For her graduate work at the Royal College of Art, Dani Clode created a wearable third thumb that can help its user carry more objects, squeeze lemons or play complex chords on the guitar. More about Controllable Third Thumb lets wearers extend their natural abilities
Designed by Royal College of Art graduate Elena Larriba, Vycle is a pedal-powered, vertical transportation system that offers a space-saving alternative to lifts and stairs. More about Vertical transportation concept allows city dwellers to cycle up skyscrapers
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores the "aquatecture" of Baca Architects, which includes plans for floating houses, villages and even a Grand Prix track. More about Baca Architects proposes floating settlements to combat overcrowding in cities
The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative series investigates a design for a hydroponic vertical farm nestled among the skyscrapers of Shanghai. More about Vertical farm designed to produce food amidst Shanghai's skyscrapers
Clerkenwell Design Week is in full swing. Find out what exhibitions and installations there are to see in this short movie Dezeen produced for the London festival. More about Take a tour of Clerkenwell Design Week's installations and exhibitions
A skyscraper 3D prints modular homes and dispenses them like a vending machine in the latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative video series. More about Pod Vending Machine concept by Haseef Rafiei tackles housing demand by printing modular homes
Our next Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative video explores Carlo Ratti's proposals to replace traditional heating and cooling systems with personalised environments for different occupants in a building. More about Carlo Ratti aims to reduce energy use with personalised heating and cooling systems
In this captioned movie, Hay co-founder Rolf Hay visits the factory where his latest chair is being made, as part of the Ypperlig furniture collection that the Danish brand is launching with IKEA. More about Behind-the-scenes footage reveals manufacturing of IKEA and Hay chair
Our first Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative video explores Italian architect Stefano Boeri's radical proposals to build "forest cities" to combat urban pollution. More about Stefano Boeri envisions entire cities filled with tree-covered skyscrapers
One-minute movie: Swiss architecture firm Gramazio Kohler Architects and roboticist Raffaello D’Andrea have collaborated with ETH Zürich to investigate how drones can be programmed to "weave" simple tensile structures in the air.
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More about Drones can weave tensile architectural structuresOne-minute movie: this shingled timber pavilion was created by ETH Zurich students using robotic fabrication techniques they developed to minimise waste during construction. More about ETH Zurich students create shingle-clad pavilion using robotic fabrication
One-minute movie: this smart bike helmet – which won the transport design category at the 2016 Beazley Designs of the Year awards – features embedded brake lights and indicators to let nearby drivers know when the cyclist is turning or braking. More about Award-winning Lumos smart bike helmet incorporates brake lights and indicators
One-minute movie: Chinese University of Hong Kong students created this curving pavilion from bent bamboo poles and translucent fabric to host a series of events that promote low-carbon living and construction. More about Students erect arching bamboo events pavilion in Hong Kong
One-minute movie: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Yi-Fei Chen has designed a gun that collects tears, freezes them and then fires them as bullets, in response to a altercation with a tutor. More about Yi-Fei Chen designs a gun that collects tears and uses them as bullets
One-minute movie: this gabled garden shed in Eindhoven has been designed with walls that slide along runners to create different layouts. More about Timber and glass walls slide to reveal or enclose Caspar Schols' Garden House
One-minute movie: a Japanese man fascinated by joinery techniques set up a Twitter account filled with hypnotic gifs illustrating how timber joints slot together. More about Tetris-like gifs animate traditional Japanese joinery techniques
One-minute movie: in this exclusive movie for Dezeen, Bjarke Ingels explains how his firm BIG created an undulating pavilion on the lawn of the Serpentine Gallery using thousands of fibreglass blocks stacked on top of each other.
More about Bjarke Ingels creates huge Serpentine Gallery Pavilion using fibreglass boxesOne-minute movie: Rolls-Royce has designed its first ever concept car with a built-in "red carpet", as a vision for a future of driverless luxury vehicles. More about Rolls-Royce unveils its first driverless concept car design
One-minute movie: London studio VRtisan claims its virtual reality technology will allow architects and designers to create buildings and products intuitively in 3D space around them. More about VRtisan develops new virtual reality tools for architects
One-minute movie: Pete Ceglinski and Andrew Turton's Seabin features a submersible pump that continuously sucks water into the device, separating rubbish and harmful liquids from seawater. More about Australian surfers design floating bin that filters rubbish from the ocean