This captioned movie shows an ovoid micro home by Slovakian firm Nice Architects, which was designed to allow its owners to be self-sustainable and move where they want. More about Egg-shaped micro home allows inhabitants to live off-grid
Brisbane-based artist Michael Candy has proposed a method of artificial pollination using 3D-printed robotic flowers, in a bid to help increase the dwindling bee population. More about Synthetic Polleniser could help depleting bee population
The next instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an experimental apartment by Swedish firm White Arkitekter, which can be reconfigured according to the needs of its residents. More about Reconfigurable apartment allows residents to transform their living spaces
New Orleans firm Trahan Architects has completed a visitor centre for an 18th-century plantation in Louisiana, using translucent glazing to blur views of occupants from the outside "like an impressionist painting". More about Staggered glass walls front visitor centre at Louisiana plantation house
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an unused space beneath a highway in Toronto, which is being overhauled to create a new park complete with an ice-skating track. More about Ice-skating trail transforms unused space beneath Toronto highway
MIT has taken the first steps towards turning plants into functional lighting by embedding the firefly enzyme in the leaves of a watercress plant. More about MIT engineers transform plants into lights
Dezeen has teamed up with French illustrator Jean Jullien and his animator brother Nicolas to create this exclusive film, in which Emeco CEO Gregg Buchbinder tells the story behind five of the American furniture brand's chairs. More about Jean and Nicolas Jullien create playful animations to illustrate the story of Emeco
Eco-minded designers have admitted to feeling guilty about creating products that help deplete resources and cause pollution at our Good Design for a Bad World talks in Eindhoven. More about "Should we feel guilty for causing pollution? Oh yeah!" admit green designers
This drone footage shows the promenade along Chicago's riverfront, a year after its transformation by firms Sasaki and Ross Barney Architects into a public space with fishing platforms and kayaking spots. More about Drone footage captures bustling Chicago Riverwalk one year after completion
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal by creative agency Framlab to house the homeless population of New York in parasitic pods attached to the outside of existing buildings. More about Parasitic pods attached to buildings could house New York's homeless
This captioned movie features recent drone footage of the V&A Museum of Design Dundee, showing that the Kengo Kuma-designed building is nearly complete. More about Drone footage shows the V&A Dundee nearing completion
This captioned movie shows the Little Ripper, a rescue drone belonging to coastguard services in New South Wales in Australia, which saved two teenage swimmers stuck in a rip current by dropping an inflatable rescue pod down to them. More about Little Ripper drone saves two teenage swimmers in world-first rescue
This captioned movie shows an underwater installation by artist Doug Aitken, which involved anchoring three mirrored geodesic domes to the seabed near Catalina Island in California, and inviting people to swim inside. More about Doug Aitken installs geodesic pavilions under the sea
British architecture firm Foster + Partners has unveiled a new headquarters for golfing association PGA Tour in northeast Florida, featuring an expansive overhanging roof. More about Foster + Partners designs headquarters for golf's PGA Tour in Florida
This captioned movie shows workers unfolding a flat-pack MADI – a modular, earthquake-resistant house that the manufacturer claims can be constructed within six hours. More about Flat-pack MADI houses can be assembled in six hours
This captioned one-minute movie features a project called 20 by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Mirjam de Bruijn, who created capsules that turn into everyday sustainable household products when mixed with water. More about This movie shows how household products could look in the future
Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect the San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route, and a highway for autonomous vehicles. More about BIG unveils scheme to protect San Francisco creek from flooding
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal for an office tower that doubles as a vertical farm, by Swedish architecture firm Plantagon. More about Plantagon designs office block containing a 60-metre-high urban farm
In this one-minute movie shot by Dezeen, architect Sam Jacobs unveils his collaboration with MINI Living. It features an urban cabin exploring how we may live in cities in the future. More about Sam Jacobs talks about the future of Urban Living
Aircraft manufacturer Bell Helicopter has revealed the cabin for an electric, self-piloting air taxi at the Consumer Electronics Show, designed for Uber's scheduled 2020 aircraft taxi service. More about Uber's electric flying taxi by Bell Helicopter debuts at CES