Pangenerator creates troop of robotic backing singers and dancers
Speakers that form an "eight-channel robotic choir" bob up and down in response to a singer's voice in a setup by Polish studio Pangenerator (+ movie). More
Madrid installs moon-themed Christmas lights
Architecture studio Brut Deluxe has designed this year's Christmas lights in Madrid to work like a "flip book on an urban scale", taking spectators on a trip to the moon as they walk through the city (+ movie). More
Neri&Hu's architecture "challenges the accepted values of society"
Movie: architect Rossana Hu explains why she and her partner Lyndon Neri turned the theme of "feeling good in architecture" on its head in their keynote speech at this year's Inside Festival. More
Volvo's connected helmet warns cyclists of car collisions
CES 2015: Swedish car brand Volvo is launching a prototype cycling helmet that offers two-way communication between the wearer and nearby drivers to help prevent accidents (+ movie). More
Architects "haven't learned" how to connect skyscrapers to the public realm, says Safdie
Movie: in the final video interview from our exclusive series, architect Moshe Safdie says that architects are too concerned with designing objects to create skyscrapers that work with the city. More
Emmy Curl's own image is projected onto her face in Come Closer music video
Music: director Nuno Barbosa layered images of pop artist Emmy Curl over her body during this one-take music video for her single Come Closer. More
Moshe Safdie used "all the Lego in Montreal" to design Habitat 67
Movie: in the second interview from our exclusive series, AIA 2015 Gold Medallist architect Moshe Safdie explains how he used Lego to design the groundbreaking Habitat 67 housing development. More
Marina Bay Sands offers "a new kind of public realm" says Moshe Safdie
Movie: in the first in a series of exclusive video interviews, AIA Gold Medal-winner Moshe Safdie talks about his most famous project since Habitat 67 – the gigantic Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore. More
3D-printed structural components will lead to "new building shapes"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Salomé Galjaard of engineering firm Arup says 3D-printed building components will result in more efficient and diverse architectural forms (+ movie). More
"Egg in a box" student pavilion unveiled at Erasmus University
Powerhouse Company and De Zwarte Hond teamed up to complete this new student centre for Erasmus University in Rotterdam, which features a transparent exterior and a curving oak interior (+ movie). More
Mischer'Traxler's kinetic Ephemerā installation "comes alive" when visitors walk away
Perrier-Jouët Small Discoveries: design duo Mischer'Traxler discuss their interactive installation featuring plants that sprout when nobody is nearby in this Dezeen movie for champagne brand Perrier-Jouët. More
Dropbear Digital turns paper cut-outs into stop-motion music video for John Butler Trio
Music: Australian studio Dropbear Digital used over 330 paper illustrations to tell the story of a wandering spirit in this stop-motion video for John Butler Trio's new single, Spring to Come. More
Solar-powered cars could become standard "within 30 years"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: engineering student Martijn Lammers, part of the team behind the world's "first solar-powered family car," claims most vehicles could be powered by the sun in future. More
Theo Jansen creates giant wind-powered Strandbeest sculptures
One-minute movie: Dutch sculptor Theo Jansen has created huge moving sculptures to prevent the erosion of sand dunes, which he claims are evolving without his help. More
"I try to make new forms of life," says Strandbeests creator Theo Jansen
Interview: Dutch sculptor Theo Jansen has spent the last 24 years developing a series of wind-powered machines called Strandbeests that he describes as "a new species on Earth". Dezeen caught up with him on Miami Beach last week, where he explained how his creations are now evolving without his help (+ movie). More
Daan Roosegaarde lights up Amsterdam station with rainbow projection
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has developed a bespoke projection lens that "unravels light" to turn an arc-shaped section of Amsterdam's Centraal Station into a rainbow (+ movie). More
Fungi Mutarium turns waste plastic into edible treats
Austria-based Livin Studio has created a process to cultivate edible fungi that digests plastic as it grows (+ movie). More
KriskaDECOR creates colourful and imaginative chain curtains
Dezeen promotion: a new short film, entitled As Far As Your Imagination Can Reach, shows how artists and designers are using metallic chain curtains by Spanish brand KriskaDECOR to create endless patterns and images (+ movie). More
East London home by Mikhail Riches is "a big house that's been knitted back together"
Movie: architect David Mikhail explains how he transformed a typical 19th-century London house into a "great family home" with all of its "original dignity" in this movie produced by Living Projects. More
Max Cooper's Origins music video explores the emergence of life
Music: creative agencies Rabbit Hole and Blackbox mixed oily magnetic fluids with water to create an abstract representation of primordial life in this music video for UK producer Max Cooper. More