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Walls, shelves and desks are all made from piles of modular blocks at this office in Paris by French studio h2o Architectes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

VDF products fair: The metallic Hyperpolyps sculptures by AntiCAD are designed for use as hanging installations, urban furniture, and pavilions. Read more View the full article

Canadian camouflage company Hyperstealth Biotechnology has patented the technology behind a material that bends light to make people and objects near invisible to the naked eye. Read more View the full article

Japanese studio Ryo Matsui Architects hung steel chains to create upside-down domes above the stage of a music recital in Tokyo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Timber joints slot together in these Tetris-like gifs – the work of a young Japanese man so obsessed by joinery techniques he set up a Twitter account dedicated to the cause. Read more View the full article

Hyundai is the latest automaker to turn its attention from the roads to the skies, partnering with Uber to design a concept for a future air-taxi service. Read more View the full article

Hyundai has created a prototype scooter that folds down to the size of a backpack and can be charged in a car using the energy created while driving. Read more

Hyundai has revealed its latest Prophecy concept car that has smooth lines that are designed to prompt an emotional response. Read more View the full article

South Korean carmaker Hyundai has revealed its concept for a vehicle with robotic legs that could save lives as a first responder in natural disaster zones. Read more

This daybed by Korean designer Hyung Suk Cho blends elements from traditional Korean furniture with the needs of modern houses. Read more View the full article

Graduate designer Hyunseok An wants to highlight the role that "unappreciated" algae could play in our diets by creating an indoor micro-farm for the home. Read more

Seattle architect Tom Kundig has designed a collection of over 100 hardware items including drawer pulls, door handles, fire pokers and shovels. He spoke to Dezeen about his "modifiable, morphable" and growing product range (+ transcript + slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Peter Zumthor has revealed that the visualisations for his new Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which proved controversial with Dezeen readers, do not show the building as he intends it. Read more View the full article

Our second story today featuring products presented like model kits is Italian designer Fabio Novembre's window installation for Tommy Hilfiger at La Rinascente department stores. (more...) View the full article

London designer Dominic Wilcox is building up to Britain hosting the Olympic games this summer by nibbling his way through 30 boxes of McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes to build models of UK landmarks and icons. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This synthetic biology project by designer Ai Hasegawa imagines that a woman could gestate and give birth to a baby from another species, in this case a dolphin, before eating it (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

The two main buildings of this Portuguese holiday complex by I-da Arquitectos are dug into a hillside, partly burying them in the sloping terrain (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This building in Lyon by Paris designer Cyrille Druart houses motor-racing simulators. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A glass wall frames a vintage Mercedes parked inside this timber-clad residence in the Bulgarian capital by I/O Architects, which is partially submerged into a sloping site (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Design studio i29 referenced the rich past of Amsterdam's Felix Meritis building for the overhaul of its interiors, which now feature vivid splashes of colour. Read more View the full article

Car brand BMW will present two sustainable concept cars under their new BMW i sub-brand at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German car brand BMW has launched its first fully electric production car called the BMW i3 (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Flux Haus is a parasitic housing scheme, which has been conceptualised by Kammil Carranza, Jitendra Farkade and Vinay Khare, that would engulf five towers in Hong Kong with single-person pods. Read more

Canadian firm Ian MacDonald Architect has completed a family retreat in southern Ontario that cantilevers over a rocky hillside and is designed to be mostly hidden from view (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Ian Moore Architects has converted an old industrial building in Sydney to create Redfern Warehouse, combining a four bedroom house, an equine genetics laboratory and a garage for classic cars. Read more