Microsoft has rethought the packaging design for its Xbox Adaptive Controller, in a bid to make it easier to open for gamers with limited mobility. More about Microsoft redesigns Xbox packaging to better suit gamers with disabilities
The Croono makeup brush by Central Saint Martins graduate Taeheon Kim is an attempt to break down gender barriers by redefining masculinity through objects. More about Taeheon Kim's modular makeup brush is designed for men
Glasgow-based design studio Timorous Beasties have collaborated with leather expert Bill Amberg to create a colourful digitally printed hide. More about Timorous Beasties digitally prints splatters of colour onto leather hide
IKEA is rolling out a series of furniture collections incorporating relaunched pieces from the 1950s to the 2000s, in celebration of its 75th birthday. More about IKEA celebrates 75th anniversary with vintage furniture collections
Designers Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and Oliver Sundquist have created a series of knobbly concrete vases that looks like lava rocks, for the new home of prolific Copenhagen restaurant Noma. More about Rock-like Mater vases feature inside Copenhagen restaurant Noma
Digital-only bank Starling has launched a debit card with a vertical design to align with the way people usually make payments. More about Starling bank launches vertically orientated debit card
Designers are increasingly looking to the human body when finding materials for their creations. Here are 10 of the most stomach-churning examples, featuring blood, sweat and tears (plus urine and hair). More about 10 designs made from the human body that will make you squirm
Dezeen promotion: adidas Originals has reimagined a cushioning system it developed in the 1990s to create a shoe that is "built for natural motion". More about P.O.D.System shoe by adidas embraces a design from the 1990s
ÉCAL graduate Sebastian Maluska has created a simple rooftop tent that can be fitted to the roof of any car. More about Sebastian Maluska's pop-up tent can fit on the roof of any car
ÉCAL graduate Alexandre Picciotto collaborated with French technology firm Oledcomm to design a LiFi emitting lamp for libraries. More about C-224 lamp uses LiFi technology to transmit data through light
Latvian designer Arthur Analts has created a €5 coin with a tessellating honeycomb shape, to highlight the abundant natural resources of his home country. More about Arthur Analts designs honeycomb coin in tribute to Latvia
German design studio Tarantik & Egger's minimalist shower is made from a series of pipes joined together by hidden patented connectors. More about Tarantik & Egger creates freestanding minimalist outdoor shower
German design student Philip Frenzel has designed an iPhone case that springs open to stop your device from smashing when you drop it. More about Pop-out ADcase acts like airbag for your iPhone
These triangular tiles by Brooklyn studio GRT Architects can be arranged to look like the fluted columns of ancient Greek and Roman buildings, or rotated to form abstract patterns. More about Flutes and Reeds tiles by GRT Architects evoke classical architecture
The Nike boot that will be worn by players in the next European football season is designed to support a more attack-focused form of play. More about Nike's PhantomVSN football boot is designed to suit an attack-focused game
Central Saint Martins' graduate Magda Sabatowska has devised a cooking kit to help isolated elderly female residents of housing estates in Poland socialise with their neighbours. More about Subscription cookery kit is designed to help elderly women socialise
Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made a blind robot that moves by feeling, without the need for sensors and cameras. More about MIT's blind Cheetah 3 robot can navigate without sensors or cameras
Royal College of Art graduate Jun Kamei has built a garment that functions like gills, which could allow humans to survive when sea levels rise up and submerge the earth. More about Jun Kamei's amphibious garment could enable humans to breathe underwater
Royal College of Art graduate Matteo Bandi has invented a series of objects that only work when connected to a smartphone, to help us live in the moment. More about Matteo Bandi's device-powered objects designed to beat smartphone addiction
Kingston University graduate Poppy Booth has created a pair of tongue-in-cheek objects that comment on the "ridiculousness" of consumer habits. More about Poppy Booth creates megaphone for introverts and soapbox for nihilists