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Researchers at the University of Stuttgart programmed a robot to wind 60 kilometres of carbon and glass fibre filaments into this pavilion inspired by a lobster's exoskeleton (+ movie + slideshow). More
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart programmed a robot to wind 60 kilometres of carbon and glass fibre filaments into this pavilion inspired by a lobster's exoskeleton (+ movie + slideshow). More
A student housing block in Paris modelled on a stack of wooden baskets features in this latest movie about the work of Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti. More
London-based Studio Swine has produced a set of gold and silver clip-on buttons inspired by the textures and shapes of modernist architecture (+ movie). More
Stockholm studio Humans Since 1982 has combined 288 analogue clocks to create an installation of shifting monochrome patterns, lettering and numbers (+ movie). More
The second of two movies in this series about Steven Holl's Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China, is a walk through the spaces of the mixed-use complex. More
New York architect Steven Holl describes how he designed the mixed-use Sliced Porosity Block complex in Chengdu, China, as a container for public space in the first of two movies by architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space. More
News: Google has released a video preview of Google Glass, the voice-controlled wearable headset that lets users send and receive messages, take pictures and search the web hands-free (+ movie). More
News: a pen that can "print" 3D drawings in mid-air has attracted nearly $500,000 in one day from Kickstarter backers (+ movie). More
In this previously unpublished movie filmed by Dezeen, Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola explains why she rejected the "very masculine" style of kitchen showrooms to design a retail space for kitchen appliance brand Scholtès. More
This stop-frame movie by American photographer James Florio documents the day and night-time scenes at Elqui Domos, a hotel for stargazers in Chile's Elqui Valley. More
Croatian design studio Brigada was inspired by cigarettes and smoke rings to create glowing cylindrical rooms for an exhibition about the culture of smoking (+ movie). More
This movie by designers Studio Swine demonstrates how waste plastic picked up by fishing trawlers can be transformed into chairs on board the boats. More
Visitors to an exhibition of work by architects Haptic can take a rest inside a wooden cabin filled with coloured light and smoke (+ movie). More
Amsterdam-based designer Siba Sahabi made these carafes and cups by coiling strips of felt on a potter's wheel (+ movie). More
Stockholm 2013: this animation of dancing wool characters has been created to coincide with an installation by London designers Doshi Levien for textile company Kvadrat at Stockholm Design Week this week. More
Manhattan-based firm SHoP Architects has sent us a movie and more images illustrating its masterplan for Konza Techno City, a new "silicon" city 40 miles from Kenya's capital Nairobi (+ movie). More
Maison&Objet 2013: these chairs by French design studio Ibride appear warped and uneven, but seen from a certain angle their silhouettes resemble classic designs (+ movie). More
A tree-filled courtyard is glimpsed through the shimmering glass-brick facade of this house in Hiroshima, designed by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura (+ movie). More
In the last movie about our Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations, designer Paul Cocksedge demonstrates how calling a neon phone number suspended in the air generates a guaranteed smile. More
In this movie we filmed, Aberrant Architecture director David Chambers tells the story of a Covent Garden tradesman whose collection of pennies inspired their aerial installation for Seven Designers for Seven Dials curated by Dezeen. More