Google weaves smartphone interfaces into clothes for Project Jacquard
Google is experimenting with smart textile design, weaving conductive threads into clothes to create touch-sensitive panels that work like smartphone screens (+ movie). More
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Yuri Pardi incorporates geometric blocks into Monument graduate fashion collection
Graduate shows 2015: garments appear to be carved from stone in University of East London graduate Yuri Pardi's Minimalism-influenced fashion collection. More
Interactive dress by Birce Ozkan drops its panels like autumn leaves
Graduate shows 2015: the Fall dress by fashion design graduate Birce Ozkan loses its fabric panels over time, like a deciduous tree shedding its leaves (+ movie). More
Erik Spiekermann's first fashion accessories are printed like wearable graph paper
German typographer Erik Spiekermann has designed his first accessories collection – a range of scarves and pocket squares with a gridded design based on printed systems of measurement (+ slideshow). More
Ralph Pucci's fashion mannequins "mirror how we want to see ourselves"
An exhibition at New York's Museum of Arts and Design celebrates the work of Ralph Pucci, whose mannequin designs chronicle changes in visual culture over more than 30 years (+ slideshow). More
ByBrown designs Raindress for style-conscious female cyclists
Dutch fashion studio ByBrown has created a windproof and waterproof dress for staying dry while cycling in the city. More
Dezeen's top four collections from this year's Westminster fashion design graduates
Graduate shows 2015: tailoring influenced by Scandinavian furniture and colours plucked from 1960s supermarket packaging featured among the collections at the 2015 University of Westminster graduate fashion show. Dezeen's Dan Howarth selects his four favourites from the catwalk. More
Met exhibition highlights fashion's obsession with Chinese arts and design
The influence of Chinese culture on fashion design is examined through garments by Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, John Galliano and more in an exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (+ slideshow). More
Phototrope shirt by Pauline van Dongen includes LEDs to improve safety for night runners
Dutch designer Pauline van Dongen has created an illuminated garment using LEDs and foil, designed to improve safety for runners on public roads and pathways. More
Jeffrey Heiligers tailors Posture garments to prevent hunched backs
These clothes by Dutch designer Jeffrey Heiligers are structured to correct poor posture caused by slouching while typing. More
Snarkitecture's Architectural Camouflage garments feature subway tiles and marble
New York 2015: New York studio Snarkitecture has used patterns of the city's subway tiles and marbled surfaces to cover a range of clothes that allow the wearer to blend in with the urban environment (+ slideshow). More
Campana brothers design Camper accessories for London exhibition
Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana have wrapped suede webs around shoes and a bag for Camper to coincide with an exhibition about the Spanish footwear brand at London's Design Museum. More
Renzo Piano designs handbag to match new Whitney Museum
Renzo Piano has designed a limited-edition bag for Italian fashion house Max Mara modelled after his latest project: New York's Whitney Museum, which opened to the public last week (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid, Ben van Berkel and more design 3D-printed shoes for United Nude
Milan 2015: five well-known architects and designers have created pairs of sculptural shoes for footwear brand United Nude made entirely on a 3D printer (+ slideshow). More
Adidas sues Marc Jacobs for "tarnishing" three-stripe motif
Sports brand Adidas has accused fashion designer Marc Jacobs of producing "confusingly similar imitations" of its iconic three-stripe motif with sweatshirts bearing four stripes down each sleeve. More
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Amy Congdon's couture fashion integrates textile design and tissue engineering
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie, designer and researcher Amy Congdon explains how tissue engineering could be used to grow new biological textiles for the fashion industry. More
Debora Dax turns body taboos into fashion statements
Underwear adorned with artificial pubic hair and a skirt padded to look like love handles feature in this collection of garments by design student Debora Dax. More
Antonio Banderas reveals plans to study fashion design
Actor Antonio Banderas has become the latest celebrity to express an interest in becoming a designer, with plans to study fashion at London's Central Saint Martins. More
Rollercoaster provides centrepiece for Philipp Plein catwalk
Carriages hurtled around a rollercoaster track during German fashion designer Philipp Plein's Autumn Winter 2015 show in Milan. More
Nike x Sacai capsule collection aims to make sportswear more feminine
Sports brand Nike has collaborated with Japanese fashion studio Sacai to launch a capsule collection of women's performance sportswear that incorporates pleats and lace (+ slideshow). More