In this movie from the V&A museum in London, Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley talk about the cape they made by harvesting silk from over a million wild spiders in Madagascar. The silk is naturally golden in colour and the spiders take just a week to replenish their supply once released back into the wild. More »
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us these photographs and an extended movie showing how children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power to illuminate three twirling parasols at an installation by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square. More »
Couples visiting the British seaside town of Blackpool can tie the knot inside a shimmering golden wedding chapel by London architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM). More »
The latest collection by London designer Philippe Malouin combines concrete with a complex brass grid. More »
This movie by photographer Cristobal Palma shows how children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power for three twirling parasols at an installation by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square. More »
Dezeen Watch Store: we've got just two of these limited edition V01 18k watches so you'll need to be quick to snap one up from Dezeen Watch Store, either online or at The Temporium. More »
Dezeen Watch Store: we've got a special white and gold Christmas edition of the Iconograph watch by Werner Aisslinger at the online Dezeen Watch Store and you can try one in person at our Christmas shop The Temporium in London. More »
French designer Matali Crasset presents a series of vessels shaped like horns, speaker components and loudhailers at Mica Gallery near Rennes in France. More »
Beijing Design Week 2011: golden plates and cutlery become slowly submerged underwater when this table is set. More »
Vienna Design Week 2011: Berlin designer Uli Budde unwrapped the facets of a brilliant-cut diamond to create the shape of this gold pendent, currently on show at Vienna Design Week. More »
