Visser & Meijwaard designs zip-up coffins that you would "want to be seen dead in"
Dutch Design Week 2015: Arnhem studio Visser & Meijwaard has designed a range of colourful zip-up coffins to help make death less depressing. More
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Slaughtered bird flu-infected chickens transformed into furniture by Emilie van Spronsen
Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch designer Emilie van Spronsen harvested feathers and bones from the corpses of bird flu-infected chickens to create this stool and urn. More
Love Seats by Annebet Philips are paired to support each other
Dutch Design Week 2015: the way couples sit on each other's laps informed the shapes and two-toned upholstery in this collection of chairs by Dutch designer Annebet Philips. More
Louisa Zahareas' Screen Mutations ceramics are designed to be viewed on Skype
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Louisa Zahareas' set of deformed tableware only appears normal when seen on screen (+ slideshow). More
Virtual reality mall lets consumers shop alongside digital giraffes and zebras
Dutch Design Week 2015: British designer Allison Crank has created a virtual reality shopping centre that allows users to commission bespoke objects within a world of floating neon signs and stray zoo animals (+ movie). More
Sheltersuit coat doubles as a sleeping bag for the homeless
Dutch Design Week 2015: fashion designer Bas Timmer has used abandoned tents to create jackets that turn into waterproof sleeping bags for homeless people. More
Precarious playground structures by Capucine Diancourt rely on users' balance
Dutch Design Week 2015: French designer Capucine Diancourt's series of unconventional playground equipment includes non-fixed rocking items that challenge children to keep their balance. More
David Roman Lieshout designs semi-foldable bicycle for small apartments
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate David Roman Lieshout's prototype bicycle has individually foldable components that help it fit into compact storage areas. More
Bastiaan Buijs' Satyr sex toy for men is a fleshlight-cum-furniture piece
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Bastiaan Buijs has designed a sex toy with a bright pink torso that can be mounted like a vaulting horse. More
Sarah Daher designs Air Culture concept plant lab to deliver enriched air
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Sarah Daher has proposed harnessing airborne molecules released by plants to create pockets of personalised air that could provide health benefits when inhaled (+ slideshow). More
Dan Adlešič's absurd electronics respond to theatrical behaviour
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dan Adlešič has created a collection of purposefully ridiculous electronic products that only work in response to unconventional movements. More
TextielMuseum collaborates with Dutch designers on plaid textile collection
Dutch Design Week 2015: Tilburg's TextielMuseum has worked with Dutch designer Hella Jongerius to launch a collection of plaid throws developed by Simone Post and Studio Truly Truly (+ slideshow). More
"Most buildings are drawings filled in by engineers" says Piet Hein Eek
Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch furniture designer Piet Hein Eek has joined the debate about whether non-architects should design buildings, saying most architects are "not interested" in construction. More
Pim van der Mijl designs "living room" to bring refugees and locals together
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pim van der Mijl's De Voorkamer project proposes a communal meeting space to help break down barriers between refugees and local communities in Holland (+ slideshow). More
Emmy Polkamp's To Many Places nomadic hotel can occupy empty buildings
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Emmy Polkamp has created a concept for travelling hotel tents that can be used to create accommodation in abandoned structures (+ slideshow). More
Anouk van de Sande's Print in Motion garments create moiré effects
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Anouk van de Sande has designed a range of patterned garments that produce visual effects as the wearer moves (+ movie). More
Rob Scharff's Soft Robotics 3D-printed hand responds to human grip
Dutch Design Week 2015: Delft University of Technology graduate Rob Scharff has created a soft robotic limb that can shake hands with people. More
Van Abbemuseum's Thing Nothing exhibition explores "the value of the physical object"
Dutch Design Week 2015: Eindhoven's Van Abbemuseum is hosting an exhibition that brings together experimental objects and installations from designers including Jólan van der Wiel, Studio Drift and MVRDV. More
Studio Drift installs moving Shylights in disused Eindhoven building
Dutch Design Week 2015: design firm Studio Drift has installed flower-like lamps, which randomly rise and fall as they "bloom", inside an empty Eindhoven factory (+ movie). More
Interactive online documentary Refugee Republic awarded twice at Dutch Design Awards 2015
Dutch Design Week 2015: agency Submarine Channel won two prizes at this year's Dutch Design Awards with its web narrative that presents life and experiences in a refugee camp. More