Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Anna Aagaard Jensen has designed a series of chairs to challenge social norms and encourage women to claim more space with their bodies. More about Anna Aagaard Jensen's A Basic Instinct chairs reinvent "manspreading" for women
Biennale Interieur kicks off in Kortrijk next week with a new focus on young talent. Anna Winston picks out five of the best up-and-coming Belgian designers to keep an eye out for. More about Five talented young Belgian designers to look out for at Biennale Interieur 2018
Layer's first wireless tech product for new brand Nolii is a lamp that charges your phone and also functions as a "digital sunrise" alarm clock. More about Nolii's wireless Rise lamp also functions as a charger and an alarm clock
Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter group at MIT have created a swarm of robots designed to rapidly build high-strength tubular structures by winding fibreglass filament around themselves. More about Neri Oxman's swarm of Fiberbots autonomously build architectural structures
London-based architect Peter Barber is developing 365 urban masterplans, in a project called One Year 365 Cities, to prove that it should be possible "to design a city in 10 minutes". More about Peter Barber is designing a city every day for a year
Eindhoven University of Technology graduate Elzelinde van Doleweerd has teamed up with a China-based technology company to create food products 3D-printed from leftover food. More about Elzelinde van Doleweerd creates 3D-printed snacks from food waste
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall in Yekaterinburg, Russia. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to design concert hall for Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
MAD, Penda and Open Architecture are among 10 Asian studios that have built futuristic concept homes in Beijing, including a living garden, a nomadic Martian pod and a modular home inspired by Beijing's hutongs. More about 10 architects imagine the Chinese home of the future for China House Vision exhibition
Architecture studio TDO has transformed a disused church hall in London into a versatile office for estate agent The Modern House, which feature lofty ceilings and modular furniture. More about TDO designs office for The Modern House inside 20th-century church hall
The Royal Academy of Arts in London is exhibiting a design for a city island, populated entirely with buildings designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. More about Renzo Piano's studio designs "imaginary island" containing 102 of the architect's projects
This mini version of Apple's Cupertino campus is made entirely of Lego, and was modelled on drone footage taken during construction. More about Lego Apple Park took its builder two years to complete
Map enthusiast and researcher Kerim Bayer has drawn from his collection of 1,366 maps to create a graphic-design book containing 5,180 thumbnail images. More about Kerim Bayer deconstructs 1,366 maps to create "atlas of atlases"
Zaha Hadid Design has unveiled carpet designs inspired by the projects of its late founder, including MAXXI and the Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre. More about Zaha Hadid's architecture translated into 22 carpet designs
Toys created by Czech designers over the past century are on show in London, including inflatable animals, wooden flowers and colourful totems. More about Czech toys from the past 100 years showcased for London Design Festival
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art intends to vacate its Marcel Breuer-designed building, giving the Frick Collection a home during its controversial overhaul, and revive its plans for David Chipperfield's extension to its Fifth Avenue location. More about The Met's Breuer building to host Frick Collection during renovation
Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed his third building for Columbia University's new Manhattanville campus in Harlem, a project he describes as an "interesting experiment" in gentrification. More about Renzo Piano tops Columbia University's The Forum with staggered concrete auditorium
Designers should stop using recycled plastic and instead use bioplastics made from natural materials such as algae if they want to reduce pollution, according to Istanbul Design Biennial curator Jan Boelen. More about The rising use of recycled plastic in design is "bullshit" says Jan Boelen
British set designer Es Devlin has been chosen to create the UK Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, with a performative structure that will use artificial intelligence to write poems. More about Es Devlin to design interactive Poem Pavilion for Dubai Expo 2020
Nike has revealed a sneaker with a bulbous heel, and a bold "retro future" design that the sports brand's team attributes to the current political climate. More about Nike's tallest airbag cushion boosts Air Max 720 shoe
Tech company Kano has created a coding kit for the Harry Potter universe, with a wand that users can programme to cast spells when they wave their hand. More about Kano's Harry Potter wand kit lets you code spells