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Lampshades made from kelp seaweed by Julia Lohmann at Vienna Design Week.

Audio explosion photographs of colour pigments dispersed by sound exhibited by John Short and Praline at Beijing Design Week.

Vintage Vogue: photorealistic portraits drawn with ballpoint pens by James Mylne.

Rain Room installation by rAndom International at the Barbican in London.

More than anyone else, Alfred Stieglitz helped raise the status of photography to the level of art. As a photographer, publisher and gallery owner, Stieglitz was a key figure in the birth of American modernism.

Artist Lorenzo Duran picks leaves, washes, dries, molds and gently cuts them. His technique is based on historical studies of paper cutting in China, Japan, Germany, and Switzerland. Photos © Lorenzo Duran Link via Kireei

The other day, someone asked Seanan McGuire when the characters in her popular October Daye urban fantasy novels were going to get raped — because respect for the integrity of your own work, and pure realism demand it.

The thought of paint layered on a precious vinyl record is probably enough to make die-hard collectors cringe. But fear not, album aficionados, vinyl artist Daniel Edlen loves the musical medium just as much as you do.

Sewn as a Site wearable bed covers designed by Danica Pistekova to be a cross between clothing and a house.