Seven key installations and exhibitions from Melbourne Design Week 2024
Sculptures grown from arctic seawater are among the projects in this roundup of seven of the most intriguing exhibitions from Melbourne Design Week. More
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Bruges Triennial 2024 explores "hidden possibilities" in the historic city
Promotion: Bruges Triennial has opened for its fourth edition, exhibiting a series of contemporary art and architecture installations across the city until 1 September. More
Piovenefabi creates repurposed-steel-beam stage at Horst Arts and Music festival
Architecture studio Piovenefabi has created The Ring stage using repurposed steel beams for the 10th edition of Horst Arts and Music festival in Brussels. More
Annabelle Schneider curates installation with "womb-like" structure in New York
Local designer Annabelle Schneider has created a "womb-like" installation with an inflatable, "breathing" volume tucked between the pillars of an industrial space in Downtown Manhattan as part of NYCxDesign week. More
Playful installations explore care at Southern Sweden Design Days
A series of finely crafted artworks, ranging from colourful abstract sculptures to wooden installations and swings, were on show at this year's Southern Sweden Design Days. More
2LG repurposes vintage helter skelter to "harness nostalgia" at Clerkenwell Design Week
Stay Playful (When No One Feels Like Playing) is a sugary pink helter skelter, which has been repaired by interiors studio 2LG and placed in London's Spa Fields park as an installation for Clerkenwell Design Week. More
Riley Hooker creates inflatable seating informed by "slime mold" for collective gathering
During this year's NYCxDesign festival, local designer Riley Hooker has created a modular and twisting inflatable seating system informed by "slime mold" meant to acts as a gathering place in times of "crisis". More
Artefact uses bricks made from "unloved" stone to craft temporary shelter in Clerkenwell
Architecture studio Artefact has created an installation at Clerkenwell Design Week using bricks made of stone, which the manufacturer claims emit 75 per cent fewer greenhouse gases than fired bricks in production. More
Kohler creates installations informed by flowing water at Milan Design Week 2024
Promotion: bathroom brand Kohler teamed up with designer Samuel Ross and design studio Yabu Pushelberg to create two installations that display the brand's latest products at this year's Milan Design Week. More
Marcel Wanders and Studio Job create inflatable installations for BlowUp Art The Hague
Silver eggs and a giant floating pot are among the inflatables installed outside the Dutch parliament in The Hague as part of this year's BlowUp Art The Hague festival. More
Daniel Buren brings his signature colours to six hotels around the world
French artist Daniel Buren has created installations at six Belmond hotels, including a colourful pergola in Mallorca, mirrored totems in Cape Town and a window takeover in Rio de Janeiro. More
Yuri Suzuki combines sculpture and sound with "trumpet-like" San Francisco art installation
Japanese sound artist and designer Yuri Suzuki has created Arborhythm, an outdoor art installation capturing the sights and sounds of San Francisco, California. More
Solus and Refin open Laboratory space to explore "very small worlds"
Promotion: an installation space designed by London studio Holloway Li to explore microscopic photography has opened to coincide with Clerkenwell Design Week. More
SunRice installation explores new uses for world's "most widely consumed food"
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota used a kind of artificial stone made with waste rice husks to create this modular installation in the Brera botanical garden for Milan design week. More
"Public technology sculpture" The Portal shut down after "inappropriate behaviour"
An interactive video installation connecting Dublin and New York City that was set to form part of NYCxDesign programming was temporarily shut down for poor behaviour from both cities. More
Aram and Max Radford Gallery showcase emerging designers in Now 4 Then exhibition
London's Aram Store has collaborated with Max Radford Gallery to launch an in-store gallery space with an exhibition of pieces by upcoming furniture and lighting designers that nod to the brand's past. More
Casetify launches global installations made out of recycled phone cases
Electronics accessory brand Casetify has launched a series of public art installations in five cities around the world using recycled phone cases as the key material. More
Eleven things to do and see during NYCxDesign 2024
From a furniture show in a former high-end sex shop to an homage to Dutch brickwork in New York by designer Floris Wubben, we've rounded up key shows and installations taking place during NYCxDesign 2024. More
Grohe unveils installation showcasing the "powerful connection of water in architecture"
Promotion: bathroom brand Grohe hosted an installation named Aquatecture at this year's Milan Design Week, situated in the courtyard of the neoclassical Palazzo Reale. More
LG OLED presents digital versions of artist Kim Whanki's work at Frieze New York
Electronics brand LG OLED is exhibiting works by the late Korean artist Kim Whanki at Frieze art fair in New York, as captured in this exclusive video produced for the brand by Dezeen. More