Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Hyerim Shin's Cuteness Tool for Dachshunds is a conceptual device that lengthens the bodies of sausage dogs. More about Dog-stretching device by Hyerim Shin questions the "dark side of cuteness"
Children can crawl into the rear end of a wooden pig when visiting this playground installation by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. More about Jaime Hayón installs Tiovivo animal-shaped play equipment at Atlanta museum
A sinuous enclosure that doubles as seating and a shelter inspired by the yin-yang symbol are among the cat houses by Los Angeles architects that were created to benefit an animal welfare organisation (+ slideshow). More about LA architects create imaginative cat houses for charity auction
Photo essay: a shark in a corridor and a toad seated on a filing cabinet are among the scenes found by Austrian photographer Klaus Pichler when he went backstage at the Natural History Museum Vienna (+ slideshow). More about Klaus Pichler goes behind the scenes of Vienna's Natural History Museum
Japanese studio Nendo has launched a collection of accessories for dogs that are designed to look good inside minimally furnished homes (+ slideshow). More about Nendo's Cubic pet accessories designed to complement minimal interiors
Giant illustrated boards depicting parrots, bears and leopards are among the oversized animal costumes that children can try on at a New York exhibition. More about Illustrated animal-skin costumes created for Le Bestiaire exhibition in New York
The Tower of London's famous resident ravens have a new home in a set of oak and mesh-encased aviaries designed by local firm Llowarch Llowarch Architects (+ slideshow). More about Llowarch Llowarch Architects completes raven enclosure for the Tower of London
Design Miami 2015: South African designer Porky Hefer is showing a killer-whale-shaped chair from his Monstera Deliciosa collection of animal-themed "nests" at Design Miami. More about Porky Hefer's Fiona Blackfish is a killer-whale-shaped hanging chair
Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch designer Emilie van Spronsen harvested feathers and bones from the corpses of bird flu-infected chickens to create this stool and urn. More about Slaughtered bird flu-infected chickens transformed into furniture by Emilie van Spronsen
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón is launching a limited-edition chronograph with a chimp-like face for his watch company Orolog. More about Jaime Hayón designs monkey-faced Miko watch for Orolog
Visitors to an English forest were able to explore the woods through the eyes of different animals as part of a virtual reality experience by London design studio Marshmallow Laser Feast (+ movie). More about Virtual reality helmets present a forest from an animal's perspective
NEXT Architects has completed its Batbridge in South Holland, which integrates spaces for bats to roost in during different seasons (+ slideshow). More about NEXT Architects completes bat-friendly bridge in the Netherlands
Feline furniture brand Meyou has launched its first collection with three designer cat beds (+ slideshow). More about Cat cocoons feature in Meyou's debut furniture collection
The animals of this petting zoo in Germany now have new lodgings – a trio of larch-ribbed structures by Kresings Architektur that overlook a pond (+ slideshow). More about Kresings Architektur adds larch animal enclosures to petting zoo in Germany
MAD architects founder Ma Yansong has created a series of carpets shaped like juicy steaks for labradors (+ movie). More about Ma Yansong designs meat-patterned rugs for dogs
Gensler has designed a terminal for animals that will contain a "pet resort" offering lodging and spa services at New York's JFK airport (+ slideshow). More about Pets to receive spa treatments at Gensler-designed JFK animal airport terminal
This dog-friendly guesthouse and residence in the South Korean province of Chungcheongnam features doors decorated with canine illustrations and a sloping playground overlooking the rural landscape (+ slideshow). More about Bow-wow House by Design Band YOAP is a guesthouse for dog lovers in rural South Korea
Swiss firm Markus Schietsch Architekten has completed a new elephant house for a zoo in Zurich featuring an elaborate wooden gridshell roof and a glass-sided swimming pool (+ slideshow). More about Zurich Elephant House boasts a domed wooden roof and swimming pools for animals
Music: Finnish director Anton Tammi warped imagery of a crab battling metallic fluids and a huge scorpion to create this music video for Bruce Smear's track Pick & Roll. More about Tiny crab faces giant obstacles in Anton Tammi's glitching music video for Bruce Smear
Graduate shows 2015: tiny turbines installed in the arteries of genetically modified cows provide a solution to future energy production in this fictional scenario by RCA graduate Paul Gong. More about Bloodflow of beefed-up bovines harnessed for energy in The Cow of Tomorrow project