Promotion: musical instrument manufacturer Roland and renowned Japanese furniture company Karimoku have unveiled two pianos designed to blend analogue and digital technology with traditional and cutting-edge craftsmanship. More about Roland and Karimoku design artisanal Kiyola digital pianos crafted with techniques "refined over a thousand years"
Set design studio Stufish has created a piano that projects lasers beams over the audience at British rapper Dave's concert in London. More about Stufish illuminates Dave's London show with laser-shooting piano
American interior designer Kelly Wearstler has made her first foray into musical instruments with Timbra, a rimless piano informed by the fluidity of sand dunes. More about Kelly Wearstler's first-ever piano features "sensual and unexpected" curves
Pianos hang from the ceiling like carcasses in a slaughterhouse in an exhibition by Dutch designer Maarten Baas, at Galerie Ron Mandos in Amsterdam. More about Maarten Baas hangs pianos from hooks in Crescendo! exhibition
Hungarian pianist Gergely Bogányi has redesigned the grand piano to improve the quality of the sound produced, resulting in an unusual sculptural form (+ movie). More about Musician Gergely Bogányi offers a curvaceous take on the traditional grand piano