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Dezeenwire: a leaked British Cabinet Office list obtained by the BBC reveals the futures of the British Council and Design Council are “still to be decided”, while CABE’s fate is noted as “to be decided – consider consolidating functions across Government”. Download the document here (via @ianfordham on Twitter). </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: new French brand La Chance launches at MOST in Milan this week. (more…) View the full article

Self-driving cars should swerve to protect young people over the elderly and humans over animals, according to the Moral Machine survey of more than two million people, conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read more View the full article

London architects Studio Octopi have transformed this London terraced house into a combined gallery and living space by exposing the building’s structure and introducing display cabinets. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photographs of Dezeen’s new offices at The Surgery in north London, designed by London studio Post-Office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: this São Paulo house designed by architect Isay Weinfeld is built for entertainment, with wide patios and a swimming pool running the length of the garden. (more…) View the full article

Beijing's Forbidden City is the backdrop for this tea house created by Chinese studio Cutscape Architecture in place of two dilapidated warehouses (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This Barcelona school by architects Arqtel Barcelona has an exposed concrete structure with painted vertical bands of citrus colours. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: products at our Christmas shop The Temporium are displayed on Henny van Nistelrooy‘s Revolver shelving system. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Light glitters through thousands of tiny perforations in the bumpy steel exterior of a railway control centre in Spain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chile-based designer Margarita Talep has created a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to single-use packaging, using raw material extracted from algae. Read more

Ceramic tiles arranged in a grid pattern line the interior of this children's shoe store in Barcelona by local studio Nábito (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This third movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents features Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talking to the second-prize winner of this year’s [D3] Contest young designers competition, Frankfurt designer Hanna Emelie Ernsting. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Alison Brooks Architects (whose South Chase suburban housing development is shown above), Matteo Thun & Partners and Benjamin Hubert Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Calvin Klein, MAD, Archi Union and Nestle and more... (more...) View the full article

A year ago this week the Guangzhou Opera House designed by architect Zaha Hadid opened up in China. The curved timber velodrome was completed in London in preparation for this year’s Olympic Games and Thomas Heatherwick was revealed as designer of the Olympic torch. Industrial designer Marc Newson launched a collection of clothing featuring drawn-on pockets and fake turn-ups, plus Issey Miyake’s creative director Dai Fujiwara announced his decision to stand down. He was later replaced by Yoshiyuki Miyamae. We featured a house with a slide connecting its floors that went on to become one of Dezeen’s most popular stories of all time and we talked to MVRDV architect Win…

German architect Stefan Behnisch speaks to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival today. Watch it live from 2:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Cardiff and Amsterdam-based design studio Smörgåsbord has developed Cymru Wales, a "nation-defining" font family that gives an accurate, digital expression to the Cymraeg language for the first time. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Mayor of London has published a guide containing 90 standards for new housing in London - London Evening Standard The new London Housing Design Guide can be downloaded here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Shanghai office of Chinese architecture studio Taranta Creations features a staircase within a labia-like orifice and a floor that doubles as a desk. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sound artist and designer Yuri Suzuki is sharing his Sound of the Earth: Pandemic Chapter project, which contains crowdsourced sounds of the pandemic from all over the world, as part of Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

A converted nineteenth century farm building once used for drying hops has been nominated for the RIBA Manser Medal for the best new house in the UK, following a renovation and extension by architects Duggan Morris (+slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The watchtowers, walls and pathways of a historic fort were repaired and rebuilt as part of this restoration project in the 2000-year-old city of Thula, Yemen, one of 20 projects shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: we'll be rounding up our highlights from each major design district in Milan as the week unfolds, starting with Dezeen editor Rose Etherington's choice of new furniture and lighting at the Salone. (more...) View the full article

Greek studio KLab Architecture created this pharmacy in Athens by wrapping a round facade punctured by Braille lettering over the existing octagonal building, with plants occupying the space in between. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The covers of subway ventilation ducts have been used as walls, railings and storage closets in this renovated Montreal apartment designed by Canadian architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque. Read more View the full article