Laputa by Outofstock
Singapore and Barcelona designers Outofstock presented floating islands made of crumpled copper and moss during the International Furniture Fair Singapore this month. More
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Coat-hanger Chopper by Michael Schoner
Dresses whirl past on a radio-controlled coat hanger in this installation by Amsterdam-based German designer Michael Schoner at the Droog flagship store in Amsterdam. The movement was controlled by manipulating two fans, taken from computers, at the top of the mobile while bags of sugar and salt provided counterweights. More
Pabellon Ultraligero Centrifugo by Clavel Arquitectos
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us these photographs and an extended movie showing how children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power to illuminate three twirling parasols at an installation by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square. More
Form Us With Friends by Form Us With Love
Stockholm 2012: Swedish designers Form Us With Love present five new projects at the Swedish Museum of Architecture as part of Stockholm Design Week this week. More
Das Haus – Interiors on Stage by Doshi Levien at imm cologne
Cologne 2012: London designers Doshi Levien installed a vision of their dream home at trade fair imm cologne in Germany last week. More
Bourrasque by Paul Cocksedge
London designer Paul Cocksedge recently completed another sculpture resembling pieces of paper caught in the breeze, although this time the leaves glow like a swarm of fireflies. More
Lisbon Christmas Lights by Pedro Sottomayor, José Adrião and ADOC
Fallen stars, glowing red dominoes and a vine-covered tree are some of the lights installed by artists, designers and architects in Lisbon this Christmas (photographs by Fernando Guerra). More
Decode: Digital Design Sensations at the Design Museum Holon
Dezeen in Israel: devices that spy, measure, dance and eavesdrop have been added to an exhibition of digital and interactive design that has travelled to the Design Museum Holon. More
Too Fat To Fail at The Proposal by Jeremie Maret, Lenny Staples and Christian Weber
An inflatable naked man bulges against the walls of this gallery where visitors can stay the night, either on the floor of one gallery or in a van outside. More
Wald aus Wald by Takashi Kuribayashi
Later this week visitors to the Hong Kong Arts Centre will be able to stick their heads through the ceiling of one gallery to find themselves in a paper winter wonderland. More
Ex Libris by Chanan de Lange
Dezeen in Israel: designer Chanan de Lange exhibits two circular library bookshelves made from recycled school desks at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. More
Flight Assembled Architecture by Gramazio & Kohler and Raffaello d'Andrea
Flying robots will assemble a six metre-high tower at the FRAC Centre in Orléans, France, next month. More
Mobile Gastfreundschaft by Kollectiv Stadtpark
Designers Anna Rosinke and Maciej Chmara of Kollectiv Stadtpark have been touring Austria, making friends with locals in the street at their mobile kitchen table. More
Cherry Tree by Tom Price
British designer Tom Price has made an enchanted grove of cherry trees out of plastic tubes and cable ties. More
Musical Chairs by Bobby Petersen
This movie shows an installation by designer Bobby Petersen at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where chairs were programmed to play music when visitors sat on them. Each seat represented a different instrument and rhythm, creating a harmony when people sat down together. More
Microbial Home by Philips Design
Dutch Design Week 2011: Philips Design in Eindhoven present a conceptual self-sufficient home that converts sewage and rubbish into power. More
Analogia #001 by Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra
Designers Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra created a 3D sketch of a living room by suspending strands of wool from fishing wire. More
Temporary Trees by Raw Color and Mkgk
Dutch Design Week 2011: designers Raw Color and Studio Mkgk present people dressed as trees as part of Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven this week. More
Today at Dezeen Platform: Sarah Colson
Dezeen Platform: for the last day of our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space, Royal College of Art graduate Sarah Colson creates her own interpretation of an analogue photo booth. More
Manuscript by Paul Cocksedge Studio
Beijing Design Week 2011: London designer Paul Cocksedge installed giant pages of poetry made from rolled steel sheets outside the China Millennium Monument during Beijing Design Week. More