Drop umbrella by Ayca Dundar is made of just six parts
Royal College of Art graduate Ayca Dundar has redesigned the umbrella, paring it back to a pop-up canopy with six parts so it can recover from being blown inside out (+ movie). More
"Everyone is becoming an expert in image-making" says photographer Cristobal Palma
Facebook, Instagram and Flickr are posing a serious challenge to professional photographers and changing the way architects work, says architectural photographer Cristobal Palma (+ interview + movie). More
Smiljan Radić's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion looks like a crude model "made by a giant"
Movie: Chilean architect Smiljan Radić says he wanted his pavilion to have the qualities of a giant hand-made model in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the unveiling of the 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion on Tuesday. More
Radiant Lines by Asif Khan creates rings of light in Melbourne's Federation Square
Pulsing rings of light traced the movement of visitors to this installation in Federation Square, Melbourne, by architect Asif Khan – who this week became the first architect to pick up a Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions awards (+ movie). More
Oluwaseyi Sosanya invents 3D-weaving machine
Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate Oluwaseyi Sosanya has designed a loom for 3D weaving and used it to create a shoe sole, presented at the institution's annual degree show (+ movie). More
Cars of the future could evolve and mutate "like biology"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg explains how cars made from biological materials could change and adapt to their environments, which she is investigating for our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition. More
RCA graduate Ying Chang takes graphic design’s grid system into three dimensions
Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate Ying Chang has created a modular system of furniture based on a two-dimensional grid system used for architectural drawing and graphic design (+ movie). More
British pavilion is "a call to arms for contemporary architecture"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: British pavilion curator and Dezeen columnist Sam Jacob says his exhibition aims to revive the "imaginative visions and entrepreneurial spirit" of postwar public housing projects in Britain (+ movie). More
Jamie Zigelbaum's acrylic stalactite lights respond to movement underneath
New York based designer Jamie Zigelbaum has created Triangular Series, an installation of stalactite-like acrylic lights for Design Miami/ Basel that react to the movement of people passing underneath (+ movie). More
OK Go play with perspective in the band's latest music video
Dezeen Music Project: OK Go's music video for new single The Writing's On The Wall is filled with optical illusions and visual trickery. More
N-Light Membrane by Numen/For Use contains an infinite grid of light
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: design collective Numen/For Use present a cube that appears to contain an infinite universe, as part of the Time Space Existence exhibition at the biennale. More
Yen Chen Chang's knitted sensors control everyday electronic products
Royal College of Art student Yen Chen Chang has used conductive yarns and threads to create tactile interfaces for electronic products that work by stroking, stretching or squeezing knitted objects (+ movie). More
The Body by Kirsi Enkovaara can be twisted and folded to create endless seating shapes
This flexible seating structure by Finnish designer Kirsi Enkovaara can be rolled and folded into a plethora of configurations to support the body in comfortable or strange positions (+ movie). More
Kinetic Wall by Barkow Leibinger explores "utopian dream of moving architecture"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: German architects Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger present a shape-shifting wall that appears to breathe in and out, at Rem Koolhaas' Elements exhibition (+ movie). More
Rem Koolhaas: I wanted my biennale to "disconnect from contemporary architecture"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: in the third part of our video interview with Rem Koolhaas, the Dutch architect claims the "architecture biennale was becoming very similar to the art biennale" and says he chose to eschew contemporary architecture to set his curation apart. More
Heavy metal and embroidery combine in Throne's music video for Tharsis Sleeps
Dezeen Music Project: every frame in this animated music video by London metal band Throne was embroidered onto denim patches. More
Riverside park by Topiaris Landscape Architecture features a boardwalk and a bird observatory
Lisbon firm Topiaris Landscape Architecture has extended a 700-metre long timber walkway through wild riverside scrubland to connect a new Portuguese public park with a bird observatory (+ movie). More
Rem Koolhaas uses architecture, dance and film to represent the "current condition of Italy"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: Rem Koolhaas explains the concept behind his Monditalia exhibition, in which dancers and musicians perform amongst the architectural exhibits, in the second part of our video interview filmed in Venice. More
Golden Lion award for Korean pavilion could help "trigger the reality" of a unified Korea
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: in this exclusive interview with Minsuk Cho of Mass Studies, filmed moments after he collected the Golden Lion award for best pavilion, the architect explains how he hopes Korea's Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion will help North and South Koreans to reconnect. More
Augmented reality road markings and signage "could be applied as a digital layer"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: London designer Keiichi Matsuda explains how augmented reality could transform the way we navigate the city in the first of our video interviews with designers participating in our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition. More