In an effort to make solar panels beautiful, Marjan van Aubel has created translucent, stained-glass-like photovoltaics, which have been unveiled as part of the Netherlands' pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020. More about Marjan van Aubel creates colourful solar panel skylight for Dubai Expo
Rotterdam's Het Nieuwe Instituut is set to host the first-ever Solar Biennale in 2022, which will see creatives and scientists collaborate across disciplines to envision a future where everything is solar-powered. More about Inaugural Solar Biennale aims to mobilise designers around the "solar revolution"
Dezeen promotion: an anti-snoring pillow and a healthcare bracelet that helps people regulate their bodies are among the winning Health and Fitness designs at this year's iF Design Award. More about iF Design Award presents the 2021 Health and Fitness winners
EcoLogicStudio has designed AirBubble, a children's play pavilion that uses algae in solar-powered bioreactors to remove carbon dioxide and pollutants from the air. More about EcoLogicStudio uses algae to purify air inside enclosed playground for children
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
A burning man, a flock of starlings and a mirrored orb designed by architecture studio BIG were created in drone shows by Studio Drift at this year's unofficial Burning Man festival. More about Studio Drift creates "collection of memories" of Burning Man using lit-up drones
Our Redesign the World competition with Epic Games closes for entries at midnight tomorrow! Here is a recap of the talks and workshops we have run to provide some last-minute inspiration and tips for how to enter. More about Last chance to enter Dezeen's Redesign the World competition with Epic Games
Dezeen has slashed the carbon emissions of its website by two-thirds thanks to a series of code improvements. More about Dezeen makes "massive" reduction to its website carbon emissions
Designer Santa Kupča has created a digital fashion collection of glitching garments through 3D scanning and digitally manipulating her own clothes, which was shown as part of Milan design week. More about Santa Kupča creates pixelated digital clothing line Decrypted Garments
Production designer Alex McDowell has launched Planet Junk, a project that invites university students to imagine a future world that is built on the detritus of our current planet. More about Alex McDowell's Planet Junk asks students to "destroy the world"
Industrial designer Luis Undritz has created a printer that produces images by projecting light onto algae and is on show as part of the Materialized exhibition at Milan design week. More about Luis Undritz designs printer that creates "living" images from algae
The world's largest direct air carbon capture and storage plant has started operating in Iceland, run by Swiss company Climeworks. More about World's largest carbon-capture plant Orca opens in Iceland
Dezeen promotion: how artificial intelligence might change the future of architecture is one of the questions that will be put to architects from across Europe as part of a series of interviews organised by aluminium systems supplier, Aluprof. More about Aluprof's Future Builders series will explore the future of architecture
This one-minute video shows how BlockWorks collaborated with has non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders to build a virtual library to support freedom of speech. More about Watch a virtual fly-through of the Uncensored Library in Minecraft
Design studios Crafting Plastics and Office MMK have teamed up to develop a scent-infused 3D-printed room divider made from bioplastic that is currently on show at Salone del Mobile. More about BreaZea room divider created from scented bioplastic
Swiss architect Fabien Roy has designed Robust Nest, an incubator for hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa that functions throughout power cuts and is currently being exhibited as part of Milan design week. More about Fabien Roy creates power cut-resilient incubator to protect babies in sub-Saharan Africa from hypothermia
Dezeen promotion: designers, architects and final year architectural students are invited to submit their work for this year's Tile of Spain Awards, which celebrates architectural and design projects that use ceramics crafted in Spain. More about Call for entries to the Tile of Spain Awards 2021
Digital twins of buildings and cities could become an essential tool in the battle against climate change, according to technology experts. More about Digital twins are "big driver" towards net-zero cities say experts
Visualisation techniques from video games could help planners and the public understand architecture, according to architects that use gaming software. More about Gaming technology can help architects "engage people in a more dynamic and inclusive way"
German design graduate Rebecca Weiss has won a James Dyson Award for a male contraceptive device called Coso, which uses ultrasound waves to temporarily halt sperm regeneration. More about Rebecca Weiss designs ultrasound-powered male contraceptive device