The Ocean Cleanup has teamed up with Yves Béhar to create a pair of sunglasses from plastic that the non-profit has collected from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. More about Yves Béhar designs first product from The Ocean Cleanup plastic
Dezeen has been shortlisted for 15 awards at five different ceremonies this autumn, with Dezeen Awards, Virtual Design Festival and the Dezeen Day conference all in the running for prizes. More about Dezeen shortlisted for 15 awards including best podcast, best awards event and brand of the year
BIG founder Bjarke Ingels is drawing up a masterplan for the Earth to "prove that a sustainable human presence on planet Earth is attainable with existing technologies". More about Masterplanet is Bjarke Ingels' plan to redesign Earth and stop climate change
Plastic can help create more energy-efficient products that reduce the need for fossil fuels, according to Håkan Nordin, head of sustainability at flooring company Bolon. More about Plastic is "part of the solution" to climate change says Bolon's head of sustainability
Dezeen Showroom has launched today featuring furniture and lighting products by designers including Jasper Morrison, Stephen Burks, Faye Toogood, Naoto Fukasawa and Barber Osgerby. More about Dezeen Showroom launches with products from Vitra, Hem, Luceplan and Maruni
Apple's former chief design officer Jony Ive and his studio LoveFrom have been hired by online rental service Airbnb to develop new products and services for the platform. More about Jony Ive to design "the next generation of Airbnb products"
The UK government's proposal to use a mathematical formula to determine where to build 300,000 new homes a year has been criticised by campaigners. More about UK government's housing formula "does not make sense" say planning groups
This week on Dezeen, we announced the winners of the Dezeen Awards public vote and Italian furniture designer Enzo Mari passed away. More about This week we announced the winners of the Dezeen Awards public vote
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a cat bed launched in collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld's pet. More about A cat bed launched in collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld's pet features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
MAD Architects, Wang and Söderström and four other studios have been chosen by Dezeen readers as winners of the Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote. More about Studio Ini and Summary among winning studios in Dezeen Awards first ever public vote
Samsung has released LivingColour, a collection of six paints designed to provide harmonious backdrops to three of the company's television models – The Serif, The Sero and The Frame. More about Samsung launches range of paints to complement its TVs
Swedish shipping company Wallenius Marine is developing a ship called Oceanbird, which could transport 7,000 cars and trucks across the Atlantic propelled only by the wind. More about Wallenius Marine develops world's largest wind-powered vessel to slash shipping emissions
Amanda Levete's firm AL_A is partnering with Canadian energy company General Fusion to design a pioneering power plant that will use nuclear fusion. More about AL_A reveals plans for world's first magnetised fusion power plant
Daniel Libeskind's New York firm is designing a mixed-use development for a town in New Jersey that hugs the Delaware River. More about Daniel Libeskind to create waterfront neighbourhood on Delaware River
Dieneke Ferguson, the founder of Hackney non-profit and design organisation Hidden Art, has died from ovarian cancer at the age of 70. More about Hidden Art founder and "visionary" Dieneke Ferguson dies at 70
Projects by Viewport Studio, Suzanne Brewer Architects and 10 other studios have been chosen by Dezeen readers as winners of the Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote for design. More about Design projects by Yuting Chang and Studio Curiosity among winners in inaugural Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote
Italian curator and art critic Lea Vergine has died just a day after the death of her husband, Italian designer Enzo Mari, with the couple joining the growing list of iconic figures from architecture and design lost to coronavirus. More about Enzo Mari and his wife Lea Vergine died of "complications related to Covid-19"
Among the 74 projects that have been shortlisted for this year's Beazley Designs of the Year awards is Tik Tok's viral Renegade dance, a steak grown from the eater's own cells and a 3D graphic of the coronavirus particle. More about Designs of the Year 2020 nominees include a Tik Tok dance and the CDC's coronavirus render
Rafael Viñoly Architects has unveiled the first renderings of a museum dedicated to US Armed Forces Medal of Honor recipients in Arlington, Texas. More about Rafael Viñoly Architects reveals design of National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington
In this week's comments update, readers are debating visuals of the Guangzhou Show Theatre in China and sharing their thoughts on other top stories. More about Commenters praise "honest and dystopian depiction" of Guangzhou Show Theatre