New York designer Paul Loebach's flat-pack wooden chair slots together without glue, as demonstrated in a series of vaguely pornographic gifs (+ slideshow). More about Paul Loebach's PEG chair slots together (suggestively)
Buildings by SANAA, Herzog & de Meuron, MAD and more appear to pulsate, spin, dance and grow in this series of animated gifs by French architect Axel de Stampa. More about Architecture Animée presents shape-shifting buildings with animated gifs
This prototype clock by Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto tells the time in a straight line by replacing the hands with a pivoting shell-like structure. More about BCXSY creates linear clock for Designers' Days
Amsterdam studio BCXSY has launched a crowdfunding campaign to produce its plush toys with body parts that can be interchanged using magnets (+ slideshow). More about BCXSY's Mixed Animals magnetic soft toys launch on Kickstarter
Slatted timber shutters fold back to reveal the boxy first-floor balcony of this family house in Portugal, designed by E348 Arquitectura to adapt to the changing climate (+ slideshow). More about Adjustable balcony animates the facade of E348 Arquitectura's Miramar House
A new invention by Danish studio Norm Architects for Menu claims to make your favourite beer taste even better by whisking up beery foam you can pour on top (+ slideshow). More about Beer Foamer by Norm Architects promises better pints
A team of London-based designers claim to have created the world's smallest 3D-printing pen – an anodised aluminium device called Lix that allows users to "doodle in the air" (+ movie). More about Lix 3D-printing pen allows users to create solid drawings in the air
Milan 2014: holes and tunnels in the top of this wooden desk by Hong Kong-based designer Hao Ruan of LYCS Architecture have been designed to provide a playground for cats (+ slideshow). More about CATable by Hao Ruan offers a shared work surface for cats and their owners
Milan 2014: Dutch studio Bernotat & Co created 3D-knitted fabric lamps that emulate microscopic organisms to show in the Ventura Lambrate district in Milan this week (+ slideshow). More about 3D-woven fabric creates organically shaped lamps that glow in the dark
Milan 2014: Dutch designer David Derksen is showing his Moiré collection of layered jewellery at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week (+ movie). More about David Derksen launches Moiré jewellery at Ventura Lambrate
Milan 2014: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius is launching her first range of rugs as the newly appointed design director for Dutch firm Danskina (+ movie). More about Hella Jongerius reveals "expression of yarn and colour" with rugs in Milan
Architecture student Tyler Short has developed an alternative to the traditional window shade - mechanical louvres that move in three dimensions to adapt to sunlight at different times of the day (+ movie). More about Kinetic louvres move in three dimensions to screen sunlight from any angle
This radical redesign of a door by Austrian artist Klemens Torggler uses a folding and pivoting system to collapse and roll to one side. More about Door reinvented with folding mechanism by Klemens Torggler
Here's a ruler by London designer Sebastian Bergne that's specially adapted for shooting rubber bands. More about Bandit by Sebastian Bergne