Screenplay by Oyler Wu Collective
Architects Oyler Wu Collaborative wound more than 13,000 metres of rope through steel frames to create this screen wall for Dwell on Design 2012 in Los Angeles (+ movie). More about Screenplay by Oyler Wu Collective
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Kinetic Rain by ART+COM
German design collective ART+COM have installed over a thousand rising and falling metal raindrops in Singapore's Changi Airport (+ movie). More about Kinetic Rain by ART+COM
Telling the Truth Through False Teeth by Alex Chinneck
Hackney-based artist Alex Chinneck has fitted identically smashed windows into a derelict factory just a mile away from the Olympic Stadium (+ slideshow). More about Telling the Truth Through False Teeth by Alex Chinneck
The Weather Yesterday by Troika
London design studio Troika have been poking fun at the British obsession with the weather with their lighting installation in an east London park. More about The Weather Yesterday by Troika
Proposal for Resuscitating Prehistoric Creatures by Marguerite Humeau
Designer Marguerite Humeau has reconstructed the vocal tracts of prehistoric creatures to capture the shrieks and grunts they might have made (+ slideshow + movie). More about Proposal for Resuscitating Prehistoric Creatures by Marguerite Humeau
The Commune by Geneva University of Art and Design students
Students at the Geneva University of Art and Design have formed a travelling commune inside a collection of shipping containers and have been staging performances around Switzerland. More about The Commune by Geneva University of Art and Design students
Lotus Sculpture by Gerry Judah
Designer Gerry Judah has created this white knotted sculpture of a race track for car brand Lotus at Goodwood Festival of Speed, which took place in West Sussex last weekend. More about Lotus Sculpture by Gerry Judah
Chocolate Mill by Wieki Somers at the Vitra Design Museum
Thin layers are gradually shaved away from a cylindrical block of chocolate to reveal the embedded geometric patterns in this installation by Dutch designer Wieki Somers at the Vitra Design Museum (+ movie). More about Chocolate Mill by Wieki Somers at the Vitra Design Museum
Based on a Grid by Esther Stocker
Artist Esther Stocker has built a disjointed grid of black blocks across the floor, walls and ceiling of Z33 – House for Contemporary Art in Hasselt, Belgium. More about Based on a Grid by Esther Stocker
Collective Works by Mischer'Traxler
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: Vienna designers Mischer'Traxler present a basket-making machine that stops working when nobody's looking at Clerkenwell Design Week in London this week. More about Collective Works by Mischer'Traxler
Designer arrested for "planting false bombs" in New York
Dezeen Wire: Japanese designer Takeshi Miyakawa has been accused of planting false bombs and arrested while installing his work in a New York street during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. More about Designer arrested for "planting false bombs" in New York
Future Self by rAndom International, Wayne McGregor and Max Richter
Interactive designers rAndom International have created a lighting installation that can map and replicate human movement. More about Future Self by rAndom International, Wayne McGregor and Max Richter
Balanced by Mischer’Traxler at Wait and See
Milan 2012: process and outcome are literally given equal weighting in this installation of work by Vienna designers Mischer’Traxler, shown on weighing scales at Wait and See shop in Milan this week. More about Balanced by Mischer’Traxler at Wait and See
The Front Room: Geometry and Colour
Milan 2012: 14 young designers come together to create an ideal living space for an exhibition called The Front Room: Geometry and Colour inside a listed Milanese house this week. More about The Front Room: Geometry and Colour
La Cura by Studio Toogood at MOST
Milan 2012: weary fair-goers in Milan can relax and recharge at an installation by Studio Toogood at MOST this week, guided through a healing performance by mysterious helpers dressed in white. More about La Cura by Studio Toogood at MOST
Hacked Lab at La Rinascente
Milan 2012: this week visitors to La Rinascente department store in Milan have been trading souvenirs from the moon, making plastic from plants and learning how to download a house, courtesy of Hacked Lab curated by Beatrice Galilee. More about Hacked Lab at La Rinascente
La Cura by Studio Toogood at MOST
Milan 2012: London designers Studio Toogood will create a "hospital for the senses" at MOST in Milan next month as an antidote to the hustle and bustle of the furniture fair. More about La Cura by Studio Toogood at MOST
Designed in Hackney: Luminous Lace by Loop.pH
Designed in Hackney: next up in our showcase of design talent from Olympic host borough Hackney is Stoke Newington studio Loop.pH, who have installed this umbrella-like canopy of illuminated lace at the entrance to London's Kensington Palace. More about Designed in Hackney: Luminous Lace by Loop.pH
Tuft Pula byNumen/For Use
Slideshow: Croatian-Austrian design collective Numen/For Use have suspended carpet-lined cocoons from the ceiling of a former church in Pula, Croatia. More about Tuft Pula byNumen/For Use
Laputa by Outofstock
Singapore and Barcelona designers Outofstock presented floating islands made of crumpled copper and moss during the International Furniture Fair Singapore this month. More about Laputa by Outofstock