A bench sculpted with a chainsaw and a chair made from flooring offcuts were among exhibits at this year's Norwegian Presence exhibition at Milan design week, which explored inventive ways of using raw materials. More about Norwegian Presence exhibition celebrates material ingenuity
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Poltrona Frau has presented a selection of outdoor furniture on Dezeen Showroom, including chairs, tables, modular sofas and lantern lamps. More about Outdoor furniture from Poltrona Frau feature on Dezeen Showroom
Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has combined wool and vegetable-tanned leather to craft a cremation urn, which will naturally break down in soil once it is buried. More about Claesson Koivisto Rune designs biodegradable burial urn made from wool
Dezeen Showroom: Italian furniture brand Poltrona Frau has released a trio of pear-shaped outdoor lamps called Sparkler Lanterns created by Japanese designer Kensaku Oshiro. More about Sparkler Lanterns by Kensaku Oshiro for Poltrona Frau
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Gandia Blasco has added new pieces to its Solanas collection of outdoor furniture created by Argentinian architect and designer Daniel Germani. More about Solanas outdoor furniture collection by Daniel Germani for Gandia Blasco
Artist Anouska Samms created pots from clay and donated human hair to playfully explore her family's matrilineal relationship, which were recently on show as part of an exhibition in London. More about Artist Anouska Samms crafts "dysfunctional" pots from human hair
Dezeen Showroom: workplace furniture brand Spacestor has launched Aeonica, a divider system that offers designers a "toolkit for the new landscape for work". More about Aeonica workspace partitioning system by Spacestor
The rise of virtual experiences and the metaverse put craft traditions at increased risk of dying out, according to designer Ini Archibong, who unveiled a hand-carved version of his glass Gaea Pendant at Milan design week. More about Murano glass traditions "will never exist" in metaverse says Ini Archibong
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Falper has launched a storage unit designed by Andrea Federici as part of its new Small Living Kitchens collection, which aims to give small cooking spaces a luxurious feel. More about Small Living Kitchens storage units by Andrea Federici for Falper
Dezeen Showroom: Italian designer Roberto Lazzeroni has brought his minimalist, geometric style to the Secret Garden Table, a new table in Italian furniture brand Poltrona Frau's Boundless Living Outdoor Collections. More about The Secret Garden table by Roberto Lazzeroni for Poltrona Frau
A desk by Cagatay Afsar with an integrated transparent screen has been named the winner of LG Display and Dezeen’s contest that sought creative OLED designs to enrich people's changing lifestyles. More about Caelum desk wins Dezeen and LG Display’s OLEDs Go! design competition
Dezeen Showroom: created by designer Yoshiki Matsuyama for Japanese brand Ambientec, the Cachalot lamp has an abstract, poetic shape loosely inspired by the body of a whale. More about Cachalot lamp by Yoshiki Matsuyama for Ambientec
Dezeen Courses: interested in improving your design skills before starting an architecture or interior design degree? Check out seven courses featured on Dezeen Courses taking place in London, Hong Kong and online. More about Seven courses that prepare students for architecture and interior design degrees
Promotion: the founders of Butlr, an occupancy-sensing platform that captures in real-time the presence and movement of people within a space, said that the data the platform harvests can be used to revolutionise the workplace. More about Butlr's people-sensing platform is designed as Google Analytics for buildings
American musician Kanye West, now officially called Ye, has collaborated with Muji industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa to reimagine the packaging at fast-food chain McDonald's. More about Kanye West gives McDonald's burger box understated redesign
Dezeen Showroom: the classic J39 Mogensen chair from Fredericia has been in continuous production since it was created by the brand's former designer Børge Mogensen 75 years ago under influence from the Shaker movement. More about J39 Mogensen chair by Børge Mogensen for Fredericia
Dezeen Showroom: Spanish outdoor furniture brand Diabla has combined two seating archetypes in the design of its Patoso pouf. More about Patoso pouf by Alejandra Gandia-Blasco for Diabla
To mark this year's Refugee Week, we've rounded up 10 designs that aim to make a positive difference in the lives of refugees. More about Ten designs for the global refugee crisis including shelters and female hygiene inventions
Dezeen Showroom: Danish furniture brand MENU is relaunching Ib Kofod-Larsen's classic and playful design The Penguin Chair, which was originally designed in 1953. More about The Penguin Chair by MENU
Panoramic maps, playful diagrams and layered illustrations feature in Videogame Atlas, a book by research studio You + Pea that highlights the use of architecture in video games. More about Five video games where architecture creates a "lifelike and immersive experience"