The design of bricks made out of construction waste, as told by the architects, scientists and designers working to make materials more sensitive to their local and environmental context.

This week on Design Line, a secret city-building project surfaces in California,the Stirling Prize shortlist is released, and a crumbling concrete crisis hits.

The hosts dive into a trio of reports on designing more sustainable cities and touring exhibitions in this episode of The Crit, which features an exclusive interview with Olivier Lacrouts of Studio d-o-t-s.

India Block reports on Citibin, the trash container pilot on the front line of New York City’s war on rats.

This week’s Design Line reports on a new tool from Arup that models Urban Heat Islands, the first period product tests to use actual blood, and England’s attempt to outlaw unisex public toilets.

Jareh Das interviews Nifemi Marcus-Bello about Africa – A Designer’s Utopia, his project documenting unauthored West African design.

Pharrell Williams gets the nod from Louis Vuitton, Jony Ive’s new heraldry, and the 15-minute city moral panic all feature on Design Line this week.

Disegno and the Het Nieuwe Instituut present Design Drafts #1 with this online exclusive from Andrew Pasquier on the festivalisation of nightlife design.

Bulldozers are moving in to Mumbai’s chawls, but plans to replace low-cost, low-rise worker housing with high-density towers could destroy existing communities.