Berlin-based eyewear brand Reframd has designed a range of 3D-printed sunglasses specifically for people with low and wide noses. More about Reframd creates "Afropolitan" sunglasses designed to fit black faces
Funding platform Kickstarter has launched an information hub, the Environmental Resources Center, to help users create environmentally friendly projects, and encourage them to commit to sustainable practices. More about Kickstarter unveils resource centre to nudge users towards launching sustainable products
Boston-based start-up company Ministry of Supply has designed a self-heating smart jacket that is able to respond to changes in temperature and create an individual "microclimate" for its wearer. More about Self-heating smart jacket responds to changes in temperature
Connected devices brand BleepBleeps and industrial designers MAP have released a smart musical toothbrush to encourage children to brush their teeth. More about BleepBleeps launches smart musical toothbrush that tracks brushing habits
Canadian company The Work of Mind has crowdfunded a compact measuring tool that professionals like architects, designers, sewers and carpenters can use on the go. More about Coin-sized Rollbe measuring wheel can be kept in a purse or pocket
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is crowdsourcing funds to erect more than 300 artworks based on themes of immigration, division and borders, in locations across New York City. More about Ai Weiwei launches Kickstarter to build security-fence installations in New York
A Kickstarter campaign is raising money to rerelease a set of influential manuals that offer precise guides to designing for human comfort. More about Henry Dreyfuss Associates' classic Humanscale design manuals to be reissued
The world's first edible insect farms have gone into production after a successful Kickstarter campaign by Katharina Unger and her company Livin Farms. More about Bench-top insect farms are intended to make mealworms part of our everyday diet
Using a pen or paintbrush, this small WiFi-connected robot arm is able to recreate on paper, whatever you draw on a touchscreen device. More about Affordable robot drawing arm brings computer sketches to life on paper
An Indian startup company has developed a method for transforming carbon emissions from vehicles and chimneys into ink, and is now selling it in the form of pens. More about Graviky Labs captures air pollution and turns it into ink
San Francisco startup Fellow has designed a connected kettle that lets users precisely and remotely control its temperature for optimum coffee brewing. More about Fellow designs app-controlled kettle for precise coffee brewing
Cycling brand SpeedX has revealed its latest smart bicycle, which comes equipped with an inbuilt computer and a vibration control system that helps riders deal with bumps in the road. More about SpeedX's Unicorn bicycle has a frame that softens vibrations and an inbuilt computer
This transparent speaker has built-in sensors that detect when parts need to be replaced, repaired or updated, and notifies users via their smartphones. More about Sustainable see-through speaker by People People alerts user when parts need replacing
Fresh design graduates are being encouraged to get into crowdfunding early by a new initiative from London's Cass School of Art and Architecture. More about The Cass launches programme to crowdfund graduate design
Two Dutch designers have worked with refugees to create a rucksack from discarded boats and life vests. More about Refugee-made backpacks are produced from recycled life vests and boats
Dutch designer Martijn van Strien's Makersleeve device cases are designed for production on-demand in any makerspace in the world. More about Martijn van Strien launches print-on-demand laptop sleeves to cut overproduction
Austrian bicycle design studio Vello claims to have created the first bike to combine electric, self-charging and folding features. More about Vello launches first self-charging folding electric bicycle
A single piece of flat, flexible plastic serves as a whole set of measuring spoons in this invention by Polygons Design. More about Flat Polygons tool folds to make four different sizes of measuring spoon
This Kickstarter-funded electric bicycle has been tailored to the demands of city riding with a quick-folding mechanism and remote locking system (+ movie). More about Electric bicycle Gi FlyBike can be folded up in a second
Italian design collective Nucleo has tweaked its popular design for a grass armchair that grows over time, relaunching it with a crowdfunding campaign (+ slideshow). More about Nucleo relaunches Terra grass chair with new grow-it-yourself cardboard kit