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A decade after its last launch, British luxury automobile company Bristol Cars has unveiled its new speedster model, named the Bristol Bullet (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: new in at Dezeen Watch Store this week is this classic timepiece by Swedish watch brand Daniel Wellington. (more...) View the full article

Dezeenwire: critic Stephen Bayley is to chair the London Design Museum’s Brit Insurance Designs of the Year awards this year. See press release below (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Bank of England has revealed its "most secure" banknote to date – a £20 polymer note featuring David Chipperfield's Turner Contemporary gallery, and a portrait of the artist it's named after. Read more

Graphic designer Vaughan Oliver, who created album covers for bands the Pixies, Cocteau Twins and The Breeders, has passed away at age 62. Read more View the full article

News: British architect Adrian Priestman claims to have designed and installed the first 3D-printed components to be approved for use in the construction industry. (more...) View the full article

News: after a change of leadership and criticism from leading architects, the Royal Institute of British Architects has overturned its own motion calling for a suspension of Israel from architecture's international membership body. (more…) View the full article

News: small business owners in the UK's architecture sector have more faith in their employees and are more concerned about the ethical behaviour of their suppliers than in any other industry, according to research published today. (more...) View the full article

News: British architects are enjoying their busiest period since the financial crisis began in 2008, while the Italian market looks set to decline by 14% this year, according to new industry research form Arch-Vision. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the British Council will invite architects to conduct research projects in far-flung places and present their findings at an exhibition entitled Venice Takeaway in the British Pavilion at next year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British brand Modus has unveiled five new products at Virtual Design Festival's products fair, which launched today, including seating collections by Kenneth Grange, PearsonLloyd and Terri Pecora. Read more View the full article

Creative agency Bear London have created a new logo for sporting body British Gymnastics that’s designed to captures the movement of somersaulting gymnasts. (more…) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: sharing technologies like Uber and Airbnb could offer the answer to the UK housing crisis say the curators of the British Pavilion, who have unveiled five futuristic models of the home. (more…) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: British pavilion curator and Dezeen columnist Sam Jacob says his exhibition aims to revive the "imaginative visions and entrepreneurial spirit" of postwar public housing projects in Britain (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio dRMM created a visitor centre clad in salvaged wooden boards as part of its overhaul of a seaside pier in Hastings, England – one of six projects in the running for this year's Stirling Prize. Read more View the full article

Music manuscripts and recordings of the late British composer Benjamin Britten are held within a temperature-controlled concrete chamber at this archive building in Suffolk, England by architecture firm Stanton Williams (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: architects Broadway Malyan have been chosen to masterplan a new 196-hectare residential and commercial district south of Kuala Lumpur. (more...) View the full article

London Design Biennale 2016: fragments of recycled ocean plastic are inlaid to achieve the terrazzo effect of the Gyro table, designed by Brodie Neill for Australia's entry into the first London Design Biennale (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer Brodie Neill has created a contemporary hourglass filled with microplastic instead of sand to highlight the issue of ocean plastic pollution. Read more

Product news: this leather lampshade by British designer Daniel Schofield features a laser-cut pattern and stitching inspired by traditional British shoe-making techniques. (more...) View the full article

Bicycle company Brompton has borrowed Formula One racing technology to create an electric version of its bestselling folding bike. Read more View the full article

Canadian designer Philippe-Albert Lefebvre has created a range of fire tools by casting hand-carved branches in bronze and iron. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Balconies with bronze frames break up the brick exterior of these three housing blocks in northwest London by Alison Brooks Architects – a finalist for this year's Mies van der Rohe Award. Read more View the full article

Plans have been unveiled for a 12 metre-high bronze statue of London Mayor Boris Johnson overlooking the River Thames in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Designers 2011: product design graduate Ben Fursdon has created the Broo-ver, a broom converted into a vacuum cleaner. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article