Areas of Chicago have been fitted with a network of sensors, which will work like a Fitbit activity tracker to provide both scientists and citizens with open data about the urban environment (+ movie). More about Chicago installs "fitness tracker for the city" to improve infrastructure and residents' health
American director Spike Jonze has used an iconic Los Angeles music hall by Modernist architect Welton Becket as the venue for a four-minute perfume advert for French fashion house Kenzo (+ movie). More about Welton Becket's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stars in Kenzo perfume advert
Illustration duo Mrzyk & Moriceau's music video for The Avalanches' track Subways features a collection of colourful characters embarking on a surreal underground journey (+ movie). More about Mrzyk & Moriceau create cast of surreal commuters for The Avalanches
Graduate shows 2016: in this movie, Royal College of Art graduate Meret Vollenweider explains how the interactive installation of human-powered appliances she and fellow graduate Wasabii Ng designed aims to stop people taking electricity for granted. More about Inefficiency Machines by Meret Vollenweider and Wasabii Ng highlight energy use in the home
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has covered a wall at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in a realistic, cloud-studded sky (+ movie). More about Daan Roosegaarde creates illusion of depth in cloud-filled Beyond installation
Most Loved: in the next movie from our exclusive video series, British designer Alexander Taylor discusses the impact his folded metal light for Established & Sons had on his career. More about Alexander Taylor defined his career with Fold light made from a single sheet of metal
The bulbous aircraft known as the "Flying Bum" has slowly nose-dived into a field during its second test flight in the English countryside (+ movie). More about World's biggest aircraft "the Flying Bum" crashes on test flight
Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Kristian Knobloch has created a system of smartphone touchpoints that help Airbnb hosts give guests extra information about their home (+ movie). More about Kristian Knobloch's Ping system is an interactive house manual for Airbnb guests
Graduate shows 2016: Bartlett student Matt Lucraft has proposed an evolving self-built housing co-operative based on a mishmash of English vernacular and historic Japanese architecture as a solution to London's housing crisis (+ movie). More about Matt Lucraft proposes solution to London's housing crisis with "mad-cap" building system
British inventor Dominic Wilcox has designed a contemporary art exhibition for our canine counterparts, featuring a dog bowl-shaped ball pool and an open car window simulator (+ movie). More about Dominic Wilcox designs contemporary art exhibition for dogs
Fashion brand Milly's logo freezes, grows flowers and is applied like body paint in this campaign by New York design studio Sagmeister & Walsh (+ movie). More about Flashing models appear in Sagmeister & Walsh's rebrand campaign for fashion label Milly
Forensic Architecture has created an interactive model of a notorious torture prison in Syria, using the eye- and ear-witness accounts of survivors (+ movie). More about Forensic Architecture forms digital reconstruction of Syrian "architectural instrument of torture"
Japanese design brand Muji has revealed the prototype for its latest prefab house, which it will test by having a competition winner move in rent-free for two years (+ movie). More about Muji to test prefab house by letting a competition winner live in it for free
A promotional movie has been released to entice potential buyers for a massive ranch in New Mexico that features buildings by Japanese architect Tadao Ando (+ movie). More about Tadao Ando's Cerro Pelon Ranch for Tom Ford shown in dramatic architectural film
Movie: in this exclusive Dezeen movie, Chinese architect Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio explains why he recycled material from traditional Chinese buildings to construct the Ningbo History Museum. More about Wang Shu's Ningbo History Museum built from the remains of demolished villages
The world's largest aircraft, Airlander 10, has completed its successful maiden voyage over the UK (+ movie). More about Gigantic "Flying Bum" plane takes to the skies
Sydney designer Trent Jansen referenced the aesthetics of Australia in the 1970s to create this sunlounger for outdoor furniture brand Tait (+ movie). More about Trent Jansen designs Tidal sunlounger to capture the mood of a 1970s Australian summer
Researchers at MIT's Media Lab have created a series of smart temporary tattoos that can control devices through touch (+ movie). More about DuoSkin temporary tattoos can remotely control devices
Graduate shows 2016: in this movie, Royal College of Art graduate Johnny Lui explains his concept for a digital planning system, which architects would play like a video game to get projects built in the real world. More about Johnny Lui reimagines London planning process as multiplayer video game
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has completed a pavilion on the bank of Shanghai's Huangpu River, with thin metal columns surrounding a glass-walled room shaped like a cartoon cloud (+ movie). More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen's Cloud Pavilion is a glass-walled events space in Shanghai