Menstrual care brand Amora has designed a discreet, portable case named Halo that lets menstrual cup users rinse their cups easily at home or in public. More about Amora designs discreet and portable menstrual cup rinsing case
A belt that treats menstrual discomfort with heat and electrical stimulation has been named the overall winner of the 2025 Rimowa Design Prize. More about Belt that eases menstrual pain wins 2025 Rimowa Design Prize
Underwear brand Modibodi and illustrator Justyna Green have collaborated on the relaunched First Period Kit, which includes a comic that speaks to teenage girls' first experience of getting their period. More about Modibodi's First Period Kit aims to destigmatise periods as "shameful and taboo"
Designer Yihan Dong has developed Viwipe, a prototype HPV home-testing kit that uses menstrual blood collected in the privacy of the user's own home. More about Yihan Dong designs at-home HPV test to be "as easy to use as toilet paper"
Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled home and away kits for the England women's football team, which both include blue shorts after players voiced concerns about wearing white while on their period. More about Nike unveils period-conscious England women's kit with blue shorts
A sex blanket equipped to soak up period blood and a wearable device created to alleviate cramps feature in this roundup of products designed to improve the experience of menstruating. More about Ten products designed to make periods more manageable
Tech start-up Emm has unveiled its eponymous menstrual cup, which can be inserted like a tampon and is fitted with smart technology that tracks your period "without you having to do a thing". More about Emm is a smart menstrual cup that tracks periods automatically
British doctor Adam Hamdi has developed a discreet wearable pad that can be secured to the skin to help relieve the wearer's menstruation cramps. More about Myoovi is a wearable device designed to alleviate period pain
Product design student Cheuk Laam Wong has created Looop Can, a concept for a portable kit to clean menstruation pads that aims to reduce period poverty among refugees. More about Looop Can is a sanitary pad washing device for refugees
A total of 140 designers from around the world including Pentagram's Giorgia Lupi have collaborated to produce a blood-red typeface made out of punctuation to highlight period poverty in American schools. More about Periods for Periods is a typeface of full stops to protest period poverty
The reusable Emanui menstrual cup cleaner is designed to offer users an easier, more sustainable way of cleaning the product on-the-go without having to use a public sink. More about Emanui is a portable menstrual cup cleaner that saves water
In this week's comments update, readers are debating Pantone's latest shade of red and sharing their views on other top stories. More about "I applaud Pantone for using colour to highlight social issues" says commenter
Colour company Pantone and health brand Intimina have collaborated to create an "active and adventurous" red colour to start a positive conversation around periods. More about Pantone releases taboo-breaking Period red colour
Central Saint Martins graduate Amelia Kociolkowska has designed a spandex pouch called Carrie, which offers those working in the police or armed forces a discreet and hygienic way to store their sanitary products while in the field. More about Carrie is a "wearable pocket" for soldiers and police officers to store period products
This blanket by Thinx is designed to soak up blood, so that women on their period can have sex without ruining the bed sheets. More about Thinx launches "taboo-smashing" Period Sex Blanket
Industrial designer Lauren Lee has designed a heated wall for public toilets, which provides women with a communal place to alleviate their menstrual cramps. More about Lauren Lee's Warm Wall is designed to alleviate women's menstrual cramps
As part of International Womens Day, Dezeen has pulled together products that have been designed specifically for women – dealing with everything from periods, to child rearing and sex. More about Ten of the most forward-thinking designs created for women
This reusable, self-cleaning tampon applicator has been designed by start-up company Dame to offer women a more sustainable alternative to throwaway counterparts. More about Dame launches reusable tampon applicator as a "period product for the 21st-century"
Start-up company Callaly has created a new period product that combines a tampon and pantyliner, which could offer women a more trustworthy alternative to those currently on the market. More about Tampliner designed to overcome the "inadequacy of period products"
Korean designer Koo Hyeonjeong has created a conceptual tool for women, which could allow them to impregnate themselves through the use of a hand-shaped pump. More about Seeding Finger is a hand-shaped tool for artificial insemination