Artificial Architecture book editor selects five favourite 3D artists
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has completed a circular toilet in a Tokyo park as his contribution to the Tokyo Toilet project. More about Tadao Ando creates circular public toilet surrounded by cherry trees in Tokyo
French fashion house Louis Vuitton has designed a coronavirus face shield featuring its signature LV monogram, which can also be flipped up and used as a sun visor. More about Louis Vuitton unveils face shield that doubles as a cap
Studio Weave has built an arched greenhouse as part of London Design Festival, which is filled with plants that it predicts will soon be able to grow outdoors in the UK due to climate change. More about Studio Weave fills Hothouse with tropical plants to highlight London's rising temperature
Candy Cubicle is a desk by Sabine Marcelis, created as part of the Design Museum's Connected project at London Design Festival, that hides its contents inside a pale wooden shell when they are not in use. More about Sabine Marcelis designs work-from-home cubicle with bright yellow interior
British designer Terence Conran, founder of furniture brand Habitat and London's Design Museum, has died at the age of 88. More about Visionary British designer Terence Conran dies
These 10 off-grid homes allow residents to live in more remote locations, or were designed by eco-minded designers to facilitate low-impact lifestyles. More about Ten eco-friendly dwellings where residents live off the grid
American hotel company Ace Hotel has permanently closed its outpost in Shoreditch, London, after shuttering the venue temporarily due to the coronavirus pandemic. More about Ace Hotel London Shoreditch to close permanently as building owners plan new venture
Italian architect and designer Cini Boeri, who created a series of iconic seating designs and was the founder of Cini Boeri Architetti, has passed away aged 96. More about "Formidable architect and designer" Cini Boeri dies aged 96
Architecture studio Christ & Gantenbein has completed a museum for chocolate brand Lindt alongside its headquarters in the Swiss town of Kilchberg on Lake Zurich. More about Christ & Gantenbein unwraps Lindt Home of Chocolate on Lake Zurich
Jewellery designer Suhani Parekh has created a series of earrings that wrap and clip onto Apple's AirPod headphones to stop them falling out of ears. More about Pebble Pods are earrings that keep AirPods in place
Architecture studio Groupwork is set to reinstate the facades of a group of 19th-century shops in Clerkenwell, London, as part of its renovation of a 1970s office block. More about Groupwork to "resurrect" Victorian facades of Clerkenwell shops
Dezeen Events Guide's special guide to architecture and design events taking place in London this September is now live. More about Dezeen Events Guide lists the key design events taking place in London this month
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has teamed up with Mercedes Benz to create a conceptual version of the Mercedes‑Benz G‑Class car called Project Geländewagen. More about Virgil Abloh designs race-car version of Mercedes‑Benz G‑Class
The shortlist for Dezeen Awards 2020 design categories has been unveiled, with 62 projects selected across 12 categories. More about Dezeen Awards 2020 design shortlist revealed
Technology manufacturer Apple has revealed its spherical Apple Marina Bay Sands store in Singapore designed by architecture studio Foster + Partners, which it describes as its "most ambitious retail project". More about Apple unwraps spherical glass Apple Store in Singapore by Foster + Partners