To add tactility to the listening experience, Royal College of Art graduate Seungtae Oh created these packaging designs for podcasts including Serial and 99% Invisible. More about Packaging design for popular podcasts imagines them contained in cans, books and pamphlets
Royal College of Art graduates Katrine Hesseldahl and Victor Strimfors have designed a modular sofa made from three distinct layers in an attempt to combat furniture waste. More about RCA graduates propose new Strata system as a way to extend the lifecycle of furniture
A sculptural, tensile timber canopy has been constructed in Dorset woodland by five students from the Architectural Association as part of the school's Design + Make programme. More about AA Design + Make students test the limits of timber in tensile woodland canopy
Aiming to change our attitudes towards menstruation, Central Saint Martins graduate Kaye Toland has developed a tampon delivery system that transforms sanitary products into compost. More about mCycle is a "Deliveroo for tampons" that turns sanitary products into compost
The five objects making up this Emotional First Aid Kit by graduate designer Rui Sun are intended to provide comfort in times of mental distress. More about Emotional First Aid Kit is designed to help those in stressful situations
Swiss-Mexican designer Nicole Pérez has designed a series of misbehaving robots that mimic the annoying aspects of intimate relationships. More about Central Saint Martins graduate creates misbehaving robots designed purely to annoy you
Central Saint Martins graduate Marta Dunjó has developed a sex toy-cum-virtual reality kit that she believes could help rehabilitate those with "extreme sexual fantasies". More about Visual X kit allows users to live out sexual fantasies through virtual reality
Brunel University student Aleksi Vesaluoma has developed a technique for using mushroom mycelium as an environmentally friendly construction material. More about Structure grown from "mushroom sausages" shows potential for zero-waste architecture
Architecture student Jaime Inostroza has built a tiny pavilion on the campus of the School of Architecture at Taliesin, offering occupants framed views of the Arizona desert. More about Student builds pavilion on campus of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture school
Continuing our graduate coverage, design reporter Alice Morby picks 10 of the best collections from the London College of Fashion's BA Fashion show, including garments made entirely from antique fabrics and dresses composed of concrete and iron rods. More about 10 designers to watch from the London College of Fashion's BA Fashion show
As voters took to the polls last week for the UK's general election, the Royal College of Art's MA fashion students were putting on their end-of-year show at an old studio in east London. Design reporter Alice Morby picks her highlights from the evening's catwalk show, installations and performance pieces. More about 15 highlights from this year's Royal College of Art MA Fashion show
Two hundred architecture students from a Lausanne university designed and built this events pavilion in Zurich, using lengths of timber to create a towering staircase, undulating seating and projection screens. More about Swiss architecture students design and build wooden events pavilion beneath Zurich overpass
This carton-style backpack by Kingston University graduate Magdalena Huber is designed to help people at music festivals avoid long bar queues. More about Magdalena Huber's Pikpäk lets festival-goers drink straight from their backpack
On Wednesday night, all eyes were on Central Saint Martins' BA Fashion class of 2017 – with students presenting collections that tackled pressing social issues, ideas about gender and the UK's upcoming election. Design reporter Alice Morby picks the 15 graduates to watch. More about 15 designers to watch from this year's Central Saint Martins BA Fashion show
A receptacle for gifting your best DNA, a tech-disabling glove for punishing cybercriminals and a device that harvests edible fungus from your own body are among the concepts presented by students of five Lebanese universities for the Speculative Needs exhibition. More about Lebanese students anticipate future human needs for Beirut Design Week exhibition
Recent graduate Timo Spelleken has designed a minimal flat-pack chair that can easily be assembled at home without tools, screws or adhesives. More about Heureka chair by Timo Spelleken can be assembled without tools, screws or adhesives
German designer Lisa Ertel used a sandblasting technique on wood furniture to emphasise the patterns created by trees' annual rings of growth. More about Lisa Ertel sandblasts Dune furniture to highlight underlying patterns of wood growth
Tel Aviv student Iftach Gazit has designed food bags that can be added to the laundry cycle to cook dinner at the same time. More about Iftach Gazit's Sous La Vie bags cook meals in the washing machine
Hungarian designer Krisztina Czika's cups might resemble familiar IKEA mugs but they're actually made from human hair embedded in wax. More about Krisztina Czika makes mugs using human hair and leg wax
The Brinery is a home fermentation vessel designed by a team of Royal College of Art students to kickstart interest in the "forgotten" process of preserving vegetables. More about Royal College of Art students design The Brinery home fermentation tool