London Design Festival 2014: a vacuum chamber that wraps performers in silver foil material forms the centrepiece for an installation by Lucy McRae that imagines a future where space travel is common but requires physical preparation (+ slideshow). More about Lucy McRae envisions a human vacuum chamber for the future of space travel
Letters from the Hollywood sign appeared to have toppled from their position in the Santa Monica Mountains, as part of an installation by London studio Ordinary Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Ordinary Architecture stages Hollywood sign hoax in Los Angeles
London Design Festival 2014: artist Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert explains the concept behind his glass installation at the V&A in this movie produced by Dezeen for champagne brand Perrier-Jouët. More about Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert installs "simple, geometric shapes" at London's V&A
London Design Festival 2014: designers including Jasper Morrison and Ilse Crawford have installed their interpretations of "home" inside house-shaped pavilions in London's Trafalgar Square (+ slideshow). More about Designers interpret "home" for Airbnb Trafalgar Square installation
London Design Festival 2014: Ace Hotel Shoreditch London is hosting Super Stimuli and the Extra-Ordinary Gallery, a series of installations including flower displays by Bethan Laura Wood, ceramics by Max Lamb and furniture by Martino Gamper (+ slideshow). More about Fabrica and Modern Design Review curate installations at Ace Hotel Shoreditch
London Design Festival 2014: a spinning disk covered in changing glowing patterns illuminates the dimly lit Tapestry Gallery in London's V&A museum (+ movie). More about Candela installation creates luminous patterns as it spins inside dark V&A gallery
An interactive installation in Lisbon aims to encourage pedestrians to wait until it's safe to cross the road by making the traffic lights "dance" using motion capture technology (+ movie). More about Interactive dancing traffic lights make waiting more entertaining
London Design Festival 2014: British designer Sebastian Wrong has added a number of fresh pieces to his collaboration with Danish design brand Hay, adding to the collection that debuted in London last year (+ slideshow). More about Sebastian Wrong debuts new Wrong for Hay designs at pop-up restaurant
London Design Festival 2014: paintings in the V&A museum's Raphael Gallery are reflected in two huge mirrored structures in this installation by London design duo Barber and Osgerby. More about Barber and Osgerby's giant rotating mirrors reflect Raphael paintings inside the V&A
London Design Festival 2014: architect Zaha Hadid has installed a shimmering "bridge" to cross a reflecting pool in the V&A museum's John Madejski Garden (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid installs aluminium wave over pool in V&A museum garden
Visitors to Korea's National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art can now frolic over and amongst a field of mushroom-shaped inflatables based on the landscape of a Korean fairy tale (+ slideshow). More about Moon Ji Bang installs a field of mushroom-shaped balloons outside a Seoul museum
Design duo Something & Son has created a sustainable farming initiative on a rooftop in Folkestone, England, but has concealed it behind a traditional fish and chip shop facade (+ slideshow + interview). More about Rooftop fish and chip shop by Something & Son is (slowly) growing its own produce
Couples staying at a temporary hotel suite in Helsinki partake in a ménage à trois with a historic statue that's positioned in the middle of the bed. More about Tatzu Nishi builds Hotel Manta around a nude sculpture
London Design Festival 2014: in this movie produced by Dezeen for Perrier-Jouët, glass artist Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert shows us the factory where the glass is being made for his upcoming installation at the V&A. More about Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert to create mouth-blown glass installation at the V&A
Visitors to Venice's Palazzo Grassi become immersed within a space that appears to have no boundaries in an installation created by American artist Doug Wheeler in the gallery's atrium (+ slideshow). More about Doug Wheeler creates illusion of infinite white space inside Venetian palazzo
Detroit studio Rootoftwo has installed weather vanes shaped like headless chickens on five buildings in Folkestone, England, which spin around and change colour in response to fear levels on the internet rather than the climate (+ slideshow). More about Headless rooftop chickens by Rootoftwo respond to internet panic levels
Visitors to the Folkestone Triennial opening this weekend are invited to climb inside a three-dimensional bamboo lattice built by Dutch artist Gabriel Lester over a harbour railway viaduct (+ slideshow). More about Bamboo lattice by Gabriel Lester perches over a Folkestone railway viaduct
London artist Pablo Bronstein has created a combined lighthouse and beach hut for the Folkestone Triennial, incorporating exaggerated features that reference the work of 18th century architect Nicholas Hawksmoor. More about Pablo Bronstein honours Nicholas Hawksmoor with lighthouse/beach hut hybrid in Folkestone
Swiss artist Zimoun has used motors to add jostling and spinning motions to three installations made up of cardboard boxes (+ movies). More about Zimoun uses motors to create moving cardboard installations
Dutch artist Krijn de Koning has created a labyrinthine walkway between brightly coloured walls on a terrace at the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate, England (+ slideshow). More about Krijn de Koning builds colourful architectural structures at Turner Contemporary