Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Jisho Design has made a teahouse from food-waste-based materials at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Mitsubishi Jisho Design creates food-waste teahouse in Venice
Dezeen Showroom: 3D-printed room dividers made from food waste and mycelium are among recent sustainably-designed products on Dezeen Showroom. More about Eight furniture pieces and products made from sustainable materials
At the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, Allbirds has unveiled a woolly sock-style trainer with a bioplastic sole that effectively adds zero emissions to the atmosphere over the course of its life, the shoe brand claims. More about Allbirds creates "world's first net-zero carbon shoe" using regenerative wool
Over the past year, searches for sustainable fashion have grown in popularity on Pinterest. We round up 10 projects from our sustainable fashion board which feature items made from more environmentally friendly materials. More about Ten sustainable fashion designs that use biomaterials from Dezeen's Pinterest
Street furniture brand Vestre and designer Emma Olbers have produced a piece of furniture using fossil-free steel that was made without creating carbon emissions. More about Vestre launches "world's first" furniture made from fossil-free steel
Danish design practice Natural Material Studio has unveiled its Human Nature exhibition, which featured compostable biofoam seating and biomaterial textiles, at 3 Days of Design. More about Natural Material Studio drapes floor-to-ceiling biotextiles across Copenhagen art gallery
Designing with empathy for the consumers of today and the future is a challenge we must take on, says Birsel + Seck co-founder Ayse Birsel at a talk filmed by Dezeen for Global Design Forum in partnership with SAP. More about "Build empathy with users" says industrial designer Ayse Birsel
Danish furniture company Takt has launched Spoke Sofa, a sofa that can be fully disassembled and have its parts replaced and recycled, in Copenhagen for 3 Days of Design. More about Takt creates flat-pack sofa that is "designed for repair"
Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno has changed the HVAC and electrical system of the Serpentine gallery in London, in an effort to make an exhibition for all the nearby species. More about Tomás Saraceno adapts Serpentine gallery to welcome all species
A Finnish huussi, or composting toilet, has been built in the centre of the country's pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which aims at critically exploring the world's unsustainable approach to sanitation. More about Finnish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale "declares the death of the flushing toilet"
Japanese designer Yuma Kano has created a decorative material that resembles terrazzo from wood, foliage, bark, soil and seeds that was shown at Milan design week. More about Yuma Kano creates terrazzo-like ForestBank material out of unusable wood
Design gallerist and curator Rossana Orlandi has announced the winners of this year's Ro Plastic Prize for sustainable material use during a ceremony at Milan design week. More about Prosthetic leg for Ukrainian amputees among 2023 Ro Plastic Prize winners
Dezeen Showroom: sustainability-focused Italian furniture brand One to One has launched the OTO chair, designed by Alessandro Stabile and Martinelli Venezia to be a "manifesto of circular design". More about OTO chair by Alessandro Stabile and Martinelli Venezia for One to One
More work is needed to improve the sustainability of trade fairs like Salone del Mobile, designers told Dezeen at Milan design week. More about "No hiding" from environmental impact of trade fairs say designers at Salone del Mobile
Design consultancy Matter has redesigned the Royal British Legion remembrance poppy to be created entirely of paper made from coffee cup waste and recycled wood fibres, the first change in the flower's design for 28 years. More about Matter designs recyclable plastic-free remembrance poppy
Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio and designer Zuzanna Skurka have created an installation at Milan design week from soft bio textiles made from surplus bricks. More about Natural Material Studio creates "flexible and organic" Brick Textiles
A sequinned Stella McCartney bodysuit and styrofoam cups made from mealworms feature in this roundup highlighting innovative design projects that make use of bioplastics. More about Ten different and everyday uses for bioplastics
Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer has worked with US start-up Croft to design a system of products for retrofitting vehicles to run on green hydrogen. More about Layer designs Croft system to power vehicles with hydrogen
Dezeen Courses: in the latest roundup of programmes listed on Dezeen Courses, we've selected five architecture and design courses that specialise in sustainability. More about Five sustainability architecture and design courses on Dezeen Courses
Spanish studio Takk took cues from snugly stacked Russian dolls for the interior renovation of this Barcelona apartment, which features rooms nestled inside each other to maximise insulation. More about Energy-saving 10K House in Barcelona is a "labyrinth that multiplies perspectives"