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Halo by Seoul-based art studio Kimchi and Chips features 99 robotic mirrors that move continuously throughout the day, following the sun like sunflowers. Read more

This soft robotic pillow combats sleepless nights by "breathing" in and out as users hold it close. Read more View the full article

Interieur 2014: a troop of robotic vacuum cleaners "waltz" with each other around a school gymnasium in this installation for the Biennale Interieur event in Kortrijk, Belgium (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart employed robots to mould and stitch together this laminated plywood pavilion, which is based on the anatomy of a sea urchin (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Robots have finished 3D printing the structure of a steel pedestrian bridge devised by technology startup MX3D, which is set to span a canal in Amsterdam. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: Robots of Brixton is a sci-fi animation by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Kibwe Tavares in which a downtrodden robot workforce battles with police against a backdrop of dystopian architecture in scenes reminiscent of the 1981 Brixton riots in London. Tavares, who has now set up animation and architectural imagery studio www.factoryfifteen.com, made the film as his final design project for his masters degree. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A "data centre" provided the backdrop for Chanel's spring summer 2017 show, which included models dressed as robots and bags with flashing LED displays (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Italian designer Fabio Novembre will present this robot-shaped shelving unit for design brand Casamania in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: bathroom brand Roca has developed an innovative, flexible surface material called Surfex, which it has launched with its Modo collection. Read more

Zaha Hadid Architects have completed a showroom in London for Spanish bathroom brand Roca. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wesleyan House Methodist International Church is a 21-storey high-rise church in Hong Kong, topped with a Sky Chapel with views across the city and its harbour. Read more View the full article

Product designer Rocco Giovannoni is exhibiting his InMergo headphones during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: French furniture brand Roche Bobois has produced a movie featuring its Mah Jong sofa, which has been reinterpreted by a group of artists for a charity auction (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Design Miami/Basel is underway in Switzerland, where Paris designer Arik Levy presents these new pieces with Dutch gallery Priveekollektie. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Frederik Nystrup-Larsen and Oliver Sundquist have created a series of knobbly concrete vases that looks like lava rocks, for the new home of prolific Copenhagen restaurant Noma. Read more View the full article

Cologne 2011: London studio Doshi Levien present this child’s rocking horse at imm cologne in Germany this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects MVRDV of Rotterdam and COBE of Copenhagen and Berlin have won a competition to design a rock-music museum at a former concrete factory in Roskilde, the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Charred larch clads the curved walls of a seafood restaurant that projects towards the harbour in Folkestone, England. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Yabu Pushelberg and Rockwell Group have created a mix of floral and zany bars, restaurants, workspaces, and space-saving bedrooms inside this New York hotel. Read more

New York City firm Rockwell Group has inserted a grassy hill scattered with deckchairs and hammocks into the Great Hall of Washington DC's National Building Museum. Read more

American firm Rockwell Group used teak panelling, oxidised copper and tropical plants to create a warm and inviting atmosphere in a Manhattan eatery serving Indonesian cuisine. Read more

Northumbria University graduate Rocky Brooks has designed a disposable and fully recyclable flat-pack bed for dogs to help reduce costs in rescue centres. Read more

Milan 2012: Australian designer Marc Newson presented this child’s rocking horse for Italian brand Magis at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. (more…) View the full article

The rocky hillside surrounding an 800-year-old fortress forms several of the walls and floors of this school by DesignAware in Hyderabad, India. Read more View the full article

These hanging plant pots by Dutch designer Roderick Vos incorporate overhead lighting and plug sockets for a space-saving approach to adding greenery to the office. (more...) View the full article