American technology company Framework has designed a laptop with modular components that can be repaired and replaced to increase the product's lifespan while reducing e-waste. More about Framework develops modular laptop that users can fix and upgrade themselves
Lifelike virtual humans and an NFT house are among 10 metaverse designs blurring the line between the physical and digital world, which we've rounded up as part of our review of 2021. More about Dezeen's top 10 designs for the metaverse from 2021
Polish fashion designer Iga Węglińska has made two tops that change colour or flash with lights to help the wearer identify when they are feeling stressed or anxious. More about Emotional Clothing responds to the wearer's changes in stress levels
Maternity tech company Elvie has developed a silicone bra insert that allows mothers to pump hands-free from one breast while feeding their baby from the other. More about Elvie designs manual Curve breast pump to be hidden inside bra
In this article prepared as part of Neri Oxman's contribution to the Dezeen 15 festival, the architect and designer describes a synthetic apiary designed to study how honey bees collaborate to build comb structures.
London-based fashion brand Auroboros has designed a dress made from salt crystals and recycled plastic that changes colour and shape in real-time, mimicking the growth of a flower. More about Auroboros' "living" Biomimicry dress crystalises and changes shape in real time
A non-hormonal contraceptive, insulation made from mycelium and a movement that uncovers racial and gender bias in algorithms have been announced among the winners of one of the world's leading design prizes, the INDEX: Award. More about INDEX: Award 2021 celebrates designs that "bring humanity forward"
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Ilja Schamle has replaced batteries with living plants in this self-built server system to explore how technology could enter into a symbiotic relationship with nature. More about Ilja Schamle powers server with tomato plants in self-sustaining ecosystem
Colebrook Bosson Saunders has presented a range of ergonomic office products on Dezeen Showroom that range from monitor arms with compact footprints to desk lights that can charge personal devices. More about Space-saving ergonomic office products from Colebrook Bosson Saunders feature on Dezeen Showroom
Pentagram partner Yuri Suzuki has developed a new family of sounds for electric vehicles that hope to replace the "monotonous and annoying" noises made by conventional cars. More about Yuri Suzuki composes soundscape for electric cars that adapts to the driver
London studio Pearson Lloyd has called on designers to take on more medical and accessible design projects, as it revealed its design for an aesthetically appealing stairlift called Flow X. More about Pearson Lloyd attempts to shift stigma around stairlifts with Flow X
The Royal Shakespeare Company is set to put on a virtual play called Dream that will be performed by actors in motion capture suits and animated in real-time. More about Royal Shakespeare Company to stage live play in virtual Midsummer Night's Dream forest
Software and gaming company Epic Games has created an app that can build lifelike virtual humans for games and movies. More about MetaHuman Creator allows anyone to create realistic digital people "in minutes"
IKEA has released its first line of furniture designed for PC gaming in collaboration with popular hardware brand Republic of Gamers. More about IKEA launches esports furniture collection to "democratise the gaming experience"
PriestmanGoode has unveiled a concept for a driverless, electric ride-hailing vehicle for London, which the design firm hopes could join the red double-decker bus in the ranks of the city's iconic transport designs. More about PriestmanGoode models autonomous taxi on London's brutalist architecture
Japanese engineer Takeuchi Masaki has developed a wearable voice box called Syrinx, which can be strapped on like a neck brace so that people who have lost their larynx to cancer are able to produce speech. More about Syrinx is an artificial larynx that mimics the wearer's former voice
London architect Suzanne Brewer has created a prototype wheelchair with only two wheels and a saddle seat that takes the user from seated to standing in one fluid movement. More about Suzanne Brewer develops "Segway-style" wheelchair that allows users to stand upright
Students from London's Royal College of Art and Imperial College have devised a system that provides access to news coverage via a portable satellite modem during a government-enforced internet shutdown. More about Fallback device can bypass governmental internet shutdowns to give access to news
The Designs for Different Futures exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art collates projects to tackle some of today's biggest issues – including an arched pavilion for harvesting crickets, clothes that grow and a font illegible to computers. More about Today's innovations could be "redundant in five years" says curator of Designs for Different Futures
Facebook has launched a new branding for its subsidiary companies, courtesy of branding agency Saffron and UK type design studio Dalton Maag, which comprises an all-capital typeface that changes colour depending on the service offered. More about Facebook rebrands to "create visual distinction" between company and social app