Israeli designer Erez Nevi Pana used five tons of salt from the Dead Sea to create his Crystalline collection, which showcases how the material can be used as building blocks. More about Erez Nevi Pana constructs "small-scale architecture" from Dead Sea salt
Designers from Brazil have created renderings that imagine the interiors of an eco-lodge in Patagonia for the design show Casa NaToca. More about Brazilian designers imagine relaxing interiors for Patagonian eco-lodge
New York artist Hugo McCloud has created a series of artworks that contain no paint or glue, only thousands of small plastic pieces cut from single-use bags and melted together to form a motif. More about Hugo McCloud’s artworks use plastic bags instead of paint
Seminal furniture designs by Brazilian modernists sit alongside contemporary art in a shoppable exhibition within the 40th-floor penthouse of a recently-opened San Francisco residential tower by architecture firm SOM. More about Penthouse of SOM-designed tower transformed into collectible design gallery
Studio Noon's chubby pink concrete chair and an alabaster infinity chandelier star in Galerie Philia's exhibition of furniture design set in an apartment inside New York City's art deco Walker Tower. More about Galerie Philia presents design exhibition in New York's Walker Tower
A mirror-cum-observatory and a lockdown lounge chair with an integrated bar feature in an exhibition at New York's Friedman Benda gallery that explores the value of design objects beyond just their practical use. More about Friedman Benda showcases furniture pieces with a story to tell
Eggs are hung from the ceiling, balanced on spinning tops and stacked on top of each other in a series of deliberately perilous contraptions created by industrial designer Liang-Jung Chen. More about Liang-Jung Chen explores vulnerability through 12 precarious egg racks
Ten designers have created new pieces from broken objects, including a clock radio that tells stories and a seashell that has been given an eerily realistic tongue and teeth, for the R for Repair exhibition in Singapore. More about R for Repair exhibition features toothy seashell and storytelling clock radio
A Brexit-themed chair and a crumpled bin are some of the pieces to feature in an exhibition at Newlands House gallery that showcases 40 years of work by Israeli designer Ron Arad. More about Five standout pieces at the Ron Arad 69 exhibition
The 19th-century equivalent of an activist's slogan tote and a portmanteau made from repurposed fire hoses feature in this roundup of V&A curator Lucia Savi's favourite pieces from the Bags: Inside Out exhibition. More about V&A curator picks five highlights from Bags: Inside Out exhibition
Thirteen designers made products from a wide variety of metals – including bronze, steel and aluminium – but stayed away from brass for the Brassless: New Accords for the Metallic Wave exhibition at Nilufar Gallery in Milan. More about Brassless exhibition curated by Studio Vedèt features eight different metals but no brass
A major exhibition at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark shines a spotlight on Anupama Kundoo, an Indian architect with an unique knowledge of traditional materials and craft traditions. More about Anupama Kundoo's handmade architecture features in Louisiana Museum exhibition
Danish designer Sara Martinsen has explored the vast potential of plant fibres in the world of architecture and design at her Phytophilia exhibition at A Petersen in Copenhagen. More about Sara Martinsen creates library of plant fibres to support sustainable manufacturing
Milanese design studio Older has created a series of objects including marble wall-hangings shaped to look like breasts with pierced nipples, and an inflatable chair named after a Blade Runner character. More about Older's "playful" Wide Eye collection features inflatable chair and marble breasts
Chicago art space Wrightwood 659 is presenting a showcase of works by Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi. Curator Khushnu Panthaki Hoof selects four projects that show how the Pritzker Prize-winner interprets Hindu philosophy in architecture. More about Four Balkrishna Doshi projects exploring Hindu philosophy in India
Architecture platform RSAA designed Urbania, an immersive exhibition about city planning, for the Prague Institute of Planning and Development in the Czech Republic. More about Urbania is an interactive exhibition about city planning in Prague
New York design brand TRNK has juxtaposed furniture by seven contemporary design studios including Jomo Tariku with vintage African masks and furniture for its Provenanced exhibition. More about TRNK's Provenanced exhibition pays homage to the influence of African and non-western design
Italian visual artist Pablo Chiereghin has created a series of furniture pieces from the remains of items he destroyed "using a riot aesthetic" for an exhibition at Vienna's Kunstforum. More about Pablo Chiereghin violently destroys and rebuilds furniture for Riot Design exhibition
Set designer Es Devlin has created two clock-like gallery spaces for the latest fashion exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, which compares design over 150 years. More about About Time: Fashion and Duration exhibition at The Met celebrates 150 years of fashion
Dezeen promotion: a range of carbon-negative furniture items created by designers including Ini Archibong and Thomas Heatherwick for London's Design Museum can now be viewed as part of a permanent virtual exhibition. More about Connected virtual exhibition sees nine designers craft carbon-negative furniture from hardwoods