Architecture should be more like Minecraft, says Bjarke Ingels
Movie: the founder of architecture firm BIG explains his theory of "Worldcraft" – creating architecture that focuses on turning "surreal dreams into inhabitable space". More
Heijmans proposes pop-up homes to solve the problem of high rents
News: Dutch construction company Heijmans has developed a prefabricated starter home for young professionals that can be installed on vacant city-centre sites in under 24 hours (+ movie). More
Musician Gergely Bogányi offers a curvaceous take on the traditional grand piano
Hungarian pianist Gergely Bogányi has redesigned the grand piano to improve the quality of the sound produced, resulting in an unusual sculptural form (+ movie). More
Growing products from fungus could be the start of a "biotechnological revolution"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Amsterdam designer Maurizio Montalti explains how biological organisms such as fungi could be harnessed to create new sustainable materials in this movie filmed in Eindhoven. More
Bioluminescent Forest glimmers with projection-mapped light
Photographer Tarek Mawad and animator Friedrich van Schoor have used projection mapping to create a dream-like forest where trees and mushrooms glow and twinkle (+ movie). More
Jaguar's cars could "tap drivers on the shoulder" to prevent cyclist deaths
News: British car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled a concept for an in-car warning system it says could reduce the number of cyclists killed on the roads, using a headrest that "taps" the driver (+ movie). More
3D-printed sculptures create optical illusions using the Fibonacci sequence
Design lecturer John Edmark has created a series of designs for 3D-printed sculptures that appear to move, utilising an effect similar to a zoetrope (+ movie). More
Dolfi is a tiny ultrasonic washing machine for delicate clothes
Product designer Andre Fangueiro has created a small pebble-shaped device that uses ultrasonic sound waves to clean clothes (+ movie). More
Aberrant's styrofoam ceiling installation celebrates wasting time at work
Visitors to an office-themed installation by Aberrant Architecture were invited to take a spin on an office chair below a ceiling suspended just 1.5 metres above the ground (+ movie). More
Tubular installation forms backdrop for Issey Miyake menswear campaign
Orange tubes bend and twist to suggest the outline of a living space in a set created by Spanish studio Stone Designs for presenting Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake's latest Homme Plissé collection (+ movie). More
Rogers Stirk Harbour's Cheesegrater skyscraper documented in timelapse film
Movie: photographer Paul Raftery and filmmaker Dan Lowe have produced a timelapse documentary showing the construction of Rogers Stirk Harbour's recently completed Leadenhall Building in London, also known as the Cheesegrater. More
Norman Foster narrates drone tour of New York's Hearst skyscraper
News: a decade after the final beam was placed atop the Norman Foster-designed Hearst Tower in New York, the architect has returned to the building to mark its anniversary with a film captured using a drone (+ movie). More
Marbling effect in Bipolar Sunshine music video harks back to the 1980s
Music: Hungarian director Tomek Ducki borrowed trends from 1980s eastern-European poster design to create this animated video for Bipolar Sunshine's single Daydreamer. More
Crescent-shaped pool skirts cylindrical house by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Spanish studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos has completed a pool-side home near Valencia comprising a squat white cylinder with terraces set into deep voids in its walls (+ movie). More
OEO Studio creates a showroom of two halves for wooden plank manufacturer
OEO Studio has used the wooden planks produced by Dinesen to create furniture and structures within the brand's new flagship showroom in Copenhagen (+ movie). More
Gogoro launches electric smartscooter to combat pollution in megacities
CES 2015: Taiwanese company Gogoro has revealed what it describes as the "world's first Smartscooter", with a network of battery-swapping stations that could allow its power cells to be changed in just six seconds (+ movie). More
TallerDE2 Architects uses engineered wood to create adaptable Madrid apartment
Oriented strand board panels can slide back and forth to create a flexible floor plan whilst concealing utilities in this family apartment remodelled for a single inhabitant in Madrid by TallerDE2 Architects (+ movie). More
Cocoon-like suit helps protect against Ebola by peeling away to minimise contact
A prototype protective suit for healthcare workers treating Ebola patients could lower the risk of transmission by peeling off without the wearer having to touch the outside (+ movie). More
Teresa van Dongen's bioluminescent lamp is "a new way to create light"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen explains how she created a lamp powered by bioluminescent bacteria usually found on octopuses, in this movie filmed in Eindhoven. More
Work out at your desk with Darryl Agawin's Balance Stool
The "wobble seat" of this stool by Canadian designer Darryl Agawin helps the user to exercise their core muscles and work off any extra Christmas weight while sat in the office (+ movie). More