Neurocam headset automatically records interesting moments
A team in Tokyo has created a head-mounted camera that monitors brain waves and automatically starts recording when the wearer becomes interested in something (+ movie). More
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Folded metal kiosks by Make open like a paper fan
London architecture office Make has designed a portable prefabricated kiosk with a folded aluminium shell that opens and closes like a paper fan (+ movie). More
Advances in virtual reality will "blur the line between what's virtual and what's real"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in our first movie looking at the interface between design and technology, Andy Millns of 3D production company Inition claims virtual reality will soon become almost indistinguishable from the real world. More
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers launches today
Today we're launching Dezeen and MINI Frontiers - a major, year-long collaboration with MINI that will explore how design and technology are coming together to shape the future. More
Craig Robins: "Furniture companies key to regenerating Miami Design District"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in the second part of our interview with Craig Robins, the Miami property developer explains how bringing back furniture showrooms was the catalyst for transforming the city's derelict Design District into the thriving luxury shopping destination it is today. More
Household liquids create cosmic patterns in Quenum's 5AM music video
Dezeen Music Project: Berlin videographers False Manners Productions mixed fluids including milk, food colouring and make-up remover to create the cosmic patterns accompanying this track by producer Quenum. More
Craig Robins: people thought Miami’s Art Deco buildings "should be torn down"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: property developer Craig Robins discusses his role in transforming Miami’s South Beach from a rundown retirement village into a glamorous holiday destination in this movie filmed during Design Miami last year. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More
Daan Roosegaarde: "People can do what they want with my Crystal installation"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde explains how his installation in Eindhoven consisting of hundreds of glowing LED crystals will change over time as some people steal them and others create new ones of their own. More
Gijs van Bon's Skryf machine "writes poems on the ground with sand"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in this movie filmed at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, artist Gijs van Bon shows us his machine called Skryf, which prints a trail of sand behind it to form letters on the ground. More
Pieke Bergmans' blown-plastic VAPOR lighting "grows like a plant or animal"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Amsterdam designer Pieke Bergmans explains that she used a process similar to glass blowing to create the plastic lighting she exhibited during Dutch Design Week 2013 in Eindhoven. More
Samuel Wilkinson designs faceted stationery for Lexon
Maison&Objet 2014: each item in this six-piece stationery set by London designer Samuel Wilkinson has a soft faceted body (+ slideshow). More
Stop-motion music video by Rafael Bonilla for Glass Animals' single Exxus
Dezeen Music Project: surreal animated creatures made out of plasticine inhabit this music video by Rafael Bonilla for upcoming British band Glass Animals. More
Maarten Baas: "My Smoke furniture was an instant success"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in the second part of our interview with Maarten Baas, the Dutch designer reflects on how his career has progressed since the burnt furniture he developed for his 2002 graduation project immediately brought him to the attention of the design world. More
Wilkinson Eyre's cooled conservatories at Gardens by the Bay are "about having fun"
Project director Paul Baker discusses Wilkinson Eyre's award-winning cooled conservatories at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen for Wilkinson Eyre. More
Thanks for the Sun colour-changing lamps by Arnout Meijer
Cologne 2014: the colour temperature of this series of LED lamps by Rotterdam designer Arnout Meijer can be adjusted to create different moods throughout the day (+ movie). More
Origami dresses by Jule Waibel designed for Bershka stores in 25 cities
German designer Jule Waibel has created 25 of her folded paper dresses for fashion brand Bershka's shop windows around the world (+ movie). More
Dutch designer Maarten Baas shows us his studio that "used to be a farm"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in this movie we filmed during Dutch Design Week, designer Maarten Baas gives us an exclusive tour of his studio on a former farm a few miles north of Eindhoven. More
Nick Cobby visualises sounds with billowing rings and angular shapes
Dezeen Music Project: in this music video by animation designer Nick Cobby, billowing forms are used to visualise a gentle piano solo and spiky geometric shapes appear when electronic sounds are played over the top. More
Augmented reality demonstration at Dezeen's Imagine Shop for Selfridges
This movie we filmed at Dezeen's pop-up shop of the future at London department store Selfridges demonstrates how augmented reality technology could transform retail. More
Day-in-the-life movie follows the resident of an apartment with moving walls and secret furniture
The resident of a compact apartment in Madrid demonstrates how she can rearrange walls and pull furniture out of the ceiling in this movie by photographer and filmmaker Miguel de Guzmán. More