Hem showcases expanded product line at first US pop-up in New York
Swedish furniture company Hem has opened its first US shop in New York City, hoping to tap further into the American market with a pop-up in Soho. More
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Dutch Invertuals exhibits designers' archives to show process behind products
Dutch Invertuals has invited 45 of the designers it has worked with over the past nine years to exhibit more than 800 objects from their archives for a show at Dutch Design Week. More
The Broad imposes 30-second "selfie rule" at Yayoi Kusama exhibition
Visitors to Yayoi Kusama's new exhibition at The Broad are only allowed to spend 30 seconds inside each installation, to prevent selfie-takers causing big queues. More
MVRDV presents a hotel you can reconfigure at Dutch Design Week
Dutch studio MVRDV has built a colourful, futuristic hotel, made up of nine rooms that can be moved into different configurations. More
Casagrande Laboratory designs wooden micro house for city dwellers
Finnish architecture firm Casagrande Laboratory designed this self-sufficient prefab house to fit on the footprint of a single car-parking space. More
Centre Pompidou presents Atelier van Lieshout sculpture that was too lewd for Louvre
After being rejected by the Louvre, Atelier van Lieshout's controversial sculpture resembling a man penetrating an animal has been given a new public exhibition space, at Paris' Centre Pompidou – prompting one critic to describe it as "nasty public art". More
Kiyoto Ota's wooden houses punish their occupants
Japanese-Mexican sculptor Kiyoto Ota has built three wooden houses designed to make their inhabitants feel vulnerable rather than safe, including one that sucks the air from the interior and another that rains on anyone inside. More
Studio Roosegaarde uses light projections to create virtual flood above Derbyshire valley
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde recently brought his Waterlicht installation to the UK. This captioned movie shows how it uses lighting projections to recreate the visual sensation of a flood, to raise awareness about rising sea levels. More
Ada is a spiky balloon that creates charcoal drawings on surrounding walls
This captioned movie features an installation by Munich-based artist Karina Smigla-Bobinski. Called Ada, it features a huge helium balloon covered in charcoal spikes, which create patterns on the surrounding white walls. More
Superflex installs dozens of swings at Tate Modern to "combat social apathy"
Danish design collective Superflex has filled the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall with a snaking framework of three-seater swings, which it hopes will encourage social interaction between visitors. More
Ray and Charles Eames retrospective takes over Vitra Design Museum campus
A room filled with furniture experimentations and a display designed specifically for children are among the four different zones making up a huge Eames retrospective currently on show at the Vitra Design Museum. More
Ai Weiwei protests border walls with huge New York installations
Chinese artist and human-rights activist Ai Weiwei has used metal fencing to create three monumental structures, in a campaign against Donald Trump's border-control measures. More
Zaha Hadid Architects showcases its digital projection skills with light show in Karlsruhe
This captioned movie features a light installation created by Zaha Hadid Architects on the facade of the baroque Karlsruhe Palace in Germany. More
eBay launches "the world's first subconscious shopping experience"
Online shopping giant eBay has teamed up with specialist retailer Saatchi Art to create an experimental shopping experience, which brings together art and technology to uncover shoppers' subconscious desires. More
Pezo von Ellrichshausen installs 16 steel towers in Hull's historic Trinity Square
Chilean architect duo Pezo von Ellrichshausen has worked with Swiss artist Felice Varini to create 16 "outdoor rooms" in Hull, England, featuring steel walls that incorporate optical illusions. More
Bureau V adds playful appendages to MINI Living Urban Cabin
New York studio Bureau V has attached a spiky-backed snug and a fabric-covered galley kitchen to a prototype micro home, which is on show in Brooklyn. More
Sebastian Errazuriz vandalises augmented-reality version of Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog sculpture
Snapchat paired up with the artist Jeff Koons to place an augmented reality version of his famous Balloon Dog sculpture in New York's Central Park – but in a "stance against an imminent AR corporate invasion", the work has been graffitied by artist Sebastian Errazuriz. More
Adam Nathaniel Furman creates sequence of tiled archways at London Design Festival
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman explains how his Gateways installation for London Design Festival showcased the history of Turkish ceramic tiles, in this movie filmed by Dezeen for Turkishceramics. More
Louvre cancels Atelier Van Lieshout installation amid concerns over "explicit or sexual" content
Artist Joep van Lieshout has slammed a last-minute decision made by the Musée du Louvre to cancel a display of his controversial Domestikator sculpture, which looks like a man penetrating a four-legged animal. More
Lasvit creates glass sculpture that illuminates in response to music
Dezeen promotion: Czech glass and lighting brand Lasvit has created a responsive installation made up of 328 star-shaped light bulbs, which hangs from the ceiling of a university auditorium in Thailand. More