UFO by Ross Lovegrove
British designer Ross Lovegrove has installed a silver spaceship in the rafters of a railway station in Lille, France. More about UFO by Ross Lovegrove
British designer Ross Lovegrove has installed a silver spaceship in the rafters of a railway station in Lille, France. More about UFO by Ross Lovegrove
This house by Japanese architects a.a.+H has two roofs and four more tiny houses inside (+ slideshow). More about Outside (Outside) ((Outside)) by a.a.+H
A tower of books is encased inside a glass pyramid at this public library that Dutch firm MVRDV have completed in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More about Book Mountain by MVRDV
Glass bottles rest on rows of hand-made iron nails along the walls of this Aesop skin and haircare shop in Paris by French designers Ciguë (+ slideshow). More about Aesop Tiquetonne by Ciguë
Visitors can play in the rain without getting wet in this installation by interactive designers rAndom International at the Barbican in London (+ slideshow). More about Rain Room by rAndom International at the Barbican
Industrial designer Benjamin Hubert's latest chair features a T-shirt-shaped piece of plywood curled smoothly into its solid ash frame. More about Pelt by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
Stone bleachers climb onto the roof of this cultural centre in Molde, Norway, by Danish architects 3XN, creating open-air seating for visitors to the jazz festival hosted there each year (+ slideshow). More about Plassen Cultural Centre by 3XN
This gabled farmhouse by architects Budapesti Műhely is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional Hungarian peasant house (+ slideshow). More about H House by Budapesti Műhely
This all-white summer house outside Moscow by architect Peter Kostelov has sunbeds and a see-saw but no windows or doors. More about Dacha's Origami by Peter Kostelov
Beijing Design Week: A constellation of illuminated ceramic yoghurt pots hangs in the stairwell of a former bicycle factory in an installation by designers Aidia Studio for Beijing Design Week. More about Milkywave by Aidia Studio
This art museum by architect Renzo Piano straddles a canal in Oslo's harbour (+ slideshow). More about Astrup Fearnley Museet by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
This bright red youth centre in Denmark by architects Cornelius + Vöge is coloured to match the fishing cabins of the surrounding village (+ slideshow). More about Youth Centre by Cornelius + Vöge
Spanish design studio Masquespacio have turned a dilapidated Valencia art gallery into an office for a law firm, featuring clusters of empty picture frames on the walls (+ slideshow). More about Zapata y Herrera lawyers' office by Masquespacio
French artists Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Péjus have converted an old house in France into a visitor centre by giving it a ghostly cloak of polystyrene and paint. More about Gue(ho)st House by Berdaguer & Péjus
Architect Hiroyuki Miyake used a traditional English bricklaying pattern for the ceramic tiles on the walls of this beauty salon in Toyokawa, Japan. More about Granny.F by Hiroyuki Miyake
Dutch studio BaksvanWengerden has added a splayed concrete extension to a triangular brick house in north Holland (+ slideshow). More about SH House by BaksvanWengerden
Crumpled sheets of metal appear to float inside or wrap around the low tables in a collection by design studio Fredrikson Stallard currently on show at the new David Gill Gallery in London (+ slideshow). More about Crush by Fredrikson Stallard at David Gill Galleries
A braille printer and an electric suit to prevent muscle spasms were among the products for people with disabilities included in an exhibition curated by Swedish design body Svensk Form for the London Design Festival. More about Design For Every Body curated by Svensk Form
Arik Levy's contribution to the Digital Crystal exhibition at London's Design Museum in an interactive installation that uses visitors' body movements to mutate computer-generated crystals (+ movie). More about Osmosis Interactive Arena by Arik Levy
This factory-like building by architects Haworth Tompkins is the new home for print-making and photography at the Royal College of Art in London. More about The Dyson Building by Haworth Tompkins