Designer Mary Katrantzou's London Fashion Week show took place on a foil-covered catwalk in front of a wall of silvery balloons, created by Paris studio Bureau Betak at Central Saint Martins arts college. More about Bureau Betak uses silver balloons as backdrop for Mary Katrantzou's "prom night" fashion show
Colourful illuminated surfaces based on 8-bit graphics and Rubik's cubes formed the backdrop for designer Anya Hindmarch's London Fashion Week catwalk show (+ slideshow). More about INCA Productions creates pixelated set for Anya Hindmarch's Autumn Winter 2016 fashion show
Milan 2016: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed this year's Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS, which will feature cones of light created by spotlights. More about Sou Fujimoto to create "forest of light" for COS installation in Milan
A transparent sauna that exposes its bathers and a charred timber globe offering refuge from the chilly weather are among this year's Winter Stations installations on the shores of Lake Ontario (+ slideshow). More about Winter follies open along the frozen beaches of Canada's Lake Ontario
A shadowy room with gabion walls and a suspended canopy made of wooden slats are among the winners of a juried competition to design installations for this year's International Garden Festival, in Quebec, Canada. More about Installations for Quebec garden festival to include stone pavilion and suspended cone
Stockholm 2016: Lotta Agaton of Swedish interiors magazine Residence has curated a selection of products by Note Design Studio for an exhibition of styled scenes at Stockholm's ArkDes architecture museum. More about Residence Magazine highlights importance of styling with Note Design Studio exhibition
Tokyo architect Fumihiko Sano used Japanese design brand Muji's popular steel shelving system to create this room-like installation for an exhibition exploring standard units of measurement (+ slideshow). More about Muji shelving units combine to create a living space in Fumihiko Sano's installation
Architect Gabriel Calatrava, son of Santiago Calatrava, has designed a rope installation for a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's chamber music for the 92Y cultural center in New York (+ slideshow). More about Gabriel Calatrava designs stretchy rope installation for classical music performance
Each stone that makes up this fan-shaped memorial by Koishikawa Architects represents one of the 18,000 victims of Japan's most powerful earthquake (+ slideshow). More about Stone memorial by Koishikawa Architects marks the 2011 Japan earthquake
Stuttgart architect Achim Menges has developed designs for a robot-fabricated pavilion based on the wings of flying beetles, which will be erected in the V&A museum courtyard in London. More about Robot-built pavilion proposed by Achim Menges for V&A museum courtyard
Mexico City-based Escobedo Soliz Studio has won this year's MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program contest, with plans to create a colourful woven canopy and a paddling pool in the New York gallery's courtyard (+ slideshow). More about Escobedo Soliz to create "cloud of ropes" for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
This stack of mirrored boxes modelled on the biblical Tower of Babel is programmed to slowly rotate, reflecting changing views of the Iranian desert terrain and sky (+ movie). More about Babel Tower spins to reflect Iran's desert landscape
New York office Studio KCA has created a conch-shaped, metal pavilion for NASA that provides visitors an opportunity to listen to the sound of satellites orbiting the earth (+ movie). More about Orbit Pavilion by Studio KCA broadcasts sounds of NASA satellites in outerspace
Artist Ai Weiwei has used traditional Chinese kite-making techniques to create mythological characters and creatures for windows, atriums and the gallery at Paris department store Le Bon Marché (+ slideshow). More about Ai Weiwei installs monstrous sculptures at Le Bon Marché to "speak to our inner child"
German designer Werner Aisslinger has built a cabin covered in colourful Kvadrat textiles for the Danish brand's stand at this year's imm Cologne furniture fair (+ slideshow). More about Werner Aisslinger creates upholstered hut for Kvadrat's Garden of Wonders display stand
Theatres built for public trials of heretics informed Dutch studio AMO's set design for Italian fashion house Prada's Autumn Winter 2016 catwalk presentations (+ slideshow). More about AMO builds public penance theatre for Prada's Autumn Winter 2016 fashion shows
American artist Janet Echelman has suspended a billowing woven sculpture based on data captured from the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami above London's busy Oxford Circus junction (+ slideshow). More about Janet Echelman's illuminated 1.8 installation billows above London's Oxford Circus
Studio Cullen Williams created a series of white podiums for the presentation of British outwear brand Mackintosh's Autumn Winter 2016 range during London Collections: Men (+ slideshow). More about Mackintosh AW16 presentation takes place on minimal platforms by Studio Cullen Williams
US design collaborative Collective-LOK has won this year's competition to create a public installation for New York's Times Square in celebration of Valentine's Day. More about Collective-LOK designs kissing booths for New York's Times Square
Architects and designers have created quirky obstacles based on features of Los Angeles for a temporary mini-golf range at the city's Materials & Applications gallery (+ slideshow). More about Architects design fantastical crazy-golf courses for Turf exhibition in Los Angeles