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Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: British designer Freyja Sewell's felt cocoons have gone into production and were on show in a Victorian former prison in London this week (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Fashion designer Hussein Chalayan has created elasticated costumes and sequinned garments for performers in his first self-directed dance production (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Models ripped the fronts off their shirts to reveal glittery confetti at Hussein Chalayan's Autumn Winter 2017 show, which explored ideas surrounding identity and Greek folk culture. Read more View the full article

London-based ZCD Architects has designed the interior of the first retail store for fashion designer Hussein Chalayan, who celebrates 21 years in business this year (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This suburban family house in Japan by architect Yoshiaki Nagasaka is pretending to be a cabin in a forest (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

As the tides erode the northern coast of New Zealand, this house on a sled by architects Crosson Clarke Carnachan can be towed off the beach and out of harm’s way (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These public toilets in Japan by Tato Architects comprise a single curved wall sheltered beneath a gabled roof (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

MAD has transformed a vacant courtyard house in one of Beijing's ancient hutongs by adding two bubble-like workspaces to its roof. Read more View the full article

Architecture practice HW-Studio took cues from the steps and plazas found in traditional Spanish architecture to design this residence in central Mexico. Read more

London designer Charlotte Kingsnorth will present a collection of fat chairs at Designersblock in London next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Art and design studio CTRLZAK have launched a collection of tableware where half of each piece resembles traditional Chinese porcelain and the other side features a European design. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF's collaboration with musician Rosey Chan continues with this video showing Chan's performance at the opening of Fredrikson Stallard's Hybrideae exhibition. Read more View the full article

Pete Oyler of American design studio Assembly has created these stacking candle holders from aluminium and brass. (more…) View the full article

News: preservationists have proposed a system of hydraulic jacks that could safeguard Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House from flood damage by lifting it into the air. (more...) View the full article

This inkjet printer has been adapted by Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) student Christophe Guberan to print patterns that contort pieces of paper into specific 3D forms. (more…) View the full article

Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has designed a conceptual transport system that would involve airships powered by seaweed. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Graduate shows 2016: a toaster that sneezes out bread crumbs and a vacuum cleaner that poos when it's full are among a range of "cute" products created by Royal College of Art graduate Hyerim Shin (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Toronto architect Philip Beesley has installed a forest of acrylic fronds that move as though breathing inside the Canada pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These fictional views of imaginary architecture and landscapes are photographic collages produced by American CGI artist Jim Kazanjian. (more...) View the full article

These hyper-realistic renderings by designer Michael Samoriz depict a cafe proposed for Ukraine with wooden beams criss-crossing over its ceiling. (more...) View the full article

Austrian architects WG3 have designed a mobile hotel room that could be delivered to all kinds of outdoor locations. (more…) View the full article

German software company Hyperganic has developed a 3D-printed rocket engine prototype, which was completely designed by artificial intelligence. Read more View the full article

Eindhoven designer Paul Heijnen presented an articulated lamp like a huge wooden insect at Rossana Orlandi's Bagatti Valsecchi 2.0 exhibition in Milan (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Bjarke Ingels's firm has been announced as one of the architectural partners that will help build infrastructure for the Hyperloop high-speed transportation system, in the same week as the latest test of its propulsion technology (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The Hyperloop high-speed transportation network has taken a step towards construction in eastern Europe, with a proposal that would allow passengers to travel between Bratislava, Vienna and Budapest in under 20 minutes. (more…) View the full article