Swedish designer Gustaf Westman has applied his signature chunky forms to a playful cat tree that provides a design-forward perch for feline friends. More about Gustaf Westman designs sculptural alternative to "ugly cat trees"
Australian studio Heliograf has worked with Vert Design to produce Holy Carp! – a plastic-free, compostable alternative to the fish-shaped soy sauce packaging immortalised in its Light Soy lamp. More about Heliograf launches plastic-free alternative to single-use soy sauce fish
Lab-grown meat is gaining traction. But before we consume it, we need to believe in it – and that's where design comes in. Jane Englefield asks scientists, designers and a food critic what's at stake. More about What will it take for us to eat lab-grown steak?
Designer Cheng-Tsung Feng has created four floating wooden shelters for ducks in Taiwan to provide protection from extreme weather conditions. More about Floating pinecone-shaped huts shelter ducks from "Taiwan's intensely hot summers and frequent typhoons"
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a veterinary hospital in Albania with sculptural curved-concrete walls by Swiss studio Davide Macullo Architects. More about "Nothing short of amazing" says commenter
In its latest exhibition More Than Human, London's Design Museum explores what happens when we design not for people but for animals, plants and other living things. Here, the curators preview five works that give an insight into this new frontier of thinking. More about Design Museum curators pick five projects that exemplify "more-than-human" design
Sculptural walls of curved concrete hug a series of planted terraces for cats and dogs at this veterinary hospital in Albania, designed by Swiss studio Davide Macullo Architects. More about Curved concrete walls create "open and freeing environment" at veterinary hospital
London-based studio 51 Architecture has created a space for woodland creatures to rest, roost, perch and shelter at this year's Royal Academy summer exhibition. More about 51 Architecture creates timber roost for Royal Academy summer exhibition
Bird Buddy has created a compact, AI-powered camera that detects the movement of insects and birds and then turns its footage into a narrated "BBC Earth-style" mini documentary, part of the Wonder Blocks smart-garden system. More about Petal camera uses AI to produce nature documentaries of personal backyards
A thick thatched roof topped with purple iris flowers shelters this timber sheep pen in Kyoto, Japan, which has been designed by local architecture practice 2m26. More about Purple flowers crown thatched sheep pen in Japan by 2m26
A muted pink hydrotherapy room and swathes of stone and terrazzo feature in Ontario's King Animal Hospital, a veterinary clinic created by Kelly Wearstler to mirror her approach to interior designing for humans. More about Kelly Wearstler designs luxurious pet hospital to "break away from sterile"
Italian studio C+S Architects has completed a nursery near Bergamo featuring a red concrete retaining wall engraved with representations of the animals from a famous 1950s puzzle by designer Enzo Mari. More about Enzo Mari animals decorate Italian nursery by C+S Architects
Polish design studio Nicer Design has created the Numbird collection of digit-shaped nesting boxes for small birds in urban areas. More about Nicer Design creates bird-box house numbers to encourage urban birdlife
After IKEA launched a range of products for pets, Dezeen rounds up 10 beds designed with domestic dogs and cats in mind. More about Ten pet beds that prove furniture for animals can be interesting too
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features IKEA's reveal of its first product range for pets, Utsådd. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features IKEA's first pet range Utsådd
Swedish furniture brand IKEA has partnered with rehoming centre Woodgreen Pets Charity to launch its first product range for pets, which includes rattan beds and patterned soft toys. More about IKEA launches first pet range Utsådd for "eating, sleeping, playing and hiding"
Insects are an unlikely "collaborator" in British designer William Eliot's Digested Objects stool, which was shaped by plastic-eating mealworms as they gnawed their way through blocks of polystyrene. More about Plastic-eating mealworms "collaborate" in stool design by William Eliot
This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter explores the concept of animal-centric interspecies design and features an interview with set designer Es Devlin. Subscribe to Dezeen in Depth now. More about Dezeen In Depth investigates trend of interspecies design
A new design trend prioritises the needs of bugs and animals above human beings. Rima Sabina Aouf finds out if "interspecies design" is the next step in creating more sustainable spaces and objects. More about Animal-centric interspecies design goes "beyond sustainability"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Welsh Mountain Hembury Chair, a seat constructed from wool and bio-resin. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features fibreglass-like chair made from sheep's wool