Designer Siba Sahabi's collection of blue wooden masks are intended to question today's culture of digital self-representation, but could also double as last-minute architectural Halloween costumes. More
Nike has removed a balaclava from sale, after critics argued that the design enforces racial profiling and glamorises violence. More
Zaha Hadid Architects has translated the swooping shapes of its recently completed condos beside New York's High Line into a blue and white headwear design, for a "hat-themed" party on the elevated park. More
Helmet brand Closca has launched a children's version of its folding bicycle helmet that's accompanied by city-themed stickers for customisation. More
For his project with Silicon Valley start-up Rythm, industrial designer Yves Behar had to make a computer comfortable enough for restless sleepers to wear on their heads overnight. More
Following on from Balenciaga's recent take on the IKEA Frakta bag, Los Angeles fashion brands Pleasures and Chinatown Market have made a baseball hat from the 40p tote. More
London designer Moritz Waldemeyer based this headgear for the lead singer of Jamiroquai on pangolin scales, creating sections that individually move and light up. More
London's V&A has acquired a pink hat with cat-shaped ears, which became a symbol of the Women's March on Washington following Donald Trump's inauguration. More
A recyclable, collapsible helmet that could be sold at bike-share stations has been named this year's winner of the James Dyson Award. More
Google has upgraded its thrifty cardboard VR headset with a fabric version named Daydream View, which is designed to work with the company's first own-brand smartphone. More
Graduate shows 2016: this Dementia Simulator headset designed by Central Saint Martins graduate Di Peng lets wearers experience symptoms of the disease for themselves (+ movie). More
Icelandic musician Björk has partnered with designer and researcher Neri Oxman on a mask made up of multiple 3D-printed strands that mimic the underlying structure of her own face (+ slideshow). More
CES 2016: LA-based augmented reality company Daqri has unveiled a smart hardhat that gives workers additional layers of information about their surroundings (+ slideshow). More
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
Music: Amsterdam material designer Shai Langen made sculptural headpieces and covered models in hand-painted patterns for Jo Goes Hunting's Run Away music video. More
These sculptural helmets by digital art studio FIELD incorporate Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets (+ movie). More
Milan 2015: Brussels designer Pierre-Emmanuel Vandeputte has created a cork helmet that lowers over the wearer's head when they need a respite from ambient noise. More
News: Microsoft has revealed an early version of an augmented reality headset called HoloLens that creates interactive holographic imagery in the wearer's field of vision (+ slideshow). More
Japanese artist Takaya has added stuffed dead birds to designs in his latest collection of raw vegetable and flower headpieces. More
Dutch Design Week 2014: graduate designer Anne van Galen has created this series of protective headgear and accessories for inhabitants of a fictional world caught in a constant torrential downpour. More