The Salone del Mobile fair stand of Italian tapware brand QuadroDesign is on its way to Masala, Zambia, having been designed by Giacomo Moor to have a second life as a public bathroom. More about QuadroDesign sends Salone booth to Zambia to become public bathroom
As countries drag their heels on adopting right to repair legislation, designers are forging ahead and reimagining some of our most used products – from sofas to whole electric cars – so they can be fixed by anyone. More about Five everyday products that are leading the self-repair revolution
A team of students from the Eindhoven University of Technology has built a prototype electric car with a built-in toolbox and components that can be easily repaired or replaced without specialist knowledge. More about Dutch students create modular electric car "you can repair yourself"
The Frieze art fair in London has unveiled its biggest redesign in over a decade featuring a layout inspired by city planning by design office A Studio Between. More about A Studio Between takes cues from Jane Jacobs for Frieze London redesign
Somerset-based designer William Floyd Maclean has created Somer, a collection of freestanding demountable wooden cabinets designed for disassembly, which will launch at London Design Festival. More about William Floyd Maclean designs modular timber furniture that "considers a wider picture"
Copenhagen's Chart Art Fair has built a pop-up gallery designed by architects Emil Dupuis Bernild, Mikkel Harboe Wolff, Jonas Sarantaris and Shwan Soran Ali, marking a major change to its annual architecture programme. More about Chart exhibits artworks in pavilion made from recycled ship sails
Using recycled materials is a better route to reducing the environmental impact of Nike's products than designing for disassembly, the sportswear brand's chief design officer Martin Lotti says in this interview. More about Recycled materials will give Nike "biggest impact" on sustainability says chief design officer
Designer Paul Crofts and furniture brand Isomi aimed to make sofas less wasteful with Tejo, a recyclable system created from natural cork and latex that is launching at Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Isomi "challenges norms" of sofa design with cork and latex Tejo
British design studio Seymourpowell has put cheap electronic goods under the spotlight with Un-Made, a project imagining four possible ways to design for quick disassembly and recycling. More about Toothbrush pops open for recycling in Seymourpowell's Un-Made disassembly concept
Sportswear brand Camper has released the Roku modular trainer, which is formed of six parts that can be easily assembled and disassembled. More about Camper unveils modular trainer "simple enough to assemble and disassemble by customers"
British design studio Layer has aimed to bring sustainability to mattress design in a collaboration with Chinese start-up Mazzu, creating a modular, foamless product made up of textile-covered springs. More about Layer rethinks bed design with foamless and disassemblable Mazzu mattress
Danish furniture company Takt has launched Spoke Sofa, a sofa that can be fully disassembled and have its parts replaced and recycled, in Copenhagen for 3 Days of Design. More about Takt creates flat-pack sofa that is "designed for repair"
Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled ISPA Link, a collection of modular trainers that can be easily disassembled, as part of the brand's move towards a circular design economy. More about Nike takes steps towards circular design with glueless ISPA Link trainers
BMW has used recycled and recyclable materials to create the i Vision Circular, a concept car designed in line with circular economic principles to be easily disassembled at the end of its life. More about BMW designs parts of i Vision Circular concept car to "fall apart" at push of button
UK design graduate Sam Wrigley has launched a collection of designs that aim to make flat-pack furniture even more adaptable and easy to move (+ slideshow). More about Crisscross flat-pack furniture aims to be easier to take apart than IKEA's designs