Structure grown from "mushroom sausages" shows potential for zero-waste architecture
Brunel University student Aleksi Vesaluoma has developed a technique for using mushroom mycelium as an environmentally friendly construction material. More
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Anish Kapoor explores "urgent times" with Destierro installation
Anish Kapoor has continued to explore the power of pigment by transforming a room into a bright red landscape based on the unseen borders that separate the modern world. More
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10 of the best designs that address the refugee crisis
Today is the start of Refugee Week, which aims to bring awareness of the millions displaced by conflict or natural disasters. To coincide, we're putting the spotlight on 10 innovative recent design projects that make a positive difference in the lives of refugees. More
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Sou Fujimoto creates ornate bookshelves for Basel installation
Architect Sou Fujimoto has designed a series of abstract bookshelves made from thin steel rods, which he based on 19th-century ironwork. More
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Swarovski crystal gets 3D-printed, upcycled and turned into gadgets by emerging designers
Crystal has been 3D-printed into vases, upcycled into terrazzo and channelled into solar panels by the three winners of the Swarovski Designers of the Future awards for 2017. More
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Philippe Malouin aimed to create "three-dimensional sketches" with experimental Hem installation
London designer Philippe Malouin explains how he spent a week making a host of experimental room dividers for Hem in this movie Dezeen filmed in New York for the Swedish design brand. More
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Drones stalk visitors to Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Park Avenue Armory installation
The movements of visitors navigating this installation, by architects Herzog & de Meuron and artist Ai Weiwei, are tracked by drones and played back to them – in a comment on surveillance in public spaces. More
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Robot ordered to write lines as punishment for crime it hasn't committed yet
A robotic arm writes repeated promises not to hurt humans in artist Filipe Vilas-Boas and architect Paul Coudamy's installation The Punishment. More
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Giorgio Andreotta Calò suspends lake of water inside Italian pavilion at Venice Biennale
Dezeen promotion: Italian artist Giorgio Andreotta Calò has installed a flooded platform inside the Italian pavilion at this year's Venice Art Biennale, after being awarded Mutina's inaugural This Is Not A Prize award. More
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Nendo scatters mirrors across flower-arranging school for Kaleidoscopic Ivy installation
Over 40,000 shards of polished steel make up this installation by Nendo, which is designed as an "ivy of mirrors" spreading across a Japanese flower-arranging school. More
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Giles Miller installs louvred plywood pavilion in London's Clerkenwell
For this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, London designer Giles Miller worked with watch brand Shinola to create a pavilion made from 8,000 lightning-bolt-shaped pieces of plywood. More
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Philippe Malouin showcases experimental room dividers for NYCxDesign 2017
London designer Philippe Malouin has used an assortment of materials and fabrics to create unusual, colourful screens, which he is presenting inside a neoclassical building in New York. More
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Five of the best installations to see at this year's Clerkenwell Design Week
With Clerkenwell Design Week kicking off tomorrow, design reporter Alice Morby has picked out some of the most interesting things to see, including an installation made from mirrors and a rainbow-hued tower. More
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London Design Festival announces installations for 2017
A "building block castle" by Camille Walala and an undulating tapestry by Ross Lovegrove are among the 400 events prepped to take place during this year's London Design Festival. More
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12 must-see installations and exhibitions at the Venice Art Biennale 2017
With the 57th edition of the Venice Art Biennale now open to the public, managing editor Olivia Mull selects some of the best design-led exhibitions, spatial installations and pavilion takeovers. More
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PlayLab Inc's exhibition at A/D/O forces visitors to consider their preferences
Visitors can pick their preferred sky colour and express reactions to a hamburger in this interactive exhibition, designed by New York studio PlayLab Inc for Brooklyn design venue A/D/O. More
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AMO uses mirrors and millennial pink to create a disorientating catwalk for Prada Resort show
For Prada's Resort 2018 catwalk show, AMO filled Fondazione Prada's new exhibition space with mirrors and translucent pink columns. More
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Electric wallpaper connects speakers, lights and fans in installaton by UM Project and Flavor Paper
Lines of conductive ink thread between the protruding speakers and light boxes that form this interactive wall display, designed by UM Project and Flavor Paper. More
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Soft-toned installation combines designs by Ladies & Gentlemen and SP01
Products by Brooklyn-based Ladies & Gentlemen Studio are on display alongside furniture by new Australian design brand SP01 at a pastel-coloured installation in New York. More
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Women designers display objects of protest and empowerment at New York's Chamber gallery
New York gallery Chamber is hosting an domestic-focussed showcase that features work by only women designers – the second all-female exhibition to open in the city this week. More