Es Devlin’s art direction for the fourth edition of the Homo Faber biennale explores the potential for stagecraft and physical proximity to shape appreciation of craft.

Tanaka Eyewear’s new glasses are made from compressed paper composite, and embrace impermanence by allowing the material to develop a patina and using gold to repair dents or chips.

Nosou’s new lamp 0º was designed and produced in rural Japan to support craftsmanship and manufacturing outside of the country’s urban centres.

Textile designer Leo Germanangue has created Designrs, a new app which connects a city’s creators, that combines his maximalist aesthetic with his desire to minimise screen time.

Guy Keulemans and Trent Jansen explore the design potential of wear and tear, in an exhibition that seeks to repair the objects we surround ourselves with.

Thélonious Goupil’s Bienvenue spare bedroom expands hospitably out of a small, wooden box.

Communally designed, the Office Series objects by students from ECAL examines alternative, ego-less ways of working.

Prosthetic movement and wartime testimony form the core of A New Integrity, artist Nikita Kadan’s reflection on the costs of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Vitra’s new lounge chair Bascule, designed by Studio Œ, presents a different type of comfort than typical lounge chairs, with slouchy upholstery that accommodates movement and acts more like a jacket than a cushion.

Special Projects’ speculative concept, Aperture, supports digital detox by allowing users to flip their phone case around to reduce their iPhone screens to a small window.

Marte Mei van Haaster’s new collection, displayed at St Vincent’s gallery, presents a method of designing furniture out of plants used to remove toxic chemicals from the land.

Joseph Yang’s bricolage timber furniture, displayed at Seoul’s INSA Gallery, play with the construction logic of a traditional nong cabinet.

Yoshino Takayama’s kinetic machines, exhibited at Designtide Tokyo, reframe technological control through the vagaries of natural forces.

Continuity, Edward Robinson’s exhibition with Jousse entreprise, explores an industrial designer’s approach towards furniture design.

Pigment Collective’s new imprint, Argent Comics, is bringing luxury bookmaking techniques to the world of comics.

Isac Lindberg designs an architectural dessert bowl for Palace, a storied restaurant in central Helsinki.

Duncan Riches discusses Unit.d, a new gallery for affordable industrial design, whose debut show includes works by Michael Marriott and Jasper Morrison.

Designer and researcher Vera van der Burg trained an AI model to generate ceramic forms that she later hand-built in clay, challenging anthropomorphic ideas about the technology by treating it like a material.