Kazuyo Sejima to design mirrored Japanese commuter train
Architect Kazuyo Sejima has unveiled her design for a Japanese commuter train with semi-transparent and mirrored surfaces designed to help it blend in with the surrounding landscape. More
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Nendo designs 50 chairs based on Japanese manga comics
Milan 2016: Japanese design studio Nendo has created a series of 50 chairs, which are each based on the abstract lines and grids used in graphics for manga-style comic books. More
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Babel Tower spins to reflect Iran's desert landscape
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
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Färg & Blanche indents surrounds for Succession mirrors by binding leather
Stockholm 2016: Swedish studio Färg & Blanche has added to its Succession collection of furniture with a set of mirrors that feature leather frames with criss-crossed indentations. More
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Stonefox debuts faceted Identity Check mirrors
New York architecture studio Stonefox has designed a collection of sculptural, faceted mirrors that distort a viewer's likeness. More
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Simple reflective shapes form Elkeland's Mirror Mobiles
Northmodern 2016: Danish studio Elkeland has created a series of mirrored mobiles made up geometric shapes that are designed to "interfere with the perception of space". More
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Inga Sempé wraps ribbon around Ruban mirrors for Hay
French designer Inga Sempé has created a collection of rectangular mirrors framed by brightly coloured ribbon for Danish brand Hay. More
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314 Architecture Studio designs Greek optometrist's store to look like a gallery
Athens-based 314 Architecture Studio has converted a listed building in Chalkida, Greece, into an eyewear store, pairing mirrored furniture with white surfaces. More
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Sculptural mirrors frame spaces in Zurich barbershop by Wülser Bechtel Architekten
Wülser Bechtel Architekten has completed a male hair groomers in Zurich featuring a pair of sculptural mirrors and a floor that reveals traces of the building's history (+ slideshow). More
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Jaime Hayón designs giant mask-like mirror for Funtastico exhibition
Israel's Design Museum Holon is hosting an exhibition covering 10 years work by Spanish designer Jamie Hayón, including a new mirror designed to resemble an animal mask. More
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SO-IL creates flexible light-filled showroom for Versace's New York headquarters
New York studio SO-IL has completed a Manhattan showroom for Italian fashion house Versace, featuring movable white displays and columns sheathed in mirrors (+ slideshow). More
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Nendo adds reflective surfaces to offices and cafe in Kenzo Tange's Tokyo arts centre
Japanese design studio Nendo has completed a set of mirrored interiors for a cafe and office in Tokyo's Kenzo Tange-designed Sogetsu Kaikan building (+ slideshow). More
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Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe's mirrored concept car provides "unobstructed views" from inside
Dutch Design Week 2015: design duo Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe have created a concept car made from reflective cuboids, as part of a series exploring the future of vehicles for Swedish company Volvo. More
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i29 uses multicoloured walls and mirrored volumes to create temporary exhibition space
Dutch interior architecture studio i29 combined contrasting block colours and mirrored walls to create this pavilion for an annual design fair in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More
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Oscar Diaz designs mirror that can be positioned at four different angles
London Design Festival 2015: London designer Oscar Diaz's Volume table mirror has a multi-angled base that allows it to be placed horizontally and vertically (+ slideshow). More
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Pedro Barata transforms shipping container into "world's biggest periscope"
Architectural firm Pedro Barata e Arquitetos Associados has created a 12-metre-tall periscope in Brazil using a shipping container stood on its end. More
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Fontaine/Fortin/Labelle creates Pomo-inspired entrance to Quebec passageway
Pomo summer: design collective Fontaine/Fortin/Labelle has blocked both ends of a lane in Quebec's Quartier Création with a Postmodern-influenced installation of colourful walls and geometric doorways (+ slideshow). More
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Pattersons Associates uses stainless steel to create shimmering art museum devoted to Len Lye
The reflective stainless steel skin of the new Len Lye Museum in New Plymouth, New Zealand pays tribute to the work of the experimental artist known for his kinetic and multimedia pieces. More
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Raum404 creates freestanding mirrors and furniture for Zurich hair salon
Steel sections form triangular frames for mirrors and matching furniture at a minimal hairdressers in Zurich by local studio Raum404 (+ slideshow). More
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Invisible Barn is a mirror-clad folly camouflaged among the trees of a California forest
Mirrors clad the walls and rooftops of this woodland installation by architecture studio STMPJ, so that at first glance visitors might think its timber-lined windows and doorways are floating in midair (+ slideshow). More
