First the connected home; now the connected garden: designer Yves Behar and entrepreneur Jason Aramburu have created products that monitor soil conditions and automatically water plants when they get thirsty (+ movie). More about Yves Behar moves towards the connected garden with Edyn
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: this new movie by White Arkitekter reveals the firm's masterplan for the relocation of an entire Swedish city, before continued iron ore mining destabilises the ground beneath it (+ movie). More about White Arkitekter unveils masterplan for Swedish city relocation
Inside Festival 2014: in this movie Voon Wong of VW+BS says he'll be looking for interiors projects that respond intelligently to their physical and cultural context as jury member for this year's Inside Festival. More about Good interior design must be "appropriate to its context"
Dezeen Music Project: an animated unicorn and various other characters shimmy and shake along to Basement Jaxx's latest track in this music video by director Tomek Ducki. More about Unicorn chases its horn in Tomek Ducki's animation for Basement Jaxx
Interconnected brass poles loop over hooks on the walls and ceiling of this Beirut boutique by Lebanese architects Ghaith & Jad to form a suspended clothes rail (+ movie). More about Ghaith & Jad build brass rod installation inside Beirut boutique
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the second part of our interview with Rachel Armstrong, the senior University of Greenwich lecturer explains how a synthetic "limestone-like" support structure could be grown underneath Venice to prevent the city's foundations being eroded. More about Growing a "giant artificial reef" could stop Venice sinking
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: developing "living architecture" could help humanity survive, claims senior University of Greenwich lecturer Rachel Armstrong, who is investigating how we could grow a city in space. More about "Growing a city from the bottom up" could save the human race
Dezeen Music Project: a character made from yellow wool unwinds in this heart-wrenching stop-motion music video created by animator Ainslie Henderson for UK band James. More about Music video for James' new single Moving On is a stop-motion meditation on life and death
Milan 2014: Marc Viardot of Swiss bathroom brand Laufen explains the concept behind two installations by Konstantin Grcic and Toan Nguyen, which showcased the company's new slimline SaphirKeramik product in Milan (+ movie). More about Bathrooms aren't getting bigger; good design is about "optimising the space"
Milan Expo 2015: New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind has proposed a twisted reptilian structure for the first ever expo pavilion for a stand-alone Chinese company (+ movie). More about Daniel Libeskind designs Milan Expo pavilion for Chinese developer Vanke
New York 2014: Canadian design brand Umbra has launched its Umbra Shift platform at ICFF in New York, with a range of products that includes the Hanger Chair by London designer Philippe Malouin. More about Philippe Malouin's Hanger Chair goes into production with Umbra Shift
Here's the design that didn't win: architect David Adjaye and designer Ron Arad have revealed their shortlisted entry for Canada's National Holocaust Monument competition, which was beaten by a star-shaped design from Daniel Libeskind (+ movie). More about David Adjaye and Ron Arad reveal defeated National Holocaust Monument design
British designer Sebastian Cox has used coppiced timber sourced from cultivated woodland to create this collection for UK furniture brand Benchmark (+ movie). More about Sebastian Cox pairs coppiced chestnut and ash for furniture collection
In this movie directed by Maite Felices, Nipa Doshi of London studio Doshi Levien talks about their intricately embroidered rugs handmade in India for Spanish brand Nanimarquina. More about Doshi Levien's rugs for Nanimarquina capture the "joy and celebration of the Rabari"
Milan 2014: Oki Sato of Nendo explains the concept behind the SU stool, which is based on American furniture company Emeco's iconic Navy Chair and features interchangeable seats made from recycled and reclaimed materials (+ movie). More about Emeco's eco-friendly stool by Nendo is "a system rather than a single piece of furniture"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: scanning people's brains to learn about their preferences "opens up new possibilities" for designers, according to Merel Bekking, who has designed a range of "perfect" products based on data from MRI scans.
More about Brain scanning could be used to design "scientifically perfect" products
Dezeen exclusive: Zaha Hadid Architects has released a movie documenting the spaces of the firm's recently completed Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT) in Hong Kong, as well as new shots by photographer Iwan Baan. More about Zaha Hadid's Hong Kong Innovation Tower laid bare in new movie and photographs
Designer Ivor Williams has created a clock that displays your heartbeat instead of the time (+ interview + movie). More about Uji wall clock moves its hands in time with your heartbeat
Red, blue and green lights moving across a faceted triangular structure created multicoloured shadows in this installation by Australian lighting specialist Flynn Talbot (+ movie). More about RGB lighting installation by Flynn Talbot casts multicoloured shadows
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: computer scientist Hiroshi Ishii claims MIT Media Lab's Transform project consisting of thousands of physical, motorised "pixels" should be considered a completely new creative medium. More about MIT Media Lab's shape-shifting table top is "equivalent to the invention of painting"