10 unmissable exhibitions and installations at Milan design week 2016
Milan 2016: as this year's Milan design week gets underway, we've selected our top picks from what's on around the city. More
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Aram Gallery's Unread Messages exhibition questions our digital addictions
London's Aram Gallery is hosting an exhibition of conceptual products that highlight visitors' dependance on digital communication, including a selfie-taking robot and a plugin that reports on internet usage patterns (+ slideshow). More
Japanese architects have rejected the starchitect system says MoMA curator
Contemporary Japanese architects have created "a legacy with more consistency" than the famous names that dominate architecture elsewhere, says the curator of a major new MoMA exhibition (+ slideshow). More
Konstantin Grcic references Renaissance painting with Hieronymus seating for Paris exhibition
German designer Konstantin Grcic has created a set of seats based on furniture in a 15th-century Italian artwork, which are on show at Galerie Kreo in Paris. More
Studio Job's MAD House retrospective opens in New York
The Museum of Arts and Design in New York has opened an exhibition that shows how Belgian artists Studio Job "lost naivety and gained professionalism" (+ slideshow). More
Makoto Azuma's New York exhibition aims to make visitors "radically reconsider the power of flowers"
Fungal flowers coated in metal and a sofa upholstered with fake grass are among the pieces in a solo show of work by Japanese botanical artist Makoto Azuma in New York (+ slideshow). More
Campana brothers show new work at Manufatura solo exhibition in Paris
The Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris is showing 10 new designs by Humberto and Fernando Campana, including a table created using traditional marquetry techniques and an armchair made out of furry eyes (+ slideshow). More
German museum to host pedestal-themed Konstantin Grcic retrospective
The Kunsthalle Bielefeld museum's Figures exhibition will bring together furniture and lighting created by German designer Konstantin Grcic over the past decade and a half. More
Major Issey Miyake exhibition opens in Tokyo
Forty-five years of innovative fashion and design by Issey Miyake are on display at the National Art Center in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Tokujin Yoshioka creates transparent mannequins for Issey Miyake exhibition
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created an installation of see-through bodies as part of a major exhibition of work by fashion designer Issey Miyake, which opens tomorrow in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
10 Years of Studio Job on view at the Armory Show art fair in New York
A capsule Chamber gallery exhibition covering 10 years of work by designers Studio Job is on view at the Armory Show art fair in New York (+ slideshow). More
Design Museum Holon to host Nendo's first major museum retrospective
Israel's design museum will hold a four-month retrospective covering the prolific output of Japanese studio Nendo and its founder Oki Sato (+ slideshow). More
Techstyle exhibition in Boston explores how technology is changing fashion
A purse that charges a cell phone and an animated dress that displays tweets are among the pieces that will be presented in an upcoming exhibition at Boston's leading art museum. More
Maarten Baas exhibition in New York showcases furniture based on turtle and beetle shells
Dutch designer Maarten Baas will present his latest furniture collection, Carapace, at an exhibition opening this week at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York (+ slideshow). More
Daniel Arsham evokes knocked-through walls with SCAD installation
Snarkitecture co-founder Daniel Arsham has opened a solo show at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Museum of Art in Georgia, which features eroded, rippled and cloth-like wall installations. More
Ron Arad shows new jewellery collections at London exhibition
The Ron Arad Rocks! exhibition at the Louisa Guinness Gallery in London brings together old and new work from the Israeli designer, including his latest range of jewellery made from jagged pieces of silicone (+ slideshow). More
Light is bent, refracted and projected at Formafantasma's Anno Tropico exhibition
Amsterdam-based duo Formafantasma is hosting a solo exhibition that explores the "expressive qualities of light" at the Peep-Hole Contemporary Art Centre in Milan (+ slideshow). More
The Met museum's Manus x Machina exhibition to explore technology's impact on fashion
An exhibition opening this May at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will examine how computer modelling, 3D printing, laser cutting and other "machine-based" fabrication methods are impacting high-end fashion. More
Residence Magazine highlights importance of styling with Note Design Studio exhibition
Stockholm 2016: Lotta Agaton of Swedish interiors magazine Residence has curated a selection of products by Note Design Studio for an exhibition of styled scenes at Stockholm's ArkDes architecture museum. More
Form Us With Love celebrates 10 years with I—X exhibition in Stockholm
Stockholm 2016: to mark its first decade as a design studio, Stockholm-based Form Us With Love installed a retrospective exhibition at Konstakademien in its home city (+ movie). More