Designer Irakli Sabekia has developed a device that can turn the border fence between Russia and his native Georgia into a radio transmitter. More about Irakli Sabekia turns razor wire fence into radio transmitter
The Growing Pavilion is a temporary events space at Dutch Design Week constructed with panels grown from mushroom mycelium supported on a timber frame. More about Pavilion grown from mycelium acts as pop-up performance space at Dutch Design Week
Designer Iker Gil and Luftwerk have projected a grid of red lasers across Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House to highlight the building's geometric form and its history. More about Geometry of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House illuminated with red lasers
American artist Doug Aitken explores the nature of freedom in a world dominated by technology in his Return to the Real exhibition, which is on show at London's Victoria Miro gallery. More about Doug Aitken creates "a portrait of the present" with luminous sculptures
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort teamed up with Google's Hardware Design Studio to curate this Tokyo exhibition demonstrating how the company's latest products can be integrated into living spaces. More about Li Edelkoort curates "contemplative installation" showing Google devices in everyday settings
Interior design studio Roman and Williams has installed cabinets inside its New York showroom that are filled with tchotchkes coloured to match a new paint palette by Farrow & Ball. More about Roman and Williams installs cabinet of curiosities inside Soho furniture shop
Amsterdam-based Studio Drift has created an installation of 3,000 blue blocks, which each represent the plastic used to make an individual supermarket bag, at the Van Abbemuseum for Dutch Design Week. More about Studio Drift reduces plastic bags into blocks for Materialism installation
Los Angeles-based artist Lucy McRae has created a machine she calls the Compression Carpet, which offers a hug to a person craving intimacy. More about Lucy McRae creates hugging machine as an antidote to the "touch crisis"
Halo by Seoul-based art studio Kimchi and Chips features 99 robotic mirrors that move continuously throughout the day, following the sun like sunflowers. More about Robotic mirrors follow the sun in installation by Kimchi and Chips
Mexico City design studio Davidpompa has added a slender floor lamp and a small table lamp to its Origo collection made from volcanic rock, which it showed in a shipper container. More about Davidpompa shows Origo lights in shipping container for Mexico City design week
Second Life showcases the works of Mexican architects and designers at the modernist Casa Möbius on the outskirts of Mexico City as part of the city's design week. More about Modernist Casa Möbius reinvigorated with contemporary designs for Mexico City's design week
B+P Architects has used swooping swathes of paper to form a temporary exhibition design in a former military building in Taiwan. More about Sheets of paper form a floating backdrop to design exhibition in Taiwan
This installation by South Korean studio ArchiWorkshop involved wrapping the interior of an abandoned house in Seoul in a layer of gauzy fabric to evoke a shamanistic death ritual. More about ArchiWorkshop holds funeral for Seoul house by wrapping it in gauze
LED lights on a plus-shaped installation floating on Manhattan's East River change colour based on the water quality conditions. More about Floating + Pool Light installation illuminates the East River to test and report on water quality
Architecture firm Snøhetta has installed a smile-shaped aluminium bench at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to promote "a message of peace and conflict resolution." More about Snøhetta installs curved Best Weapon bench to encourage conversations at UN Headquarters
Jon Emmony has installed a five-storey augmented reality experience, called Digital Falls, in the atrium of Selfridges department store in London. More about Jon Emmony designs "Europe's largest AR experience" for Selfridges
A five-sided pyramid with cutouts influenced by constellations was created to pay homage to heroic woman during this year's Burning Man festival. More about Architect John Marx reimagines a Greek myth for Burning Man pavilion
An extensive exhibition of Charlotte Perriand's work at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris reveals the art-filled interiors and architectural scale of the French designer's expansive life and career. More about Charlotte Perriand retrospective opens at Fondation Louis Vuitton
Kirkby Design has given a 1967 London Underground carriage a candy-coloured overhaul by upholstering it in the brand's Underground Vol. II fabric collection. More about Kirkby Design gives 1960s Tube carriage pastel-coloured revamp
Graffiti artist Banksy has launched his own merchandise line, with items on sale for as little as £10, to protect his brand against a greeting-card company that is trying to "seize legal custody" of his name. More about Banksy launches range of branded merchandise to maintain custody of his name