Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named world's worst plastic polluters for third year running
For the third consecutive year, an audit by environmental initiative Break Free From Plastic has found The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé to be the companies creating the most plastic pollution. More
AirBird is a smart sensor that chirps to highlight indoor air pollution
GXN, the innovation arm of Danish architecture studio 3XN, has developed a twittering air-quality sensor that hopes to draw attention to the negative effects of air pollution within our homes and offices. More
Ten predictions of how the pandemic will change the world
As part of our 2020 review, we've rounded up this year's most incisive opinions on how the coronavirus pandemic will impact our lives, courtesy of everyone from Norman Foster to Li Edelkoort and Rem Koolhas. More
Brecht Wright Gander designs lamp with rubber orifice that lights up when "turned on"
New York designer Brecht Wright Gander has created a light that is switched on by sliding a phallic conductor inside of a puckered, rubber opening, in the hopes of maximising the user's feelings of discomfort. More
Lab-grown meat to feature on restaurant menu for first time after "breakthrough" approval
Chicken nuggets that US startup Eat Just created in fermentation tanks will soon be available in a restaurant in Singapore, as the first lab-grown meat in the world to be approved for sale. More
The Book of Homelessness is the first graphic novel created by homeless people
London charity Accumulate has released an "honest, painful and revelatory" book telling the stories of 18 different people and their experiences of homelessness. More
Latex "is a noble and natural material that does not kill animals"
Latex can help replace polluting materials such as leather and plastics, according to designers working with the plant-based material. More
Yinka Ilori's first homeware collection turns functional items into artworks
Dezeen Showroom: London designer Yinka Ilori has translated the characteristic, joyful patterns that grace his large-scale installations into a limited-edition homeware collection. More
Solar panels made from food waste win inaugural James Dyson Sustainability Award
Engineering student Carvey Ehren Maigue has been named the James Dyson Awards first-ever global sustainability winner for his AuReus system, in which waste crops are turned into cladding that can generate clean energy from ultraviolet light. More
OPPO X 2021 is a shapeshifting phone that grows to the size of a tablet
Chinese electronics company OPPO has revealed a concept smartphone, called the X 2021, which expands by rolling out its screen on a miniature conveyor belt. More
"The heart and soul of Salone del Mobile" Manlio Armellini dies aged 83
Manlio Armellini, a tireless advocate for Italian design and one of the founding fathers of Milan's Salone del Mobile, the world's largest furniture fair, has passed away at the age of 83. More
Habitat to close flagship store on London's Tottenham Court Road after more than half a century
British furniture retailer Habitat has announced that it will be closing two of its London locations at the start of next year, including its global flagship on Tottenham Court Road. More
Kasturi Balotia's first original rug is "the future of design"
Jaipur Rugs weaver Kasturi Balotia has released her debut rug design as part of the company's Manchaha initiative, which aims to take textile workers in rural India from a position of "exploitation to empowerment". More
Malika Favre's Kama Sutra typeface shows sex as a "deeply pleasurable and sometimes funny act"
Naked bodies pretzeled together into different sex positions form the letters of the alphabet in the Kama Sutra A-Z coffee table book by French illustrator Malika Favre. More
Syrinx is an artificial larynx that mimics the wearer's former voice
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
AI-generated brutalist buildings feature in hypnotic Moullinex music videos
Lisbon musician Moullinex has shared an exclusive short music video showing an endlessly changing landscape of brutalist buildings drawn up by a generative design algorithm with Dezeen. More
Chila Kumari Singh Burman overwrites Tate Britain's neoclassical facade with neon Diwali installation
Bollywood posters and fluorescent effigies of Hindu deities have been superimposed on Tate Britain's portico, as part of an installation designed by artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman for the museum's fourth annual winter commission. More
Nseen is a see-through perfume bottle covered in invisible writing
MIT researchers Jiani Zeng and Honghao Deng have developed a "truly minimalist", 3D-printed flacon, which is entirely transparent at first glance and only reveals its branding when it is tilted at just the right angle. More
How to be at Rest installation features bricolage chairs made by migrants in the UAE
Paint buckets, street signs and beaded car seats feature in a series of found seating designs, made by working-class migrants in the United Arab Emirates and collected by artist Christopher Benton. More
Ouroboros Steak grow-your-own human meat kit is "technically" not cannibalism
A group of American scientists and designers have developed a concept for a grow-your-own steak kit using human cells and blood to question the ethics of the cultured meat industry. More