Skincare and fragrance brand Aesop has transformed its stores around the world into temporary perfumeries, using suspended paper and books to reference the fables behind its fragrances, as shown in this video carousel produced by Dezeen. More about Aesop explores scent and storytelling through fragrance installations around the world
Florida-based Nothing has created hot and cold paper takeaway cups with built-in lids that are designed to be compostable. More about Nothing wants to revolutionise the takeaway paper cup
Promotion: an exhibition during this year's Maison&Objet furniture fair in Paris is set to demonstrate the continued relevance of Hanji, a thousand-year-old Korean papermaking technique. More about Hanji House exhibition celebrates traditional Korean papermaking
Fashion house Issey Miyake has created handcrafted furniture out of compressed log-like rolls of paper salvaged from the production of pleated garments, which will be unveiled at Milan design week. More about Issey Miyake transforms "wafer-thin" layers of waste paper into marbled furniture
Local art studio PichiAvo used wood and paper to create a pavilion based on an Ancient Greek temple, which was set ablaze for the Fallas celebrations in Valencia. More about PichiAvo builds wooden temple to burn down for Valencia's Fallas festival
Red Bull's GamePop magazine has developed a "first-of-its-kind" cover with a built-in display and controllers, allowing readers to play a game of Tetris on its paper surface. More about Paper-thin playable Tetris game forms cover of GamePop magazine
Japanese designer Kazuhiro Yamanaka has created the inflatable Tsubomi table lamp, which has a distinctively creased appearance due to its paper material and packaging. More about Kazuhiro Yamanaka designs flat-packed paper lamp that fits in an envelope
The Rhode Island School of Design has launched Loop Lab, a pilot initiative that transforms the school's own waste into raw materials for students to reuse and reimagine. More about RISD's Loop Lab transforms its own waste streams into raw materials
London's discarded takeaway coffee cups are given a long and useful life in Cupsan, a new biomaterial that local design practice Blast Studio has started producing at scale. More about Blast Studio launches Cupsan biomaterial made from London coffee cups
Architecture studio MAD has created a canopy that reinterprets traditional Chinese oil-paper umbrellas at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about MAD installs draping Chinese Paper Umbrella at Venice Architecture Biennale
The paper Akari lamps by Japanese-American designer Isamu Noguchi have become modern classics that work in many different settings and interiors, as seen in our latest lookbook. More about Eight homes illuminated by Isamu Noguchi's sculptural Akari lamps
Architecture office Mooradian Studio used spray-on paper pulp to create a bumpy texture across the walls and ceilings of north London menswear store Natalino. More about Mooradian Studio sprays London boutique interior with recycled newspaper pulp
Taiwanese designer Pao Hui Kao has unveiled her first solo exhibition, featuring colourful furniture made out of rolls of tracing paper. More about Colour highlights the crinkled surfaces of Pao Hui Kao's paper furniture
Examples of practical and playful paper packaging were presented at this exhibition curated by designer Makoto Umebara as part of the Takeo Paper Show in Tokyo, Japan. More about Takeo packaging exhibition highlights "unique sensory properties" of Japanese paper
A group of design graduates from London's Royal College of Art have come up with a way to make RFID tags entirely from paper, with no metal or silicon components in a bid to cut down on waste from single-use electronics. More about PulpaTronics tackles single-use electronics with paper RFID tags
Industrial design student Avia Revivi has designed a biodegradable toilet paper named O-SOW, which integrates seeds to encourage plant growth. More about Seeded toilet paper encourages plants to grow with human-waste fertiliser
Bentley has collaborated with designer Frederico Peri and Italian company Paper Factor to produce a marble-like table that is actually made from paper and was unveiled during Milan design week. More about Bentley Home collection features table made from paper marble
Design consultancy Matter has redesigned the Royal British Legion remembrance poppy to be created entirely of paper made from coffee cup waste and recycled wood fibres, the first change in the flower's design for 28 years. More about Matter designs recyclable plastic-free remembrance poppy
Former Apple designer Jony Ive and his studio LoveFrom have reimagined one of the world's most recognisable fundraising products – the nose worn as part of the annual Red Nose Day appeal. More about Jony Ive gives Red Nose Day nose a "dramatic" flat-pack redesign
Australian start-up Hoopsy has created a recyclable pregnancy test that is 99 per cent made out of paper, aiming to stop millions of single-use plastic versions ending up in landfill each year. More about Hoopsy is a paper pregnancy test designed to tackle plastic waste