The evolution of the human body is one of the major topics of this year's Istanbul Design Biennial, with exhibits ranging from a cyborg skeleton to a brain in a book. Dezeen editor Amy Frearson has selected seven of the most provocative examples. More
New York 2016: US artist Nicole Nadeau has used one of her own breasts to create a mould for a collection of hexagonal tiles complete with pink nipples. More
Fed up with the beauty ideals portrayed in the media, designers are challenging body image with products, clothes and accessories that distort the figure and face, highlight preconceptions and poke fun at unrealistic trends. Here are 10 of the best we've seen. More
These jewellery pieces by Singapore designer Soo Kyung Bae are intended to spark a debate about unrealistic body-image expectations portrayed by the media. More
The iconic Barbie doll is now available in several different body types, including a more full-figured version for the first time. More
Underwear adorned with artificial pubic hair and a skirt padded to look like love handles feature in this collection of garments by design student Debora Dax. More
Canada's Alleles Design Studio has developed a collection of prosthetic leg covers designed to add a human silhouette and a variety of patterns to mechanical artificial limbs (+ slideshow). More
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: London artist Kristina Cranfeld has created a series of masks that exaggerate different facial features, and a fictional training guide for exercising facial expressions (+ movie). More
Stockholm 2014: student designer Nanna Kiil is showing a chair that looks like it's dressed in a fat suit at the Greenhouse showcase of young talent as part of the Stockholm Furniture Fair. More
These back-to-front shoes by designer Leanie van der Vyver force the wearer to walk in an unnatural way (+ movie). More
Designer Stephanie Bila used bent wood and crystals to create this body jewellery inspired by Japanese baskets for her Central Saint Martins graduate collection. More
Flaps of dimpled silicone rubber are stitched together to form fleshy earrings, nipple brooches and sanitary pads in this jewellery collection by Taiwanese designer and recent graduate I-Ting Ho. More
Royal College of Art graduate Imme van der Haak has printed photos of people onto silk shrouds so that the wearer's image is overlaid with someone else's face and body (+ movie). More
These masks by German designer Meike Harde cover just the eyes and mouth, replacing the wearer's features with idealised ones from the media. More
Corpus 2.0 by Marcia Nolte is a set of seven portraits illustrating how the human body could adjust itself to the design of products, including a hole in the lips for smokers (above) and an extended shoulder for holding a phone (below). More