Northmodern 2015: Stockholm studio TAF Architects has contributed a spun aluminium pendant to Danish brand Muuto's lighting collection. More about TAF Architects' lightweight aluminium Ambit pendant joins Muuto collection
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Manon van Hoeckel is crowdfunding her In Limbo Embassy – a travelling office that aims to facilitate open discussion around immigration in the Netherlands. More about Manon van Hoeckel creates "neutral" travelling embassy for undocumented migrants
This footwear from the Swiss Barefoot Company is designed to protect wearers' feet by wrapping them in Dyneema – a fabric stronger than steel and Kevlar (+ slideshow). More about Swiss Barefoot Company's glove-like socks are made from material stronger than Kevlar
These underpants created by British scientist Joseph Perkins are woven with a silver mesh to protect sperm from radiation emitted by Wi-Fi-enabled devices. More about Wireless Armour underwear protects against smartphone radiation to prevent infertility
Zaha Hadid has created a swooping canopy for New York's High Line – in an area of the elevated park abutting the construction site for a building designed by the architect. More about Zaha Hadid's High Line installation protects park visitors from construction debris
Austrian arts collective Neon Golden has created an immersive light installation that mimics the movements of fireflies (+ slideshow). More about Neon Golden replicates swarm of fireflies with light installation
Students from the Institute of Architecture and Design Chihuahua have used scaffolding, wood and fabric to turn a disused park fountain into a shaded urban spa for local residents (+ slideshow). More about Students use scaffolding to build Urban Spa in a Mexican park
Open-source furniture company Opendesk has created customised workspace fittings for self-build computer brand Kano (+ slideshow). More about Opendesk provides open-source furniture for Kano's London office
Pharrell Williams has launched his third collection with G-Star RAW, which includes denim garments made using recycled plastic removed from the oceans. More about Pharrell Williams unveils latest ocean-plastic clothing range for G-Star RAW
Zurich citizens can now relieve themselves at a pink marble public pissoir, installed at an open-air car park by local architecture firm Bureau A (+ slideshow). More about Bureau A installs pink marble urinal at Zurich car park
Spanish watersports brand Onean has unveiled two battery-powered boards that make it possible to surf without any swell (+ movie). More about Onean launches motorised electric boards for waveless surfing
Istanbul design group Kümülatif chose industrial materials for its debut line of homeware, with items including mirrors, bowls and photo frames. More about Kümülatif uses copper, linen and aluminium for industrial-themed homeware collection
Pomo summer: Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown helped lead the charge for Postmodernism in America. Their Queen Anne chair – one of a series of flattened designs developed by the duo in the 1980s – injected humour into the furniture industry and is the next in our summer series on the controversial movement. More about Postmodern design: Queen Anne chair by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
Studio Job has created a series of lamps shaped like peeled bananas for an exhibition at Belgium's Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery. More about Studio Job's Banana Show exhibition opens in Belgium
Havana-based designers Raiko Valladares and Jose A Villa have launched a collection of brightly coloured chairs, which are designed and made in Cuba (+ slideshow). More about Havana duo aims to revitalise Cuban design with elasticated Vibra chairs
Graduate shows 2015: Bath School of Art and Design graduate Emma Buckley has coloured a range of decorative ceramic tableware by letting dye seep up through gaps in the glazing (+ slideshow). More about Emma Buckley's Dye Lines vessels absorb colour through a tiny gap in the glazing
Music: hand-drawn imagery depicts stormy and celestial scenes in Alasdair + Jock's intricate animation for David Gilmour's Rattle That Lock (+ movie). More about Satan's fall from heaven retold as an animation for David Gilmour's Rattle That Lock music video
Design student Anna Herrmann has made a chair by weaving pairs of laddered tights onto a steel frame. More about Anna Herrmann's 50 Den chair is made from old tights
Northmodern 2015: Swedish designer Jens Fager has used a new bamboo-based material to form a lampshade that joins Danish brand Muuto's line of lighting products. More about Muuto adds Jens Fager's bamboo Grain pendant to lighting collection
British design brand Minimalux has updated the classic ballpoint pen with a set of four precious-metal editions - with a price tag of £185 for gold and rhodium versions. More about Minimalux creates ballpoint pens from precious metals