Studio Mutt covers seaside artist's studio in black rubber and seashells
Scallop shells decorate the rubber-painted exterior of The Pottering Shed, an artist's studio overlooking Poole Harbour in England by architecture practice Studio Mutt. More
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CAN forms "otherworldly" Liquid Geology tables from recycled car tyres
Impressionist paintings and deep-sea trenches informed the first furniture range from London architecture studio CAN, which combines speckled enamel tabletops with craggy rubber legs. More
Brecht Wright Gander designs lamp with rubber orifice that lights up when "turned on"
New York designer Brecht Wright Gander has created a light that is switched on by sliding a phallic conductor inside of a puckered, rubber opening, in the hopes of maximising the user's feelings of discomfort. More
The Tyre Collective develops car-mounted device to capture microplastic emissions from tyres
A patent-pending technology designed by British startup The Tyre Collective to capture the unseen synthetic rubber particles expelled by car tyres has been awarded this year's UK national James Dyson Award. More
Norm's 1L11 trainer produces 80 per cent less carbon than typical shoes
Recycled plastic and rubber make up this unisex trainer by Belgian brand Norm, which has set out to change the "nonsense" manufacturing process of a standard pair of shoes. More
NABA students create furniture with graphic rubber flooring
NABA is exhibiting a student furniture collection called Dots as part of the VDF collaboration with Ventura Projects. More
Studio Edwards designs minimal house on wheels Base Cabin
Studio Edwards has turned the simple A-frame cabin into a mobile home with a sleek rubber skin. More
Rie Sakamoto knits rubber bands together like yarn for elastic garments
Japanese designer Rie Sakamoto replaced yarn with rubber bands for her knitted fashion collection, which aims to showcase this stationary item's overlooked qualities. More
CSM graduate Fredrik Tjærandsen envelops models in rubber balloons
Central Saint Martins fashion student Fredrik Tjærandsen has presented giant balloons that deflate to form dresses on the catwalk. More
Molly Younger's washable luggage is made from latex
Australian fashion designer Molly Younger has created a range of flesh-like rubber bags and wallets cast from natural latex. More
Rolf Sachs covers Leica camera in ping-pong rubber
Artist Rolf Sachs has collaborated with Leica to cover the camera brand's M-System model in the same material used on ping-pong bats. More
Studio Swine designs furniture for Henry Ford's failed Amazon city
Studio Swine used very hard rubber to craft this black furniture collection, designed for American industrialist Henry Ford's failed utopian city. More
Tsibi Geva hides Israel's Venice biennale pavilion behind a wall of used tyres
Israeli artist Tsibi Geva has wrapped his country's Venice pavilion in old car tyres and filled it with a mixture of found architectural and household objects to explore ideas about the home (+ slideshow). More
Belly of the Beast is a hillside folly with a scruffy coat made from old tyres
Scraps of rubber tyres create a shaggy coat around this narrow tower created by architecture students Matt Ritani and Declan Burn on a countryside sculpture trail in New Zealand. More
Rubber lamp by Thomas Schnur
Cologne designer Thomas Schnur has created squishy lamps made out of rubber. More
Chair for Dali by Kei Harada
Japanese designer Kei Harada has created two chairs made completely out of rubber. More
Black Ruby by Studio Debbie Wijskamp
Rubber pellets made from recycled car tyres form the knobbly surfaces of these bowls and pots by Dutch designer Debbie Wijskamp. More
Amhurst Road by Edgley Design
Hoxton architects Edgley Design have tucked a rubber-clad residence and aluminium artist's studio behind a row of semi-detached houses in Hackney. More
Rubberhouse by Cityförster
Architecture collective Cityförster have completed a wooden house in the Netherlands with a black rubber skin. More
Just K by Architekten Martenson und Nagel Theissen
The roof and upper walls of a house in Tübingen, Germany, are covered in rubber, like a fisherman's hat pulled low over his eyes. More