Producing furniture can have a positive impact on people and planet, according to Marie Cudennec Carlisle of Goldfinger, a design brand whose business model includes recycled materials, a training academy and a community kitchen. More
Dezeen has teamed up with Danish furniture brand Muuto for our latest competition, which offers readers the chance to make and win their own customised Fiber chair. More
Dezeen Showroom: Canadian design company Part & Whole has designed a modular sofa system called Total that adopts circular economic principles. More
BakerBrown Studio has designed a garden pavilion for the Glyndebourne opera house in England that will use the venue's discarded champagne corks and seafood shells as building materials. More
Stefan Diez discussed how the circular economy inspired his Costume modular sofa for Magis in this live talk produced by Dezeen in collaboration with the Italian furniture brand. More
RAU Architects and Ex Interiors have completed an office building for Triodos Bank in the Netherlands featuring curving glazed facades and a timber structure that can be taken apart and remounted. More
Mae Architects has completed a community centre in west London that is designed to be as adaptable and recyclable as possible. More
Reversible design allows products, installations or even entire buildings to be deconstructed and their components used again to reduce waste and carbon emissions. Here are six examples from Dezeen's archives. More
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features Liam Young's suggestion that the entire population of planet Earth should live in a giant sustainable city. More
The entire population of the earth could live in a giant sustainable city occupying a fraction of the earth's surface, freeing the rest of the world for rewilding and the return of stolen lands, according to a new movie by architect Liam Young. More
Architects should design buildings to be taken apart and reused as part of the circular economy, according to Adam Strudwick of Perkins and Will. More
Dezeen partnered with flooring brand Tarkett to host a live discussion with Perkins and Will about how architects and suppliers can support the circular economy and help create carbon-neutral buildings. More
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the endlessly recyclable UltraBOOST DNA LOOP trainer by Adidas. More
We need to recategorise waste as a raw material to begin the transition to a circular economy, says Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure author Katie Treggiden. More
Adidas has started a public trial of its endlessly recyclable UltraBOOST DNA LOOP trainer, created as part of the sportswear company's drive to conform to the principles of the circular economy. More
Swedish furniture retailer IKEA is introducing a new initiative in time for Black Friday that will see it buy back customers' unwanted IKEA products for up to 50 per cent of the original price. More
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced plans to create a new Bauhaus modelled on the influential design school as part of the European Union's €750 billion coronavirus recovery plan. More
Furniture Pavilion S is a modular structure that Rooi created for a Chinese trade show, before recycling its plywood body into chairs and tables. More
Mineral water brand Evian has unveiled its first bottle made of recycled plastic as part of its plan to become a circular brand by 2025. More
The coronavirus pandemic makes moving towards a circular economy even more urgent, says IKEA's head of circular design Malin Nordin, as the company announces a strategic partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. More
