The inaugural edition of design show Alter in Tokyo exhibited works by 56 creatives, including "nearly invisible" window blinds and a chair covered in layers of washi paper. More about Alter exhibition aims to revive Tokyo's "increasingly homogenous" design landscape
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron showcased stools that sit at the "crossroad between analogue and digital", as well as floor lamps and books at the SKWAT art centre for design event Capsule Plaza Tokyo. More about Herzog & de Meuron creates reading spaces with own furniture at Tokyo art centre
The annual Designart Tokyo festival featured a huge variety of designs from a steel tea room to a rocket-fuel-tank speaker. Here, Cajsa Carlson selects six of the best from this year's event. More about Six of the most exciting projects at Designart Tokyo 2025
Dutch designer Johannes Offerhaus and The North Face have collaborated on a kinetic installation at New York's Storm King Art Center, partially made from leftover clothing materials. More about Johannes Offerhaus and The North Face installation can be stored in backpacks
Design studio Haberdashery has transformed the frenetic sounds of London into a sculptural lighting centrepiece for the lobby of Shard Place at London Bridge, as captured in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Haberdashery transforms London Bridge rush hour noise into sculptural lighting installation
Fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has created a flexible, solar-energy-generating textile called Heliotex, which forms the canopy of her Dutch Design Week pavilion. More about Pauline van Dongen tops kite-like Umbra Pavilion with solar-powered textile
Artist Takashi Murakami and fashion brand Louis Vuitton have created a giant inflatable octopus informed by Chinese lanterns, which has been installed at the newly restored Grand Palais museum in Paris in time for Art Basel. More about Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton take over Grand Palais with eight-metre-tall octopus
Architecture firm Hollaway Studio has designed a circular garden pavilion surrounded by pivoting screens to provide a space for horticultural training and rehabilitation at HMP Downview prison in Surrey, England. More about Glasshouse Garden pavilion offers "moment of beauty" in women's prison
Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis has created a trio of mirrored and resin installations at Apple Park in California, all informed by the latest iPhones. More about Sabine Marcelis unveils mirrored obelisk at Apple Park
Beverage company Red Bull and fashion house Prada covered the curved side of a building in Porto Alegre, Brazil, with a huge, plywood quarter pipe for a record-breaking descent by local skater Sandro Dias. More about Red Bull and Prada turn Brazilian skyscraper into world's largest skate ramp
Demonstrations of a new glass block type and silicone pottery featured at the Detroit Warehouse: Art and Design Fair show during Detroit Month of Design in a post-industrial building. More about Experimental glass brick features at "long-awaited" Detroit design exhibition
Australian artist duo Craig & Karl has created inflatable interventions for several walking bridges in Brisbane, Australia, incorporating sweeping arches and domes that respond to the unique architecture of each structure. More about Craig & Karl takes over Brisbane bridges with colourful inflatables
Architecture studio All(zone) has curated the Shanghai Picnic installation for the RAM Assembles architecture biennial, which features a series of pavilions made from colourful fabrics. More about All(zone) creates fabric pavilions in Shanghai to turn the city into "a shared canvas"
Design studio Heirloom showcased products ranging from cotton buds to butt plugs, acid tabs and catheters at its London Design Festival exhibition, which aims to "infuse the things we have to put in our bodies with a bit more care". More about Out of Orifice exhibition explores objects we put in our bodies for health or pleasure
British designer Lee Broom has created his first landmark project for the London Design Festival – a site-specific sculpture on the city's South Bank comprising dozens of pulsing illuminated glass shades. More about Lee Broom designs chandelier-like Beacon installation for London Design Festival
As part of New York Fashion Week, Georgian design practice Rooms Studio created an installation made of aluminium plinths and a pink steel dancefloor to display a shoe collection by Mach & Mach. More about Rooms Studio creates brutalist installation to display satin pumps for NYFW
French artist Aude Franjou has created an installation for Paris Design Week featuring handwoven coral-like forms that spiral upwards through a staircase within one of the city's most famous landmarks. More about Nature invades Paris's July Column in Corals of Liberty installation by Aude Franjou
Massive pyramids, slides and a temple resembling a giant, fragmented stone have been captured at this year's Burning Man event in Nevada, USA, by photographer Gurpreet Chawla. More about Nine architectural installations at Burning Man 2025
Architecture studio Henning Larsen and the University of Pennsylvania have installed a modular pavilion on Governors Island in New York that radiates cool air for an AC alternative in public spaces. More about KlimaKover pavilion demonstrates "low-energy cooling" for outdoor heat relief
London-based Max Radford Gallery has filled a warehouse space near Borough Market with collectible designs by 53 artists, including pieces made from human hair and recycled leather. More about Dry Cleaning exhibition is "airing the fresh new works of London's emerging designers"