London designer Simon Heijdens has applied a special film to windows at the Art Institute Chicago that creates constantly-changing shadows in response to weather conditions outside. More about Shade by Simon Heijdens
Industrial designer Christian Vivanco has created this pendant lamp inspired by seaweed. More about Algae lamp by Christian Vivanco
Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates have completed a house in Tokyo, Japan, featuring a white rendered volume sitting on top of a concrete base and no exterior windows. More about Shift by Apollo Architects & Associates
Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architecture Office used materials reclaimed from a demolished house for the interior of this Tokyo shop for Australian skincare brand Aesop. More about Aesop Aoyama by Schemata Architecture Office
The Groninger Museum in the Netherlands has re-opened following a renovation including areas designed by Studio Job, Maarten Baas and Jaime Hayón. More about Groninger Museum renovation by Studio Job, Maarten Baas and Jaime Hayón
Amsterdam designer Marcel Wanders has created a dinner service for Dutch airline KLM. More about Tableware by Marcel Wanders for KLM
Here are some photos of Studioilse's latest project, a five-storey apartment building in Hong Kong. More about TwoTwoSix Hollywood Road by Studioilse
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius presents 300 porcelain vases coloured with layers of mineral and chemical glazes at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. More about 300 Coloured Vases by Hella Jongerius at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Designers Antrepo have created conceptual packaging design for well-known supermarket products by stripping back the existing graphics in stages. More about Minimalist Effect in the Maximalist Market by Antrepo
Tham & Videgård Arkitekter have completed this curving nursery school located between a forest and former industrial estate in Stockholm, Sweden. More about Tellus Nursery School by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
Buildings roll through the city on railway tracks in this masterplan by Swedish architects Jagnefalt Milton for Åndalsnes in Norway. More about A Rolling Masterplan by Jagnefalt Milton
Dezeen promotion: architecture and design products database Architonic present video interviews with designers including Naoto Fukasawa (above), Ineke Hans and Antonio Citterio, filmed at Orgatec 2010. More about Orgatec 2010 interviews by Architonic
Hong Kong designer Michael Young has created a range of bio-plastic in-ear headphones made of cornstarch. More about EOps Noisezero i+ Eco by Michael Young
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Something a bit seasonal: designer Rolf Sachs has fused two sledges together to make a coffee table. More about Inserper-able by Rolf Sachs
Dutch brand agency THEY have commissioned designers including Eindhoven collective La Bolleur (above) and Amsterdam designers Tjep. (below) to design bottles for their own brand of champagne. More about Zarb Champagne by THEY
These road signs have been installed at three industrial parks in Madrid by Brut Deluxe Architecture + Design of Madrid and Lisbon. More about Totem de.dos by Brut Deluxe Architecture + Design
French architects RDAI have completed this new Paris boutique for fashion brand Hermès inside a 1930s swimming pool building. More about Hermès Rive Gauche by RDAI
This chair with a curved frame and tapered legs is by Korean designer Hyung Suk Cho. More about Modernatique by Hyung Suk Cho
Here's a proposal by Asymptote Architecture for a port terminal in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. More about Kaohsiung Port Terminal by Asymptote