A pair of artists built and lived in this house balanced on a pole in upstate New York, which spun around and inclined as they moved around it during their week-long residency (+ movie). More about Rotating and tilting ReActor house accommodates two artists for five days
Music: the face of Australian actor Cate Blanchett decays to a mummy-like state in the music video for Massive Attack's The Spoils track (+ movie). More about Cate Blanchett's face gradually wears away in John Hillcoat's music video for Massive Attack
An industrial robot has tattooed a person's leg for what the designers claim is the first time in history (+ movie). More about "World's first tattoo by an industrial robot" revealed
A Canadian startup has designed an app-controlled home growing system that is intended to make growing organic food and cannabis easier (+ movie). More about Grobo home gardening system makes growing weed easier
Rio 2016: an orange and black flag representing the life jackets worn by asylum seekers has been designed for the Refugee Olympic Team (+ movie). More about Refugees create alternative flag for their Rio 2016 Olympic team
Rio 2016: American artist Anthony Howe has designed a large kinetic sculpture to heighten the impact of the modest-sized cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic games (+ movie). More about Diminutive Rio 2016 cauldron complemented by massive kinetic sculpture
Rio 2016: Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects used boat sails and masts to create this maritime-inspired pavilion for the Rio 2016 Olympics (+ movie). More about Henning Larsen Architects opens sail-covered Danish pavilion for Rio Olympics
Manuel Ocaña Architecture has added mirrors, mist clouds and overgrown vegetation to a private swimming pool in Madrid, which is depicted in this movie along with a splashing mermaid. More about Madrid swimming pool updated by Manuel Ocaña with mist, mirrors and plants
Graduate shows 2016: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design graduate Liron Gino has designed a set of jewellery-like devices that allow deaf and hard-of-hearing people to experience music through vibration (+ movie). More about Liron Gino designs Vibeat devices for deaf people to experience music
Music: a boy is seduced and then poisoned by a "beautiful mutant flower" that turns him into a tree and forces him to leave his girlfriend in Péter Vácz's video for James' Dear John track (+ movie). More about Boy turns into a tree in James' Dear John music video
Most Loved: in our next exclusive movie, designer Ed Carpenter reflects on how the pigeon-shaped lamp he presented at his graduation show in 2001 became a bestseller in museums and design shops around the world. More about Ed Carpenter's bestselling Pigeon Light was an unexpected icon
Australian architect Matt Gibson used zinc cladding to distinguish this faceted structure from the Edwardian residence it extends (+ movie). More about Matt Gibson's faceted Shadow House extends an Edwardian home in Melbourne
London's Design Museum has commissioned a series of films showing classic objects from its collection making their own way to its new building, including a Vespa Clubman and an Anglepoise lamp (+ movies). More about Design Museum films show iconic objects travelling across London
With the Marks Barfield-designed i360 in Brighton set to open to the public this week, drones have shot new footage of the structure billed the "world's tallest moving observation tower" (+ movie). More about "World's tallest moving observation tower" filmed by drones ahead of opening this week
Graduate shows 2016: University of Stuttgart graduate Maria Yablonina has devised a new method of construction using mini robots that is cheap, fast and can create structures that would otherwise be impossible to build (+ movie). More about Wall-climbing mini robots build "entirely new structures" from carbon fibre
Vixole is the latest company to jump on the Pokémon GO bandwagon, creating a prototype for a pair of sneakers that vibrate and light up when a Pokémon is close by (+ movie). More about Vibrating sneakers by Vixole help wearers play non-stop Pokémon GO
Graduate shows 2016: this Dementia Simulator headset designed by Central Saint Martins graduate Di Peng lets wearers experience symptoms of the disease for themselves (+ movie). More about Di Peng recreates the experience of dementia with sense-distorting helmet
Music: after eating some strange eggs, a girl goes through an "inner metamorphosis" controlled by an octopus in Barcelona-based director Alan Masferrer's music video for Netherlands band Klyne. More about Contortionist is controlled by an octopus in Klyne's Lend Me Another Name music video
Lyrics and graphic visualisations are shown on the outside of this speaker, designed by Japanese studio Six Inc to sync with the song that's playing (+ movie). More about Lyric Speaker automatically generates the words to each song it's playing
New York designer Nikolas Bentel has developed a range of patterned shirts that change colour in response to air pollution or radioactivity (+ movie). More about Nikolas Bentel designs shirts that change colour when exposed to air pollution