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Architects Tyler Thomas and Gabbi Sun of Venn Studio have paired "masculine-feminine, hard-soft" details inside this cosmetics store for a unisex beauty brand in Los Angeles. Read more View the full article

Álvaro Siza Viera explains how he created the swooped concrete roof of the pavilion he designed for the 1998 Expo in Lisbon in this exclusive movie. Read more

This two-storey extension by French architect Loïc Picquet converts an old farm building into a rural guesthouse in the Alsace region of France (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: as the UK government reviews design technology’s status as a compulsory school subject, industrial designers Seymourpowell have released a movie featuring Paul Smith, James Dyson and others talking about the importance of design education. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The UK government should fund the development of creative clusters around the country to make the creative industries less London-centric, less white and less middle class, according to an independent review of the sector conducted by TV executive Peter Bazalgette. Read more View the full article

A disused hospital building in Valencia explodes and shifts into new configurations in this series of manipulated photographs by Spanish studio espai MGR (+ slideshow + movie). (more…) View the full article

Business news: the creative industries are growing faster than any other business sector in most of the UK according to new data, with 47 "creative clusters" now scattered across the country – including "less 'hip'" areas like Slough and Chester. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Creative Industries BootCamp is an intensive five-day workshop for creative graduates and start-up companies, taking place at Central Saint Martins college in London this October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brexit: the crossover between culture and technology is "how Britian will pay her way" outside of the EU, according to the minister for digital and culture Matt Hancock. (more…) View the full article

Brexit: the Creative Industries Federation has published a report calling for the UK's art, design and cultural industries to be put "at the heart of government thinking" as the nation prepares to leave the European Union. Read more View the full article

Brexit crisis: the Creative Industries Federation is organising a series of emergency sessions to prepare the UK's design sector for Brexit, saying "if it is going to happen, we need to mitigate the consequences". (more…) View the full article

The Creative Industries Federation, Norman Foster and David Chipperfield are among the business leaders to sign a letter calling for a People's Vote – a second referendum over whether the UK should leave the European Union. Read more

Creatives must "get their act together and speak with a united voice" to protect the future of the sector post-Brexit, according to London Design Festival and Creative Industries Federation founder John Sorrell. (more…) View the full article

News: automated tools threaten to make designers redundant as machine algorithms replace human creativity, the Mayor of London's former cultural strategy manager has claimed. (more...) View the full article

VDF studio profiles: Unknown, Untitled is a creative studio based in Paris, France, which specialises in industrial design and counts Facebook and Rimowa as two of its clients. Read more View the full article

Extinction Rebellion staged a funeral march to close London Fashion Week. Dezeen spoke to organiser and activist Sara Arnold about the need to redefine creativity in the climate crisis, rather than making "more stuff". Read more

As Lego launches its Rebuild the World campaign, Matthew Ashton, the toy company's VP of design, explains how it is embracing digital technology and licensing agreements to encourage children to play. Read more

The creators of a flying car called AeroMobil say that transport networks are "in crisis" and suggest that a potential solution could be shifting road traffic into the skies (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A brightly striped facade of colour-coated windows, mirrors and coloured panels encases this nursery in north Paris (photos by Julien Lanoo). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French architects ECDM have completed a nursery in Paris with rippling concrete walls (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An austere material palette of concrete and grey marble helped Kaan Architecten create a series of calming and contemplative spaces inside this crematorium in Belgium. Read more

Australian architect Andrew Burns has installed a charred timber pavilion with deceptively curved walls in the garden of the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Paddington, Sydney (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Spanish studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos has completed a pool-side home near Valencia comprising a squat white cylinder with terraces set into deep voids in its walls (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Creative agency Creuna Norway has worked with citizens of Oslo to create a new visual identity for the city inspired by its buildings and history. Read more

A mobile town square that packs into a miniature clock tower on the back of a bike will be appearing around north London this month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article