This outdoor urinal by French design studio Faltazi slots into a straw bale to recycle pee from festivalgoers into compost. More »
L'Uritonnoir by Faltazi
Design
A Pound of Flesh for 50p (study)
by Alex Chinneck
Hackney artist Alex Chinneck has created a wall that melts in the sun as part of his research for a project to build a melting house. More »
Autumn Winter 2013 capsule collection
by Aina Beck
New York fashion designer Aina Beck experimented with foil printing to create the dappled metallic patterns in her latest capsule collection. More »
Bloom by
Raw Edges
Milan 2013: London design duo Raw Edges came up with a bookcase shaped like a weaving loom to display novels by young British writers. More »
“Milan is a breeding ground for people
who copy our products”
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in this movie filmed in Milan earlier this month, leading designers and manufacturers discuss the phenomenon of copying and how they are responding. "It’s become an increasingly big problem for us," says Tom Dixon. "People can steal ideas and produce them almost faster than we can now." More »
Parrish by Konstantin Grcic
for Emeco
Milan 2013: a collection of furniture designed by Konstantin Grcic for Herzog & de Meuron's Parrish Art Museum in Long Island has gone into production with American brand Emeco. More »
Iris van Herpen exhibition at the International
Centre for Lace and Fashion
Haute couture garments by Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen will be displayed at an exhibition of her work in Calais, France, from June. More »
Dutch Design Week announces new director
Park Life folding armchair by
Jasper Morrison for Kettal
Milan 2013: British designer Jasper Morrison has added a folding armchair to his Park Life collection of outdoor furniture for Spanish design brand Kettal. More »
Concentré de Vie by Matali Crasset
for Campeggi
Milan 2013: French designer Matali Crasset has designed a sofa that breaks down into a bed, two armchairs and two footstools. More »
Still Life by PJADAD
and Atelier Food
Stockholm design studio PJADAD used tiny cubes and chunks of food to create this miniature landscape as a visual identity for the Swedish Atelier Food project and restaurant (+ slideshow). More »
Makr Shakr by Carlo Ratti and
MIT Senseable City Lab
Milan 2013: Italian architect Carlo Ratti and his team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology installed three robotic bartenders in Milan last week (+ movie). More »
Prosthetics exhibition
at SHOWcabinet
Fetishistic suits of armour, orthopaedic braces and wearable tusks all feature in an exhibition of prosthetics at the SHOWcabinet space in London (+ movie). More »
Jolly Roger chairs by Fabio Novembre
for Gufram
Milan 2013: Fabio Novembre presented these giant skull-shaped chairs for Italian brand Gufram at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last week. More »
“It’s probably the most
well-known place in Milan”
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: architect, designer and keen footballer Fabio Novembre takes us to the San Siro Stadium and discusses the cultural importance of soccer club AC Milan, the second most-famous Italian brand after Ferrari (+ movie). More »