AFKS wraps horseshoe-shaped kindergarten in stripy multicoloured metal cladding
Colourful metal cladding extends across the front of this daycare centre in the Finnish city of Espoo, which encloses a secluded playground to its rear. More
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Raw Edges's floral Lake rugs use lenticular patterns to change colour
London studio Raw Edges has partnered with Persian rug company Golran to update its Lake carpet collection with a floral design that appears different depending on the viewing angle. More
Katharina Grosse gives colourful makeover to decaying building at Rockaway Beach
A condemned structure on a New York beach has been transformed into an artwork using brightly coloured spray paint by German artist Katharina Grosse (+ slideshow). More
Plumen releases pendants with miniature bunting for kids
Lighting brand Plumen is the latest to enter the children's design market, adding strands of colourful bunting to its low-energy pendants (+ slideshow). More
Kéré Architecture suspends colourful strings from ceiling of Philadelphia art museum
For his first solo exhibition in the USA, Berlin-based architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has created a rainbow-coloured installation made of thousands of strands of lightweight cord (+ slideshow). More
Paul Smith launches checked textile for Maharam at NeoCon 2016
NeoCon 2016: British fashion designer Paul Smith has interpreted a print from his Spring Summer 2015 collection as a patterned textile for US company Maharam. More
Daniel Buren colours the sails of Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton
French artist Daniel Buren has covered the glass sails of Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton building in Paris with an array of multicoloured filters (+ slideshow). More
Hella Jongerius creates Colour Machine installation inside CasaVitra
Milan 2016: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has arranged pieces of Vitra furniture by shade to create a rainbow-hued installation displaying the brand's colour and material library (+ slideshow). More
Mood Ring House by Silo AR+D glows with a rainbow of colours
American firm Silo AR+D has included multicoloured LEDs that are controlled by a smartphone on the exterior of this Arkansas home (+ slideshow). More
Masquespacio designs colourful interior and branding for its own Valencia studio
Bright colours and geometric forms used by the 1980s Memphis Group influenced the interior design of Masquespacio's studio space in Valencia (+ slideshow). More
School dining hall by De Rosee Sa and PMR recreates Fantastic Mr Fox's underground village
A rainbow-coloured facade shaped like a row of houses fronts this school dining hall in southeast England, designed by UK studios De Rosee Sa and PMR to reference the stories of Roald Dahl (+ slideshow). More
Rachel Harding's Wonderfluoro lights create rainbow-coloured visual effects
London designer Rachel Harding has created a range of framed fluorescent lamps that cast multicoloured diffracted light (+ slideshow). More
SABO Project transforms Paris apartment with multicoloured flooring and space-saving stairs
This renovated Paris apartment for a fashion designer features a vertical herb garden, rainbow-striped flooring and a staircase with irregular alternating treads (+ slideshow). More
i29 uses multicoloured walls and mirrored volumes to create temporary exhibition space
Dutch interior architecture studio i29 combined contrasting block colours and mirrored walls to create this pavilion for an annual design fair in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More
Hans Abaton styles children's dormitory at Esther Koplowitz Foundation as row of colourful houses
Gabled blocks with brightly coloured facades house bedrooms for children with Cerebral Palsy at this treatment centre in Madrid, which has been updated by local studio Hans Abaton (+ slideshow). More
H&P Architects sources recycled materials to build Re-ainbow community shelter in Vietnam
Vietnamese studio H&P Architects has used leftover construction materials to build a multicoloured community building in the grounds of a stadium in Vietnam's Ha Tinh province (+ slideshow). More
Pigalle Duperré is a colourful basketball court tucked between a row of Parisian apartments
Ill-Studio has collaborated with French fashion brand Pigalle to create a multicoloured basketball court between a row of buildings in the 9th arrondissement of Paris (+ slideshow). More
Dennis Parren creates colourful lighting installations for Saint-Etienne design biennial
Installations formed by blending coloured lights, and a lamp based on jellyfish were produced by Dutch designer Dennis Parren for the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne 2015 (+ movie). More
Shift uses coloured film to create "virtual colours" on Bernard Tschumi's Groningen pavilion
Dutch architect Shift has applied translucent cyan, magenta and yellow film to Bernard Tschumi's glass pavilion in Groningen to create a temporary installation of shifting colours (+ slideshow). More
Colour-changing condoms proposed to detect sexual infection
A group of UK schoolchildren has won an award for a conceptual condom design that would change colour when it comes into contact with a sexually transmitted infection. More