This cape covered in thousands of acupuncture needles was developed by Royal College of Art graduate Izzy Parker to challenge ideas about personal boundaries and human interaction (+ movie). More about Acupuncture needles ripple across Izzy Parker's Tactile Treatment cape
Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen revealed 3D-printed garments and accessories "grown" with magnets during her ready-to-wear show in Paris yesterday. More about Iris van Herpen uses 3D printing and magnets to form Spring Summer 2015 fashion collection
Fashion and technology: a Dutch team is presenting a garment that purifies the polluted air surrounding the wearer, at this week's Beijing Design Week. More about BB.Suit 0.2 is an outfit that cleans polluted air
Design studio Artefact Group has created a conceptual smart locket that wirelessly interacts with social networks to display a digital memento of friends or family. More about Purple locket is a digital version of the traditional heirloom
This jewellery collection by Peruvian architect Diego Delgado-Elias comprises small but fully functional brushed-silver set squares, protractors, spirit levels and scale rulers, all set onto rings. More about Architects' Jewellery collection is made up of miniature draughting tools
Fashion and technology: the digital revolution presents the "biggest challenge for fashion brands" according to digital fashion pioneer Francis Bitonti who asks: "How will an industry where value is communicated by exclusivity and craft cope with this new space?" (+ interview) More about "Technology is going to turn the entire fashion industry inside out"
Fashion and technology: New York fashion designer Francis Bitonti has used a mathematical model to "grow" pairs of shoes with gradients of colour on a 3D printer. More about Francis Bitonti creates pixellated 3D-printed shoes using cellular automation
London Design Festival 2014: Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto presented his Spring/Summer 2014 collection on chunky wooden garment rails by product designer Torsten Neeland during the London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More about Torsten Neeland creates wooden framework for new Yohji Yamamoto collection
Fashion and technology: sports brands like Nike and Adidas have been leading "technological innovation" in shoe design but the fashion industry is finally beginning to wake up to the possibilities of digital technologies, says Rem D Koolhaas, co-founder of footwear brand United Nude (+ interview). More about "The fashion industry has finally woken up"
Fashion and technology: in the first part of a series focusing on designers who are introducing the fashion world to new technologies, Dezeen speaks to architect Julia Koerner about how advances in 3D scanning, modelling and printing are creating a "revolution in customised fashion pieces within ready to wear" (+ interview + slideshow). More about "Technology adds an incredible advantage to fashion design"
Pharrell Williams has become the second major American music producer to launch a design range this week with trainers and sportswear for Adidas (+ slideshow). More about Pharrell Williams unveils first phase of collaboration with Adidas
Sports brand Nike has unveiled the Lebron 12, a basketball shoe with five hexagonal air bags built into the sole to provide "accelerated explosiveness" (+ slideshow). More about Nike revamps the basketball shoe for LeBron James
Music producer Will.i.am has taken his much-vaunted interest in design a step further by teaming up with George Gorrow, co-founder of fashion brand Ksubi, to create his own eyewear range (+ slideshow). More about Will.i.am launches eyewear range with designer George Gorrow
Designer Gerard Rubio has created an open source robotic loom that is able to knit entire seamless garments in less than one hour (+ movie). More about OpenKnit is an open source 3D-knitting machine that creates garments in just one hour
Four-storey-tall holographs of models were projected onto a moving screen of water for American brand Polo Ralph Lauren's womenswear show during New York Fashion Week (+ movie). More about Polo Ralph Lauren debuts SS15 collection in holographic fashion show
Israeli designer Lou Moria has used a vacuum-forming process to create pairs of plastic slippers that can be produced quickly and cheaply (+ slideshow). More about Lou Moria uses vacuum forming to create recyclable shoes in seconds
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Francesca Rosella of interactive fashion brand CuteCircuit claims advances in digital "smart" fabrics will revolutionise the fashion industry, allowing us to download new styles for our clothes rather than buying new garments. More about With smart textiles we can "download new colours or patterns" to our clothes
Translucent tendrils protruding from these body adornments by Polish designer Ewa Sliwinska amplify small movements made by the wearer (+ movie). More about The Living Points Structure jewellery covers limbs in porcupine-like spines
Journalist and fashion designer Sara Henrichs has launched a range of high-visibility reflective clothing for cycling in style at night (+ slideshow). More about Henrichs launches hi-vis garments for fashion-conscious cyclists
French designer Ora-Ïto has developed a conceptual trainer with curved veneer sections to reference the work of Modernist furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames. More about Ora-Ïto's Nikeames shoe is an "homage to Charles and Ray"