Lego is set to launch a range of botanical elements made from a plant-based plastic sourced from sugar cane, in a bid to reduce its plastic waste. More about Lego to launch sustainable bricks made from sugar cane
UK tech start-up Curious Chip has created a handheld gaming device that teaches children to code their own games and apps. More about Pip is a portable gaming device that teaches children to code
Mattel has launched a Barbie based on Olympic athlete Ibtihaj Muhammad – the brand's first ever doll to come with its own hijab. More about First hijab-wearing Barbie released in tribute to Olympic athlete
Instead of a typical paper CV, graduate designer Andy Morris has created a Lego Minifigure in his own likeness to send out to potential employers. More about Design graduate uses Lego Minifigure as his CV
Lego has unveiled a model set of its new Lego House, designed by Bjarke Ingels' architecture firm BIG, to coincide with the opening next month. More about Lego to launch new model kit of BIG-designed visitor centre ahead of opening
French designers Marion Pinaffo and Raphaël Pluvinage have designed a set of 13 electronic toys that are cut, folded and assembled from paper printed in special ink. More about Papier Machine booklet features electronic toys that are made from its pages
Sausage-shaped party balloons are used to secure the self-assembly furniture and toys designed by Kingston University graduate Fern Toynton. More about Balloons replace nails and screws for Inflate collection of children's furniture
Brussels-based designer Alain Gilles took cues from Nordic design to create this minimal foosball table, designed to look good in any room. More about Alain Gilles designs foosball table that "doesn’t have to be hidden in the basement"
To coincide with the 150th anniversary of the birth of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Lego has made a new addition to its architectural model series: the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum. More about Lego launches Guggenheim Museum kit to mark Frank Lloyd Wright's 150th birthday
Kids can mould working musical instruments and robots using Technology Will Save Us' new interactive learning kits based on conductive dough. More about Latest STEM learning kits for kids combine technology and play dough
The latest addition to Kartell's children's range is a set of candy-coloured plastic doll's houses created by Italian designer Fabio Novembre. More about Kartell adds to children's line with ultra-minimal Villa doll's houses
Fashion label Marni has designed a sandy playground for Milan design week that's filled with brightly coloured furniture and toys made using traditional weaving. More about Marni reinterprets childhood toys for colourful Playland installation
Reykjavík-based designer Thórunn Árnadottir has combined local Icelandic materials with broken toys to create a series of interactive devices, which she is presenting at DesignMarch 2017. More about Thórunn Árnadottir creates interactive toys using traditional Icelandic materials
Lego fans can now build outwards from walls, chair legs, household objects or the backs of other toys using a new studded tape. More about Nimuno Loops tape lets you build Lego on almost anything
Belgian studio Robbrecht en Daem has turned its hand to children's toys with a puppet theatre created for design brand Valerie Objects. More about Robbrecht en Daem designs sombre-coloured puppet theatre influenced by fairytale castles
Lego has announced a kit for building and programming robots, designed to encourage a younger generation to learn how to code, at this year's CES tech conference. More about Lego unveils Boost kit to help children learn coding
Dezeen has teamed up with publisher Owl & Dog Playbooks to give away five copies of a children's book filled with pre-scored sheets for making folded paper models of fish. More about Competition: five copies of a children's origami book to be won
American designer Mark Boulding has created an alternative to snap-fit blocks like Lego, with a collection of black and white bricks that slot into one another instead (+ slideshow). More about Interlocking Boulding Blocks offer "limitless possibilities" for construction
Milan 2016: design for children is emerging as one of the hot trends at this year's Milan design week, as designers and brands cotton on to the vast potential of the kids' furniture market. More about Children's products are a "huge market" for design brands
Milan 2016: the latest designer rocking horse comes from Stockholm studio Front, which has based its minimal design for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna on an old bent-wood chair from the furniture brand's archive. More about Front designs bent-wood rocking horse for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna