Island hopping in the Galapagos, activities for kids in Los Angeles, and a local’s guide to Istanbul are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

Brano Meres X-9 Nighthawk is an experimental frame with aramid honeycomb sandwich panels as a core, laminated with carbon fiber. Equipped with the infiniti3D security system.

Patterned by Nature is a giant animated ribbon. Made of 3600 LCD glass tiles, it has been created by Sosolimited for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

Coshell chairs by Tendo Mokko. 'Coshell' means 'to create' in the Yamagata region.

Philips and Fairmont Hotels create magical suites. In Fairmont Singapore, the 'Hotel of the Future' suite has beautiful spaces with colors, effects and ambient lighting.

Soundmachines by The Product look like standard record players, but instead translate concentric visual patterns into control signals for further processing in any music software.

Magnetic Bike Lights from Copenhagen Parts that automatically turn on when you attach them.

Aerial installation by Baptiste Debombourg at Brauweiler Abbey, a Benedictine monastery near Cologne.

Always attentive to protection of the environment and the recycling of materials, EMECO has taken another step in that direction with Broom Chair, designed by Philippe Starck.

German artist, Cornelia Konrads, creates installations in public spaces that are punctuated by the illusion of weightlessness. Incredible work!

'Elagone' wooden lamp by Elomax Agency.

Hashi Mori Chopstick forest by Affect Studio. An installation composed of 13,454 hand-stained chopsticks hanging from the ceiling creates a delicate canopy over a brand new Japanese restaurant in Berlin!

Michael Hanson's Vinyl cover with analog light animation translates Allan’s sensorial music into a visual experience with elements of sensuality.

Böhm Stirling 'Movement is Everything', the making of a tiny steam engine.

Awesome sculpture by Nao Matsumoto at the 4 - hpgrp gallery in NYC.

A group of students from Parsons take their future into their own hands and exhibit work that breaks the rules to do good.

Paper sculptures by Mandy Smith to mark the launch of the programme of The Exhibitoin Road show.

Translating text into music, gives text form beyond written and spoken language. The music being played in the video is the transcribed conversation between two designers. By Annalisa Swank and Raisa Ji Yong Park.

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Inspired by leg splints designed in 1943 by Ray and Charles Eames for the US Navy, the Splint collection from Australian designers Yellow Diva is an exercise in simplicity.

Growing Lampshades. This project deals with the issue of light creation. Shown at the Lambrate, Milan 2012. Concept & design by Peter Kraft with the support of Moritz Fuhrmann Jochen Maria Weber & Julian Eich Reuter.

Paul & Paula by Matthias Ferwagner.

David Batchelor presents the largest survey of his work to date at Regency Town House in Brighton. He is the lead artist in HOUSE 2012 visual art festival in Brighton, UK.

Rocky! The new rocking horse by Marc Newson in the Magis Me Too collection.

Virgin Atlantic launch PlaneView to showcase their new Upper Class Cabin.

The Mark Hotel in NYC now offers a fleet of bespoke Republic Bikes... and you can even borrow them to have the ultimate picnic in the park created by celebrated chef, George Vongerichten!

Beautiful new limited edition Cup and Saucer from popular UK artist Tom Lewis ... 'Megan V's the triple ripple'.

Czech artist Roman Tyc replaced 48 traffic lights in Prague with red and green figures performing acts such as walking a dog, drinking and urinating, just to name a few...

How functional heatsinks can be sexy! Design by MaDe for the Belgian lighting company DARK.

Red Stripe worked with Filthy Luker to create a giant Space Invaders on the side of Manchester Town Hall.

Pantone introduces 336 new colors in 'The Plus Series', for a new total of 1677 colors!

Folding Chair by Leo Salom for Monstrans.

An "Urban Knitting" installation for EasyJet France in Paris Orly from NextIdea and Collectif Murmure.

Spring by Floris Schoonderbeek is a room divider with an effortless character and a fresh charisma for an organic partition, where a border is needed.

Beautiful Ski Resort print by Brainstorm

Italian company EMU will reveal its new MIA stackable chair collection designed by French architect and designer Jean Nouvel...

Student Louis Rensch turns the classic angelpoise lamp on its head.

David Irwin on his glossy red stool, Working Girl.

IKEA cardboard/usb camera with 40 digital pictures and two AA batteries! Fun IKEA press kit during Milan Salone 2012.

The anatomy of a good grilled cheese, homemade mint chocolate bars and a sip of cherry moon, are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

Fuego Lento Trivets - Liliana Ovalle, 2006

An installation piece using acrylic, zipties, fishing line, iPhone accelerometers, light sensors, and radio by Christian Poules, Alex Diaz, and Adam E. Anderson. 'Refract' at Brown University Granoff Center.

No Country for Old Men, a series of furniture designed to facilitate the life of older people, created by Lanzavecchia + Wai.

Awesome looking flowers preserved in spirits. Their colors fade and they become transparent.