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
This captioned movie shows experimental musicians Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto recording their latest album inside Philip Johnson's Glass House, which at the time was hosting an installation by artist Yayoi Kusama. More about Movie shows experimental musicians recording inside Philip Johnson's Glass House
Car company Toyota has unveiled an autonomous, fully electric concept vehicle that could function as a communal taxi, delivery truck or mobile shop, depending on the time of day. More about Toyota reveals vision for driverless vehicles that switch function on demand
Japanese art collective TeamLab has used lighting to create a sea of spiralling whirlpools inside a Melbourne art museum. More about TeamLab creates interactive whirlpools inside National Gallery of Victoria
Our next Dezeen x MINI Living video explores a modular urban farming system called Growmore, which allows people living in cities to build mini gardens from a series of simple plywood planters. More about Urban gardening system Growmore helps city dwellers build mini local farms
Scent and coloured lights could be used to reduce aggression in city streets, according to a crowd-behaviour expert who spoke at Dezeen's talk about design and terrorism at Dutch Design Week 2017. More about Eindhoven pioneers use of scent and light to "influence the behaviour of people" in crowds
One-minute movies: These spinning 3D-printed sculptures created by design lecturer John Edmark feature patterns that appear to move when lit with a strobe light. More about Patterns come alive on spinning 3D-printed sculptures
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Mirjam de Bruijn has designed a series of decorative objects that can all be used to improve posture while working. More about Mirjam de Bruijn create tools to help desk workers improve their posture
Allen Jack + Cottier's proposal for a new fish market in Sydney, recently named Future Project of the Year, aimed to "regenerate a whole section of the city", according to architect Michael Heenan. More about Future Project of the Year 2017 imagines Sydney fish market as "a new important public space"