Inspired by local microbreweries, London-based start-up Arda Biomaterials has made a plastic-free leather alternative by altering the protein structures in brewer's spent grain. More about Arda transforms beer waste into plastic-free faux leather
New York-based Nik Bentel Studio has created a pair of handbags with speaker and mixer functions that, when used together, create a portable DJ set-up for performing on the go. More about Nik Bentel Studio integrates DJ equipment in acrylic handbags
New York-based designer Nik Bentel has unveiled the RC Car Handbag, a leather accessory that functions as a fully operational remote-control car. More about Nik Bentel creates remote-control handbag informed by toy cars
Additive manufacturing company Rapid Liquid Print has produced a handbag for French fashion brand Coperni utilising rapid liquid 3D-printing technology. More about Coperni unveils Ariel Swipe bag made from liquid 3D-printed silicone
At London Fashion Week, Hellmann's and fashion brand Chopova Lowena launched a handbag for mayonnaise lovers, designed to take the "polarising" condiment "beyond the fridge". More about Chopova Lowena kits out handbag with dedicated mayonnaise holder and spoon
Greek researcher and visual artist Ioannis Michaloudis has created the Air Swipe bag for fashion brand Coperni using NASA-produced silica aerogel that was developed to "catch stardust". More about Coperni unveils Air Swipe bag made of 99 per cent air
Over the past month, Pinterest users have consistently sought out handbags in their searches. We round up 10 creative handbag designs from our Pinterest. More about Ten innovative handbag designs from Dezeen's Pinterest
Plastic-free, fake fur made from nettle, hemp and flax fibres envelops these special edition bags that Danish fashion brand Ganni has unveiled at Copenhagen Fashion Week. More about Ganni makes BioFluff bags from "world's first plant-based fur"
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has unveiled 11 limited-edition handbags for fashion brand Louis Vuitton at Art Basel Miami Beach during Miami art week. More about Frank Gehry creates architecture-informed handbags for Louis Vuitton
Bacteria were used to grow this one-off edition of the Bou Bag by Danish fashion brand Ganni, made from a leather alternative by London biotech company Modern Synthesis that contains no plastic or petrochemicals. More about Ganni unveils handbag made from bacterial leather at LDF
Collaborations with artists, architects and designers are key to ensuring the longevity of a heritage brand and modernising design classics for a new generation, says Longchamp artistic director Sophie Delafontaine in this interview. More about "It's hard to collaborate with architects" says Longchamp's Sophie Delafontaine
Italian fashion house Fendi has collaborated with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to design accessories that reference ancient Japanese craft techniques, which were presented at Fendi's latest menswear show. More about Kengo Kuma creates accessories for Fendi from washi paper and tree bark
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a microscopic Louis Vuitton handbag designed by art collective MSCHF. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "ironic" microscopic Louis Vuitton handbag by MSCHF
Designer Luca Nichetto has made his first foray into fashion accessories with the Malala handbag, which was partially produced from apples for vegan leathergoods brand Angela Roi. More about Luca Nichetto designs apple-leather Malala handbag for Angela Roi
Austrian designer Julia Koerner has created a 3D-printed clutch bag for her fashion brand JK3D, which is made from bioplastic and modelled on tendrils of kelp. More about Kelp Mini Clutch is a bioplastic bag based on 3D-scans of seaweed
Fashion brand Balenciaga has created a limited-edition bag in collaboration with Danish audio brand Bang & Olufsen that it describes as "part bag, part Bluetooth sound system". More about Balenciaga and Bang & Olufsen release Speaker Bag that plays music
Berlin design students Lobke Beckfeld and Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten have developed a translucent fruit-leather bag that dissolves in water and can be used to fertilise plants once it is no longer needed. More about Sonnet155 is a "temporary handbag" made from discarded fruit peels
French luxury house Hermès has partnered with biomaterials company MycoWorks to reimagine its Victoria shopper bag in a leather alternative grown from mycelium. More about Hermès creates mycelium version of its classic leather Victoria bag
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
British fashion designer Zandra Rhodes has designed a pink and ruffled version of IKEA's famous Frakta bag as part of her upcoming collection for the Swedish furniture retailer. More about Zandra Rhodes gives IKEA Frakta bag a pink and frilly makeover