Ceramic triangular prisms are arranged as staggered peaks to form this public installation by Istanbul studio SO? Architecture and Ideas outside London's Royal Academy of Arts (+ slideshow). More about Unexpected Hill provides seating and climbing opportunities at the Royal Academy of Arts
Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Kyugum Hwang's perfume-designing station allows shoppers to create bespoke fragrances by picking complimentary scents from coloured containers (+ slideshow). More about Kyugum Hwang creates coloured Scent Palette for customising perfumes
Israeli architects Pitsou Kedem and Irene Goldberg have created a series of nature-influenced products for the home, including a shelving system that references a rock formation and a sink based on an iceberg. More about Pitsou Kedem unveils first items from Object furniture and homeware collection
Graduate shows 2015: Central Saint Martins graduate Paulina Lenoir has designed a pair of comically long shoes that force wearers to reconsider their daily routes and pace (+ movie). More about Paulina Lenoir's Excessively Long Shoes force wearers to slow their pace
Music: French director Hugo Moreno presents an animated urban landscape that blends ancient Mesopotamian and mid-century Modern architecture in this music video for Art Department's track Walls. More about Hugo Moreno animates retro-futuristic city for Art Department music video
London designer David Amar has created a dressing unit, a daybed and benches with built-in storage, based on floor tiles in a heritage-listed 1920s home in Tel Aviv, Israel (+ slideshow). More about David Amar's Bialik furniture collection references Art Deco floor tiles in a Tel Aviv home
Graduate shows 2015: tiny pieces of waste pine wood were meticulously hand-glued together by Royal College of Art graduate Simin Qiu to create these storage boxes and stationery items. More about Simin Qiu turns wood offcuts into patterned desk accessories for End Grain collection
Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Cameron Bowen has developed a tape measure that enables tailors to generate digital fabric patterns while retaining the intimacy of the fitting process. More about Cameron Bowen merges digital tools and traditional tailoring with Parametric Tape Measure
Extra Moooi: Dutch brand Moooi launched its first US showroom in May. In this movie, co-founder Marcel Wanders explains how the company hopes to tap into a new generation of "design-savvy" American consumers. More about Moooi opens New York showroom to target booming US design market
Graduate shows 2015: don't trust someone else to permanently mark your skin? This device by Royal College of Art graduate Jakub Pollág is designed to allow users to self-administer tattoos (+ movie). More about Jakub Pollág designs Personal Tattoo Machine for do-it-yourself body art
Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate YunTing Lin has created a new material from plant fibres and naturally fermented cellulose, and used it to form a storage system and speakers (+ slideshow). More about Nanocellulose Fibreboard is an all-natural replacement for MDF and moulded plastic
Fashion designer Rick Owens has launched his latest range of shoes, including sandals with cuffs around the legs, as part of his ongoing collaboration with Adidas (+ slideshow). More about Rick Owens adds sandals and clogs to footwear range for Adidas
Dezeen promotion: explore Knoll's collection of adaptable office furniture in this interactive slideshow, which features new pieces by New York studio Antenna Design. More about Interactive slideshow: explore new products from Antenna Design for Knoll
Designing a building is "exactly the same" as designing a Christmas card according to designer Thomas Heatherwick, amid signs that designers are encroaching on architects' territory. More about Products and buildings are the same says Heatherwick, as designers turn to architecture
Dezeen promotion: a life-size plane crash constructed from wood and a field of giant dandelions are among the 10 sculptures installed across the mountainous Sancy region in France as part of this year's Horizons arts and nature festival (+ slideshow). More about Horizons 2015 installations include wooden plane crash and dandelion field
This wooden beehive by Italian designer Francesco Faccin has a 4.5-metre chimney to keep its inhabitants away from children and vandals (+ movie). More about Francesco Faccin creates "micro architecture" for bees with Honey Factory
Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Ming Kong has created a conductive material and used it to make a haptic interface for manipulating digital models and files. More about Ming Kong develops tactile interface to navigate CAD environments
Graduate shows 2015: two Royal College of Art graduates have made a series of stools by running an electric current through wires embedded in waste nylon powder from 3D printing (+ slideshow). More about Studio Ilio uses electricity to form solid objects from wire and waste 3D-printing powder
New York 2015: Brooklyn studio Pelle has unveiled a range of modular, stick-style lighting that can be configured into simple or complex shapes. More about Pelle's stick-style lighting enables multiple configurations
NeoCon 2015: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius used unconventional materials and assembly methods to create these vividly striped Cork & Felt rugs for Danskina. More about Hella Jongerius combines cork and felt for striped rug collection