Animal rights organisation PETA has launched the Vegan Wool Challenge, calling on designers and researchers to develop a vegan alternative to sheep's wool with a lower environmental impact. More
Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has combined wool and vegetable-tanned leather to craft a cremation urn, which will naturally break down in soil once it is buried. More
Textile design duo Röd Studio has collaborated with Copenhagen studio Tableau to create a series of steel and wool vases informed by the art of pastry decoration. More
Dezeen Showroom: Estonian textile designer Annike Laigo has created a wavy, hand-tufted wool rug, which is available via online lifestyle store NID. More
Dezeen Showroom: Stripes is a graphic wool rug collection created by Swedish design duo Bernadotte & Kylberg for their lifestyle brand NJRD. More
Dezeen Showroom: UK textile manufacturer Camira has launched a sustainable fabric called Craggan Flax that is made from thickly woven wool and flax for a highly textured finish. More
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a cat bed launched in collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld's pet. More
In our latest competition, we have teamed up with Nanimarquina to give readers the chance to win a Telares handwoven rug. More
Animal furniture design company LucyBalu has collaborated with Choupette, the beloved pet of the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, on a hammock-style cat bed called Swing. More
Dezeen Showroom: Noun Amsterdam's colourful wall rugs called The Lips are designed by Sandra Keja Planken to add "depth, vibrancy and boldness" to interior spaces. More
Sebastian Wrong has created a collection of rugs called the Wrong Angle series, that are designed to be layered in interconnected grids to frame a floor or furniture item. More
Acoustic panels and other architectural elements can be made in complex 3D forms using a robotic needle felting process developed by researchers at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning in the US. More
Footwear brand Allbirds uses merino wool to manufacture the textile uppers of its Wool Runners shoes, which also feature laces made from recycled plastic bottles and insoles produced using castor bean oil. More
Swiss textiles brand ZigZagZurich produces a range of artist-designed blankets, including several influenced by Bauhaus design principles. More
Christien Meindertsma: Beyond the Surface, at the Vitra Design Museum in Basel examines the designer's work with wool, flax, incinerator ash and recycled wool. More
Fleecy surfaces create a cosy setting inside this pavilion in western Hungary, which architecture studio AUW hope visitors will use as a space to host "therapy sessions with themselves". More
Marcel Wanders has partnered with San Francisco company O2Today to release a set of air pollution masks made from patterned wool. More
London-based German designer Jule Waibel has launched a collection of seats made from 100 per cent wool felt that has been three-dimensionally folded under steam to create flexible pleats (+ slideshow). More
Architecture studio Kilo has pitched a traditional Moroccan camel and goat wool tent in front of the patterned glass and metal facade of Jean Nouvel's Institut du Monde Arabe building in Paris. More
Design collective Vík Prjónsdóttir has launched two Icelandic wool blankets shaped to look like the wings of a swan and an eider duck as part of a range of avian-influenced covers. More
