Deimatic Clothing mimics animal defence mechanisms to get women cycling
Central Saint Martins graduate Will Verity has designed a jacket with LEDs that flash faster as cars come closer to help women overcome fears of cycling. More
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Marlène Huissoud creates products with the help of insects
Graduate designer Marlène Huissoud has used materials made by bees and silkworms to craft a series of vessels and furniture (+ movie). More
Fiona O'Neill hand-paints dresses for Central Saint Martins fashion show
Black outlines framed the distorted silhouettes of painted dresses in Central Saint Martins fashion graduate Fiona O'Neill's collection, presented at the institution's catwalk show earlier this week. More
Sang Yoon exaggerates garments with plastic sleeves for Central Saint Martins collection
Chunky injection-moulded cuffs and tubes featured on garments shown by graduate fashion designer Sang Yoon at the Central Saint Martins show earlier this week. More
Graham Fan's graduate fashion collection evokes metallic pan scourers
The fibrous metallic garments in Central Saint Martins graduate Graham Fan's London Fashion Week collection are reminiscent of wire brushes used for cleaning the dishes. More
Giant flowers obscure models in Ondrej Adamek's graduate fashion collection
Huge satin flowers conceal the faces of models walking in Central Saint Martins graduate Ondrej Adamek's London Fashion Week debut. More
Futuristic gowns formed from metallic neoprene by Sadie Williams
Fashion designer Sadie Williams has heat-pressed neoprene to create this collection of metallic sci-fi garments, which was nominated for Designs of the Year 2014 earlier this week. More
Brass tools and silk apparel for mining the world's most abundant mineral
London and Montreal designer Emilie F. Grenier has created set of brass tools and a silk outfit for mining feldspar - the most plentiful mineral on Earth. More
Genetically engineered crops could grow lace amongst their roots
Plants could be genetically engineered to produce textiles at the same time as food, according to this synthetic biology project by designer and researcher Carole Collet. More
Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Jaimee McKenna
Layers of blue fabric pleated into origami-like patterns bounced down the catwalk at Central Saint Martins graduate Jaimee McKenna's Autumn Winter 2013 show. More
Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Eilish Macintosh
Central Saint Martins graduate Eilish Macintosh showed outfits tied up with knotted lengths of rope at the institution's show during London Fashion Week. More
"An art college should be a blank canvas" - Paul Williams on Central Saint Martins
World Architecture Festival 2012: architect Paul Williams of Stanton Williams tells Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs why his team designed the new campus for London art and design college Central Saint Martins as "a blank canvas" where different disciplines could "take form and ownership", in this movie we filmed at the World Architecture Festival last month. More
Body Jewellery by Stephanie Bila
Designer Stephanie Bila used bent wood and crystals to create this body jewellery inspired by Japanese baskets for her Central Saint Martins graduate collection. More
Airborne by Stéphanie Van Zwam
These pieces of jewellery by Central Saint Martins graduate Stéphanie Van Zwam are made from plastic bubbles and tubes that float around the wearer's body (+ movie). More
Led Zeppelin by Arthur Analts
This step ladder by Latvian designer Arthur Analts can rest flat against the wall, fit into a corner at 45 degrees or rest securely in a corner at 25 degrees, thanks to the shape of its top and bottom rungs. More
Campus for Central Saint Martins by Stanton Williams
Architects Stanton Williams have completed a new campus for art and design college Central Saint Martins in and around a Victorian granary and two former transit sheds in London. More
New York Times dubs new Central Saint Martins building "Campus Cool"
Dezeen Wire: in a review of the new Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London by Stanton Williams Architects, Suzy Menkes of the New York Times admires the combination of glass, open spaces and reuse of the exiting building, claiming they make the campus "seem inviting and all-embracing," and adding that "the meld of heritage and modernity seems a particularly British combo." - The New York TimesSee our story about the new campus on Dezeen here.
Meals from Scratch packaging by Jeremy Innes-Hopkins
Central Saint Martins College of Art student Jeremy Innes-Hopkins has developed new packaging for these kits, designed for throwing together meals from ready-prepared raw ingredients. More
Stereotype by Daizi Zheng
Here's another project by Chinese designer Daizi Zheng who created the mobile phone powered by cola in our earlier story: this time a range of healthy snacks packaged to look like drugs and junk food, including these blueberries in a blister pack. More
Narrative Identities by Nadia Troeman
Graduate designer Nadia Troeman has created a conceptual system of branding and identity for her college, which would constantly change according to the cultural associations of individual students. More