We have a minor bag fetish here at Do and we are especially turned on by bags with a sculptural quality.

As Japan is home to some of the most densely populated areas in the world, it comes as little surprise that micro-living is so popular.

Throughout the ages buildings have often been seen as phallic symbols (just look at the Gherkin).

Disused and abandoned supermarket shopping trolleys always seem to have an air of melancholy about them, especially if they reside on the bottom of a canal. 

Fancy making your own unique piece of garment but can't be flaffed with sewing machines?

As Sara Sturges and Daniela Treija, who just graduated cum laude from the Design Academy Eindhoven observed, "it's absurd how repetitive design trends have become". 

Want to build an interesting but ultimately pointless contraption but find Lego bricks too limiting?

The evils of plastic bags are well rehearsed, but there seems to be no consensus on what is the best way to solve the problem.

Nendo, led by Oki Sato, is one of the most innovative and prolific design studios working today. 

At a time when books are increasingly supplanted by tablets and the internet, The Public Collection is just the kind of initiative to put some excitement back into the age-old media of ink and paper.

In Japan, despite the extremely high population density, most people still live in detached single-dwelling houses, partly due to the ever-present risk of earthquakes.

Fed up perhaps with earthly troubles such as austerity and the migrant crisis, space living is suddenly all the rage.