Australian creative agency TBWA\Eleven and creature effects designers Odd Studio have upholstered a car in human-like skin that reddens in the sun, aiming to raise awareness about the dangers of UV exposure while driving. More about TBWA\Eleven creates "unhinged" Sunburnt Car upholstered with human-like skin
Ink fades and disappears in the book 4,4,4&2, created by Scottish publisher Boom Saloon to reflect the experience of losing memories through dementia. More about Disappearing ink fades like memories in book that "rewrites the story of dementia"
To highlight the hidden toll of water scarcity in Latin America, non-profit organisation Water For People has developed a book printed with hydrochromic ink that only becomes visible when the pages are wet. More about The Dehydrating Book can only be read when wet
Experimental clothing brand Vollebak has used an ink derived from spirulina algae to colour this top, in a bid to show how fashion could move away from its reliance on black pigments made from heavy crude oil. More about Vollebak tints T-shirt using carbon-storing algae ink
Consumers could change the colour of their cars, shoes, clothes or other belongings at will, using a new light-responsive ink from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More about MIT creates reprogrammable ink to make objects change colour
Dutch designer Kelly Gijsen has collaborated with startup company Graviky Labs to create a range of scarves that are patterned with ink made from carbon emissions. More about Kelly Gijsen patterns cotton scarves using ink made from pollution
Researchers from MIT's Media Lab have developed a tattoo ink that changes colour according to varying glucose and pH levels inside the body. More about MIT researchers develop tattoo inks that could act as health trackers
An Indian startup company has developed a method for transforming carbon emissions from vehicles and chimneys into ink, and is now selling it in the form of pens. More about Graviky Labs captures air pollution and turns it into ink
Barcelona design studio Goula/Figuera has created a collection of hanging lights that are based on thousands of drawings. More about Goula/Figuera's modular lights resemble geometric ink illustrations
Austrian men's magazine Vangardist has printed an edition using ink infused with the blood of HIV-positive people to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. More about Vangardist magazine prints 3000 copies with HIV+ blood-infused ink
Alchemist Lauren Bowker applied heat-sensitive ink to a sculptural leather garment and used fire to alter its colour during a presentation for her company The Unseen (+ movie). More about Colour-changing ink transforms flame-engulfed headdress by Lauren Bowker
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Eindhoven, design graduates Aagje Hoekstra and Evelien Crooy show us the bioplastic and ink made from insects that they presented at this year's Dutch Design Week. More about Young designers transform beetles into plastic and printing ink
Dutch Design Week 2013: graphic design graduate Evelien Crooy has made her own ink from insects and used it to screen-print the cover of a book about the creatures. More about Ink made from insects by Evelien Crooy
Utrecht studio Today Designers has created a book of nautical tales that smells like the sea because it's printed with squid ink. More about Naar Inkt Vissen book printed with squid ink by Today Designers
French designer Jean-Sébastien Lagrange has created a cross between a poster and a lamp. More about L-INK lamp poster by Jean-Sébastien Lagrange
Spanish designer Oscar Diaz has designed a calendar that uses the capillary action of ink spreading across paper to display the date. More about Ink Calendar by Oscar Diaz
Swedish fashion designer Sandra Backlund has sent us photos of her Ink Blot Collection, which won the top prize at the international fashion festival at Hyères, France, in May. More about Ink Blot Collection by Sandra Backlund