Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup has launched the Interceptor, an autonomous system for collecting plastic pollution from rivers before it reaches the sea. More about The Ocean Cleanup launches system to catch plastic waste in rivers
Carmody Groarke, RE-ST and TRANS Architectuur Stedenbouw have designed an extension to the design museum in Ghent, Belgium, which will form a link between its existing galleries. More about Carmody Groarke to create extension to Design Museum Gent
Design studio Casa Josephine arranged yellow, red and deep-blue tiles to create the "emphatically geometrical" interior of this advertising office in Madrid. More about Casa Josephine transforms motorcycle workshop into brightly-hued advertising office
Indian graphic designer Shiva Nallaperumal has developed a versatile neo-grotesque typeface family that includes nine Indic scripts alongside Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian and Latin versions. More about Oli Grotesk is a modern typeface that can be used to write traditional Indian scripts
Designer Iker Gil and Luftwerk have projected a grid of red lasers across Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House to highlight the building's geometric form and its history. More about Geometry of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House illuminated with red lasers
New York architect Rafael de Cárdenas has created a split-level bar in Nordstrom's flagship store in Midtown Manhattan. More about Rafael de Cárdenas designs Broadway Bar inside New York's Nordstrom department store
From a smart forest in Mexico to a Nevada desert city powered by blockchain, a wave of smart cities are being proposed in North America. Here are five examples from the continent that hint at the shape of future neighbourhoods. More about Five smart cities that are being proposed in North America
Software engineer and US presidential candidate Akiva Leffert has designed a set of IKEA-themed tarot cards that tell your future using assembly manual illustrations. More about Tarot cards predict your future in the form of IKEA infographics
Dezeen promotion: the top three wallpaper designs in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition have been revealed, and their designers have shared the thinking behind their work in interviews with Dezeen. More about Top three wallpaper designs announced in Samsung and Dezeen's mobile design competition
California firms Brooks + Scarpa and Plant Prefab have unveiled a low-cost housing concept for fallow urban sites, which comprise prefabricated, modular units that can be arranged in various configurations. More about Nest "toolkit" can be used to build homeless shelters and supportive housing
Coming to our Dezeen Day conference on 30 October? Here's what we're doing to lessen its impact on the environment, and ways you can help. More about Five ways we've tried to ensure Dezeen Day has a low environmental impact
Dezeen promotion: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has created a collections of taps and shower fittings called Axor Edge that are produced using a diamond-tipped cutting machine more often seen in the aerospace and laser industries. More about Jean-Marie Massaud applies diamond-cutting processes to Axor Edge collection
A theatre has opened in London's Soho that can be completely reconfigured at the touch of a button. More about Revolving auditorium is showpiece of Boulevard theatre by SODA
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 about Annie Larkins develops plant-based alternative to chicken eggs
Dezeen promotion: judges in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition have revealed their pick of the top three accessory designs, whose creators have shared their inspiration in interviews with Dezeen. More about Top three mobile accessory designs announced in Samsung and Dezeen's design competition
The best of rigid and flexible solar panels combine in SunUp, a product for outdoor adventurers invented by Brunel University design graduate Bradley Brister. More about SunUp provides a backpack-hugging solar-power solution for hikers
Montreal-based fashion designer Ying Gao has created a pair of robotic dresses that respond to their environment by rippling, expanding and contracting as if they are alive. More about Ying Gao's "chameleon-like" autonomous dresses react to their surroundings
We've selected the top five roles in architecture, interiors and design on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at MAD and Adjaye Associates. More about Top roles on Dezeen Jobs this week include MAD and Adjaye Associates
A timber-clad holiday home by Intuitive Architects frames dramatic views of its mountainous setting in Central Otago, New Zealand. More about Avalanche House is a timber holiday home in New Zealand's mountains
Ceramicist Raina Lee has made a showroom for pottery with her partner, architect Mark Watanabe, inside a stilted shed in the backyard of their home in Los Angeles. More about Artist and architect convert backgarden shed into Los Angeles pottery showroom