Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has built a showroom and production facility for a Japanese furniture manufacturer, which features both translucent undulating walls and a simple rectangular roof. More about Sogokagu furniture showroom by Kengo Kuma features wavy translucent walls
Architecture firm Spark wants to use HDPE plastic waste to build a series of elevated beach huts resembling giant pine cones in Singapore. More about Spark unveils plans for colourful beach huts built from recycled ocean plastic
A group of University of Tokyo students overseen by architect Kengo Kuma have developed a 3D-printing pen that can be used to create complex architectural structures out of plastic sticks. More about Tokyo university students create "drawn-in-place" architecture using a 3D-printing pen
Ocean plastic is this year's breakthrough material. Pharrell Williams has used it to produce a range of clothes, Adidas has launched a range of trainers and a young designer has created a machine to harvest tonnes of the waste material from the sea. See all our stories about ocean plastic »
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Brooklyn studio Snarkitecture has transformed the grand hall of the National Building Museum in Washington DC into a "beach" featuring a sea of translucent balls and a shoreline dotted with lounge chairs and umbrellas (+ slideshow). More about Snarkitecture fills Washington DC museum with nearly one million plastic balls
London studio NEON has built a structure with shingles that "shiver" and adapt in response to changing weather as part of an exhibition in Finland (+ movie). More about Shiver House's plastic shingles change shape to create a shelter in bad weather
Movie: in this exclusive video filmed at the unveiling of the 15th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano explain how their structure plays with coloured, translucent and mirrored plastic sheet. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is an experiment with plastic, says SelgasCano
Milan 2015: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has collaborated with Italian design brand Magis to create his first plastic chair. More about Jaime Hayón's debut plastic product is a skeletal chair for Magis
Milan 2015: nine furniture and homeware items by Italian designer and protagonist of the Memphis movement Ettore Sottsass have been put into production for the first time by Kartell (+ slideshow). More about Kartell presents new Ettore Sottsass collection in Memphis-themed exhibition
A 100-kilometre array of floating barriers designed by a 20-year-old inventor aims to clear the oceans of waste plastic, and is one of the projects shortlisted for this year's Designs of the Year award (+ slideshow). More about The Ocean Cleanup aims to strip 70 million kilos of plastic from the sea in 10 years
Maison&Objet 2015: Basque designer Jean Louis Iratzoki has moulded the shell of a chair from a plant-based polymer that is fully recyclable and biodegradable (+ slideshow). More about Jean Louis Iratzoki designs "first bioplastic chair"
Israeli designer Lou Moria has used a vacuum-forming process to create pairs of plastic slippers that can be produced quickly and cheaply (+ slideshow). More about Lou Moria uses vacuum forming to create recyclable shoes in seconds
Milan 2014: designer Alvaro Catalan de Ocon has created a range of wicker lamp shades woven with old plastic bottles by artisans in Chile for his PET Lamps project (+ slideshow). More about Plastic bottles woven with wicker form Chimbarongo shades for PET Lamps project
Dutch Design Week 2013: Amsterdam designer Pieke Bergmans developed a technique similar to glass blowing to create these plastic lighting installations (+ slideshow). More about VAPOR blown-plastic lighting collection by Pieke Bergmans
Dutch Design Week 2013: design graduate Aagje Hoekstra has developed a plastic made of pressed insect shells. More about Coleoptera plastic made of beetles by Aagje Hoekstra
Dutch Design Week 2013: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dave Hakkens has made his own machines for recycling plastic to make new products locally and plans to share the designs so others around the world can do the same. More about Precious Plastic by Dave Hakkens
Italian plastic brand Kartell has released its first accessories collection of translucent bags with shoes to match (+ slideshow). More about Grace K handbags and So K sandals by Kartell
An inflatable pavilion that looks like a soap bubble, by architects Plastique Fantastique, has been popping up around Copenhagen this month (+ slideshow). More about Aeropolis by Plastique Fantastique
Royal College of Art graduate Jeongwon Ji has made her own bioplastic from crab shells. More about BioElectric by Jeongwon Ji
Product news: Australian company DesignByThem has added a range of bright recycled-plastic chairs to its collection. More about Butter Chair by DesignByThem