Creative pop-up concept: Marimekko x Common Ground, Hong Kong

Finnish interiors brand Marimekko redecorated Hong Kong's Common Ground tea show as a Finland-themed pop-up cafe to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Unikko print. The combination of branding and hospitality created a surprising experience that generated word-of-mouth.

Homebuildlife subscribers can see our full report on creative pop-up concepts in Asia here.

Unboxed by Made.com

Interiors e-tailer Made.com has launched its very own social network, Unboxed. The online community enables users to connect with other Made.com customers in their area, and take a virtual house tour to see how they've styled the products purchased from the website.

Fungi design: The Future of Plastic

Italian designer Maurizio Montalti has created a series of objects made using fungal mycelia, which he proposes as a tangible alternative to plastic.

Patchwork Present: crowdfunding gifts

Gifting company Patchwork Present applies the idea of crowdfunding to buying gifts. Users create a goal that their friends and family can all contribute money to, so that instead of getting lots of little presents, they can save up for the one big thing they really want.

Marble Eyewear collection by Budri

Budri, the marble inlay's Italian atelier, has launched a collection of marble eyewear.

Photo-real renders by Apparent Reality

Italian studio Apparent Reality applies 3D technology to interiors, creating images with an extraordinarily photo-realistic value.

Desktop Fireworks by Tomomi Sayuda

Royal College of Art Design Products graduate Tomomi Sayuda has created a range of stationery that bursts into celebration when its user presses a button.

Ekocycle Cube by Will.i.am & 3D Systems: 3D printing from Coke bottles

Musician and entrepreneur Will.i.am has collaborated with 3D Systems to launch a 3D printer that uses filament recycled from used Coca-Cola bottles.

Available later this year, the Ekocycle Cube will retail at $1,199 and will be supplied with 25 print designs selected by Will.i.am. The printer will be able to create objects up to 6 inches cubed, using filament made of 25% recycled plastic.

Water Shapes: new ideas for the ice lolly

Staged by Vittorio Venezia and Fab Lab Palermo and hosted by Italian design academy ABADIR (Arts Between Architecture Design & Interdisciplinary Research), the Water Shapes design workshop presented inventive new ideas for the ice lolly, defined simply as a "form supported by a stick".

Homeless Homes Project by Gregory Kloehn

The Homeless Homes Project by Gregory Kloehn is a community-driven project in which illegally dumped household and commercial waste is transformed into innovative mobile shelters for the homeless.

The Edible Mist Machine by Lick Me I'm Delicious

Food innovators Lick Me I'm Delicious have designed a machine that uses ultrasonic vapourisation to create an inhalable mist, which can be sucked up through a straw for a 'flavour hit'.

Pastello - Draw Act by Mathery Studio

Young Italian design duo Erika Zorzi and Matteo Sangalli of Mathery Studio, now based in Melbourne, have created Pastello - Draw Act, a space that broadens children's passion for drawing by inviting them to draw in unusual ways.

Kangaroo Light by Studio Banana Things

Studio Banana Things have collaborated with The Innovation Quarter at Bangor University to create the Kangaroo Light, a uniquely portable light that can be folded up by hand.

Cut and Paste wallpaper

The Cut and Paste wallpaper collection by design studio All the Fruits is a collection of patterns and colours for the walls that can be arranged as randomly as desired. 

Script collection by Lexon

Alarm clock by Lexon

Lexon's Script collection updates the principles of the 7 segment display - which became synonymous with electrical products during the 1970s and is still popular today - with a new digital font that has an elegant, calligraphic style.

Parachuting food by Jafflechutes

Melbourne-based food pop up Jafflechutes delivers its grilled cheese sandwiches to customers by attaching them to parachutes and dropping them out of the window of its fifth floor location.

Living breakfast tables at Republic of Fritz Hansen

Republic of Fritz Hansen used creative visual merchandising to bring its Analog dining table to life during Milan Design Week, projecting videos of a busy breakfast onto the tabletop surface to make it appear constantly in use.

How to reinvent Italian pasta: Mondopasta by Subalterno1

Uncut by Lanzavecchia + Wai produces a single strand of spaghetti, in the style of Lady and the Tramp

During Milan Design Week, Subalterno1 presented Mondopasta, an exhibition curated by Stefano Maffei which tasked seven designers including Massimiliano Adami, Lanzavecchia + Wai and Brian Sironi with the challenge of reinventing one of Italy's most iconic foods.

Barbecue on the go by RS Barcelona

Mon Oncle by RS Barcelona - Photo courtesy of Fleux

Optimistic Spanish design company RS Barcelona has released a portable tabletop barbecue with a vintage feel. Named Mon Oncle, it is fitted into a briefcase so it can go unnoticed, and can be taken away and set up anywhere. This makes it a useful accessory for spontaneous picnics or for city dwellers with small outdoor spaces such as balconies.

Antic biotec: contemporary vinegar making by eliumstudio

Antic biotec by eliumstudio and Duende Studio - Photo by Felipe Ribon

Multidisciplinary creative agency Duende Studio has invited Parisian designers from eliumstudio to reinterpret the ancestral vinaigrier.