Swedish furniture brand IKEA has recreated its recognisable Frakta carrier bag as a "huggable" padded shopper called Resten, which can be used as a pillow while on the go. More about IKEA turns classic blue shopping bag into portable pillow
Mould is growing on Gaia, a mass-timber business school in Singapore that was completed last year for the Nanyang Technological University by Japanese architect Toyo Ito and Singapore-based studio RSP Architects. More about Mould growing on Toyo Ito-designed "largest wooden building in Asia"
A simple steel framework incorporates both desks and storage in the self-designed all-white studio of architecture firm Ministry of Design in Singapore. More about Ministry of Design's Workshop is a collaborative space for post-Covid working
A lattice facade and tropical plants wrap around the walls of this home, which local studio Wallflower Architecture + Design has created alongside Singapore Botanic Gardens. More about Wallflower Architecture + Design wraps plant-filled timber lattice around Singapore home
Dutch studio OMA has transformed a modernist building in Singapore into the Air Circular Campus and Cooking Club, adding a cylindrical orange steel frame encompassing a bar and kitchen. More about OMA juxtaposes orange-steel cylinder with modernist building for Singapore restaurant
Architecture studio WOHA has created a "garden hotel" in Singapore with planted and pool terraces cut into the building's rectangular form. More about WOHA cuts garden terraces supported by green columns into Pan Pacific Orchard hotel
Singapore brand Will & Well has designed a clothing collection to enable people with disabilities to dress more easily, while also appealing to anyone who ever struggled with a clasp. More about Will & Well designs Adaptable collection to make fashion more inclusive
Singapore Design Week exhibition Emerge has presented work ranging from handcraft to 3D-printed furniture by over 50 designers from across Southeast Asia. More about Emerge exhibition showcases Southeast Asian design at Singapore Design Week
Promotion: themes of innovation, inclusivity and sustainability will be the focus of the exhibitions, workshops and talks taking place at this year's Singapore Design Week (SDW), which opens later this month. More about Singapore Design Week 2023 will explore how design can improve lives
Sweeping curves and planted terraces feature in this staggered office building which London-based studio Eric Parry Architects has created alongside a Singapore park. More about Eric Parry Architects staggers "cascade of garden terraces" down Singapore office block
Japanese architect Toyo Ito has completed Gaia, a six-storey business school at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore that is built almost entirely from mass timber. More about Toyo Ito completes "largest wooden building in Asia"
American architecture studio SOM has released designs for 8 Shenton Way, a supertall skyscraper in Singapore that will be the city's tallest and has a design that was informed by bamboo forests. More about SOM unveils design for Singapore's first supertall skyscraper
International practice M Moser Associates has overhauled the interior of a repurposed power station in Singapore to create the global headquarters for technology company Dyson, blending the building's industrial heritage with contemporary materials. More about M Moser Associates transforms interior of Singapore power station into Dyson HQ
Recycled-plastic products by designers including Max Lamb and Studio Toogood feature in the N*thing is Possible exhibition in Singapore, which showcases hospitality brand Potato Head's attempts to eliminate its landfill waste. More about Recycled furniture presented on heaps of waste at Potato Head's N*thing is Possible exhibition
Architecture studios BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati have completed a 280-metre-tall skyscraper in Singapore designed to offer visitors a "seamless transition between the garden and the city". More about BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati complete garden-filled CapitaSpring skyscraper in Singapore
A rattan cast created to protect the damaged wing of a toy puffin and a fractured plate held together with steel staples feature in R for Repair, an exhibition of repaired objects presented at the V&A museum as part of London Design Festival. More about R for Repair London exhibition features "sympathetic" repairs to sentimental objects
Singapore is uniquely placed to develop solutions to the world's biggest design challenges, according to Dawn Lim and Mark Wee, organisers of Singapore Design Week, which is taking place this week. More about Singapore can be "a prototyping hub" for the world say Singapore Design Week organisers
Promotion: over 50 events will take place during Singapore Design Week in September 2022, which presents a range of exhibitions, workshops and talks made possible by over 200 designers and creatives. More about Singapore Design Week set to showcase excellence and diversity of southeast Asian design
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features KPF and Heatherwick Studio's plans to "redefine what an airport terminal can be". Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Heatherwick's "homely" plans for Changi Airport
Architecture practices Kohn Pedersen Fox and Heatherwick Studio have revealed the first render of Changi Airport's Terminal 5, which will be the latest addition to the Singapore airport. More about KPF and Heatherwick Studio aim to "redefine what a terminal can be" with Singapore airport design