Mieke Meijer's Airframe 01 cabinet is based on early aeroplane design
Dutch designer Mieke Meijer has created a storage cabinet based on the wood-and-fabric structure of early 20th-century aeroplane wings (+ slideshow). More
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Visser & Meijwaard designs zip-up coffins that you would "want to be seen dead in"
Dutch Design Week 2015: Arnhem studio Visser & Meijwaard has designed a range of colourful zip-up coffins to help make death less depressing. More
Love Seats by Annebet Philips are paired to support each other
Dutch Design Week 2015: the way couples sit on each other's laps informed the shapes and two-toned upholstery in this collection of chairs by Dutch designer Annebet Philips. More
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Louisa Zahareas' Screen Mutations ceramics are designed to be viewed on Skype
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Louisa Zahareas' set of deformed tableware only appears normal when seen on screen (+ slideshow). More
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Virtual reality mall lets consumers shop alongside digital giraffes and zebras
Dutch Design Week 2015: British designer Allison Crank has created a virtual reality shopping centre that allows users to commission bespoke objects within a world of floating neon signs and stray zoo animals (+ movie). More
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Sheltersuit coat doubles as a sleeping bag for the homeless
Dutch Design Week 2015: fashion designer Bas Timmer has used abandoned tents to create jackets that turn into waterproof sleeping bags for homeless people. More
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Precarious playground structures by Capucine Diancourt rely on users' balance
Dutch Design Week 2015: French designer Capucine Diancourt's series of unconventional playground equipment includes non-fixed rocking items that challenge children to keep their balance. More
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David Roman Lieshout designs semi-foldable bicycle for small apartments
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate David Roman Lieshout's prototype bicycle has individually foldable components that help it fit into compact storage areas. More
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Sarah Daher designs Air Culture concept plant lab to deliver enriched air
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Sarah Daher has proposed harnessing airborne molecules released by plants to create pockets of personalised air that could provide health benefits when inhaled (+ slideshow). More
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"Most buildings are drawings filled in by engineers" says Piet Hein Eek
Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch furniture designer Piet Hein Eek has joined the debate about whether non-architects should design buildings, saying most architects are "not interested" in construction. More
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Pim van der Mijl designs "living room" to bring refugees and locals together
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pim van der Mijl's De Voorkamer project proposes a communal meeting space to help break down barriers between refugees and local communities in Holland (+ slideshow). More
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Emmy Polkamp's To Many Places nomadic hotel can occupy empty buildings
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Emmy Polkamp has created a concept for travelling hotel tents that can be used to create accommodation in abandoned structures (+ slideshow). More
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Anouk van de Sande's Print in Motion garments create moiré effects
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Anouk van de Sande has designed a range of patterned garments that produce visual effects as the wearer moves (+ movie). More
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Van Abbemuseum's Thing Nothing exhibition explores "the value of the physical object"
Dutch Design Week 2015: Eindhoven's Van Abbemuseum is hosting an exhibition that brings together experimental objects and installations from designers including Jólan van der Wiel, Studio Drift and MVRDV. More
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Studio Drift installs moving Shylights in disused Eindhoven building
Dutch Design Week 2015: design firm Studio Drift has installed flower-like lamps, which randomly rise and fall as they "bloom", inside an empty Eindhoven factory (+ movie). More
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Interactive online documentary Refugee Republic awarded twice at Dutch Design Awards 2015
Dutch Design Week 2015: agency Submarine Channel won two prizes at this year's Dutch Design Awards with its web narrative that presents life and experiences in a refugee camp. More
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Floris Schoonderbeek's Groundfridge chills food without electricity
Dutch Design Week 2015: this spherical refrigerator by Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek is buried underground, keeping food cool without using electricity. More
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Bird heads and leaping golfers adorn Jason Page's alternative golfing suits
Dutch Design Week 2015: golf outfits have received a graphic makeover from Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jason Page, whose collection of alternative attire is designed to make the sport more accessible. More
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Bastiaan Buijs creates wind-up sex toy using hand-blown glass
Dutch Design Week 2015: this "aesthetically pleasing" glass vibrator by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Bastiaan Buijs is powered by clockwork. More
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Stefania Vulpi's Universal Unconditional platform lets people borrow citizenship
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Stefania Vulpi has created a conceptual online system that allows a network of people to temporarily share their nationality (+ movie). More
