Dutch designers collaborate for Low Motion exhibition
Milan 2014: collaborative exhibition Low Motion showcased products amongst ambient lighting and sounds to provide a "safe haven" amid the chaos of Milan design week (+ slideshow). More
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Daniel Weil designs deconstructed clocks for Design Museum exhibition
A series of clocks with mechanisms suspended from wires connected to plywood frames will be presented as part of the first museum exhibition dedicated to the work of Argentinian designer Daniel Weil at London's Design Museum (+ slideshow). More
Designers carve furniture from marble blocks for Robot City exhibition
Milan 2014: these marble furniture pieces, including a version of Alessandro Mendini's Proust chair, were each carved from a single block of stone for an exhibition by Italian company Robot City in Milan (+ slideshow). More
Error in the Void exhibition exposes "illusion of perfection" in 3D scanning
An exhibition of videos and still images, by a London-based studio specialising in 3D scans, enhances and celebrates the mistakes and glitches made by digital equipment (+ movie). More
Maarten Baas's surreal solo show created to "emphasise the circus that Milan is"
Milan 2014: Dutch designer Maarten Baas' created an indoor fairground earlier this month as a critique of Milan's design week, which he likens to a circus where products are "nothing more than a snapshot to share on Facebook" (+ slideshow + interview). More
Alessandro Mendini revisits Proust chair for marble exhibition
Milan 2014: Alessandro Mendini recreated his iconic Proust chair in marble for an exhibition of products shown by Italian company Robot City at Ventura Lambrate in Milan. More
New exhibition showcases the work of Swiss architect Gion A Caminada
The timber and stone buildings of Gion A Caminada, a cult figure in Swiss architecture, will feature in an exhibition opening next month at the House of Art in the Czech city of České Budějovice (+ slideshow). More
Work with Indian craftsmen to keep handcrafting skills alive, says designer Prateek Jain
Working with skilled local craftspeople is both a duty and an opportunity for Indian designers, says Prateek Jain of lighting design company Klove, in the third and final movie from BE OPEN's Made In… India Samskara exhibition in New Delhi. More
Sou Fujimoto suspends trees above Cassina's Milan display space
Milan 2014: trees appear to float within this forest-like installation by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, at Cassina's stand at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week (+ slideshow). More
Milan exhibition invites visitors to explore the homes of Ban, Hadid and Libeskind
Milan 2014: an exhibition simulating the homes and workspaces of architects including Shigeru Ban, Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield and Daniel Libeskind has opened in Milan, allowing young designers to explore the domains of their idols (+ movie). More
Moooi creates interactive experience to share Milan showroom with digital visitors
Milan 2014: explore the space created by Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers in Milan to showcase the new range from their brand Moooi, with this interactive showroom. More
Nendo reframes the white shirt as centrepiece for COS installation in Milan
Milan 2014: brushed steel frames surround monochrome shirts at this installation that Japanese studio Nendo has created for fashion brand COS, unveiled in Milan today (+ movie). More
Droog adapts Rijksmuseum collection for Milan exhibition
Milan 2014: Dutch design studio Droog has adapted pieces from the 8000 objects in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum to create a studio space for Milan design week (+ slideshow). More
Konstantin Grcic presents his vision of the future at Vitra Design Museum solo show
German industrial designer Konstantin Grcic has created a series of futuristic scenarios as part of the largest solo exhibition of his work at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany (+ movie). More
Mindcraft exhibition brings Danish craft to Milan 2014
Milan 2014: a bracelet made from pencil leads and a stool designed to collect dust are among pieces that Danish designers will exhibit at this year's Mindcraft exhibition in Milan (+ slideshow).
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Feathers and plumage in fashion celebrated at Antwerp exhibition
Garments by Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and Thierry Mugler feature in an exhibition of feathered fashion at Antwerp's Mode Museum. More
Autostadt installation by J Mayer H provides huge shapes for children to clamber over
Berlin studio J Mayer H has returned to Volkswagen's Autostadt visitor centre, at the German car brand's factory in Wolfsburg, to create a landscape of three-dimensional structures for children to interact with (+ slideshow). More
Interactive fashion films at POST exhibition respond to movement of gallery visitors
Visitors to a fashion film exhibition in Milan organised by arts website POSTmatter were able to manipulate imagery on giant displays using movement and gestures (+ movie). More
Copenhagen exhibition to celebrate "most important Danish designer" Hans J. Wegner
Furniture by prolific Danish Modernist designer Hans J. Wegner will go on display at Copenhagen's design museum next month, marking the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth. More
V&A exhibition to celebrate objects designed for political protests
Objects designed to support political activism including a graffiti-writing robot and a giant inflatable cobblestone made to be thrown at police will form the focus of an exhibition opening this summer at London's V&A museum. More