Heatherwick Studio's Building Soulfulness exhibition and the inaugural edition of the Guangzhou Design Triennial are among the Chinese architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. More about Five architecture and design events from China in January
University of the Arts London graduate Yalan Dan has fabricated a series of 3D-printed bioplastic joints that can be used to repair furniture or construct it from scraps. More about Yalan Dan creates "first aid kit" for furniture using 3D-printed joints
Pieces by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, and Charles and Ray Eames are included in this roundup of modernist furniture designed by architects working in the 20th century. More about Twelve modernist furniture designs by 20th-century architects
Former Ferrari-designer Lowie Vermeersch has created a new type of micro vehicle intended to push traditional cars off the road. In this interview, he discusses new start-up Komma and his vision for the future of mobility. More about "Making cars electric is not enough" says Lowie Vermeersch
Dezeen Showroom: Croatian design brand Martina Banozic Textiles draws on the textures found in nature for its range of wallpapers. More about Wallcoverings by Martina Banozic Textiles
If you're hosting an event during Milan design week 2024, get in touch with the Dezeen Events Guide team to be featured in our digital guide to this year's festival. More about Get listed in Dezeen's digital guide to Milan design week 2024
US start-up Rabbit and tech company Teenage Engineering have designed the R1, a "pocket companion" that aims to upturn the dominance of smartphones in our lives by using artificial intelligence to complete tasks. More about Rabbit reimagines the digital experience with AI-powered R1 device
Designers from ten high-profile companies have joined forces to help improve access to clean water and sanitation as part of the Design for Good consortium. Chief experience officer Fazilat Damani shares five of the most promising. More about Make-your-own-toilet kit among five standout projects from Design for Good
Designed by Marc Newson and unveiled at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, Swarovski Optik's AX Visio binoculars are equipped with artificial intelligence so they can identify bird and animal species. More about Marc Newson and Swarovski Optik create AI smart binoculars
When textile company Byborre launched a digital platform, the aim was to be a disruptor like Airbnb or Uber. In an interview three years on, founder Borre Akkersdijk says it was "too big a jump" for an industry resistant to change. More about "We wanted to change the textile industry but it wasn't ready" says Borre Akkersdijk
Academic and designer Neri Oxman has responded to allegations of plagiarism following a report by the news website Business Insider. More about Neri Oxman caught up in academic plagiarism row
Shoe brand Vivobarefoot and material science company Balena have created a prototype trainer that is 3D-printed from compostable materials. More about Vivobarefoot unveils "scan-to-print-to-soil" compostable trainers
Health tech company Withings has used the Consumer Electronics Show to unveil its BeamO "multiscope" – a device that allows people to conduct four routine medical checks at home, designed together with Elium Studio. More about Withings' "thermometer of the future" measures more than just temperature
Materials companies Circular Matters and StoneCycling have used corn cobs – one of the world's most plentiful agricultural waste materials – to make interior cladding that is biodegradable and almost entirely bio-based. More about CornWall gives discarded corn cobs new life as tiles
Design festivals Stockholm Design Week, NYCxDesign and Design Doha are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide for 2024. More about Twenty of the best design events in 2024 from Dezeen Events Guide
Electronics brand LG has unveiled the Signature OLED T, a television with a transparent screen that was on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. More about LG reveals "world's first" wireless transparent OLED TV
Testing for the floating +Pool swimming pool proposed for New York City's waterways will begin this summer upon the project receiving $16 million to advance. More about Testing for floating +Pool to begin in New York City summer 2024
Elon Musk's bulletproof Cybertruck represents a dystopian vision of America but exactly who it's intended for remains unclear, writes James McLachlan. More about "The Cybertruck encapsulates a dystopian future vision where the United States is sliding into lawlessness"
Underwear brand Modibodi and illustrator Justyna Green have collaborated on the relaunched First Period Kit, which includes a comic that speaks to teenage girls' first experience of getting their period. More about Modibodi's First Period Kit aims to destigmatise periods as "shameful and taboo"
Industrial designer Mary Lempres has created a bio-cement structure developed to mimic naturally occurring oyster reefs that tackle coastal flooding, filter seawater and promote biodiversity. More about Reef Rocket is a bio-cement reef grown from plant enzymes