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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

Milan 2016: rotating arms complete loops of copper to switch on these lights, which were designed by Odd Matter Studio to resemble electrical diagrams (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A jumble of wooden boxes provide a compact storage solution in this São Paulo micro apartment by Brazilian architect Alan Chu (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: new to Dezeen Watch Store this week is this chronograph addition to the Iconograph range by Berlin industrial designer Werner Aisslinger for Italian brand Lorenz. The watch is available to buy online or at our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up shop at Clerkenwell Design Week from 22 to 24 May. (more…) View the full article

Mexican studios Taller Lu'um and At-te designed this boutique hotel in Oaxaca to showcase local craft with earthen walls, doors made from local wood and a thatched roof. Read more View the full article

Chocolate appears to be dripping down the walls at this cafe in Opole, Poland, by interior designers Bro.Kat. (more…) View the full article

Daniel Libeskind's Swarovski star tops the Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree for a second year. In this interview with Dezeen, the architect says the design, like much of his work, is strongly influenced by his experience as an immigrant. Read more View the full article

Douglas-wood fixtures and furnishings feature throughout this Copenhagen restaurant, which local studio Vermland has designed to have a cosy, familial atmosphere. Read more View the full article

British artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's solo show at Vitra Design Museum asks questions about our place in the natural world. We look at the six projects on display in the exhibition. Read more

The lead architect on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, which was completed the year before the building caught fire in 2017, has revealed that he was not aware of all the fire safety advice for tall buildings. Read more View the full article

This week we've selected five of the best job vacancies in architecture, interiors and design available on Dezeen Jobs, including roles at Olafur Eliasson's studio and Amanda Levete's architecture firm. Read more

A team of designers led by Faris Rajak Kotahatuhaha proposes re-freezing sea water in the Arctic to create miniature modular icebergs using a submarine-like vessel, in a bid to combat climate change. Read more

Japanese architects 403architecture have turned the floor of this refurbished apartment in Hamamatsu into a huge chest of drawers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Cassidy Reid has designed a concept for a high-speed transport network based on Hyperloop to create infrastructural and cultural corridors across Europe, and shrink travel time between cities. Read more View the full article

A visitor centre for the village of Xiahuangyu, China, is formed of interconnected pavilions built around existing pine trees by DnA_Design and Architecture. Read more View the full article

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes our pick of the top 10 museums and galleries in 2019 and a highly sexualised campaign used by Roberto Escobar to promote the launch of a gold folding phone. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

A cookbook by El Bulli chef Ferran Adrià played a key role in determining architecture firm Woods Bagot's design for its new Melbourne studio (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: end-user collaboration and open-source production were hot topics in Milan this year. In this movie filmed at Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST, editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima discuses their influence on the design industry and how these themes played out in the Future in the Making exhibition that the magazine hosted in an eighteenth century Italian palazzo. (more…) View the full article

Scullion Architects has built an L-shaped brick house with sloping roofs on the outskirts of a seaside village near Dundalk, Ireland. Read more

Architect Ben Aranda has described the closing of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin as a "tragedy" and demanded more information. Read more View the full article

Steven Holl Architects has nestled "much-needed" performance spaces for the Kennedy Center in Washington DC under a grassy slope topped by three white-concrete pavilions. Read more

French architecture studio OnSITE has designed a holiday home made up of four rock-like rooms, which could be built in the Al-Ula desert in the north west of Saudi Arabia. Read more View the full article

Designer Philippe Malouin explains why he hung transparent bunting above the street in the next of our Seven Designers for Seven Dials movies about the aerial installations curated by Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

Retractable glass walls, wooden screens and a verdant green roof are among the features that global firm Perkins+Will has included in this family dwelling to offer a strong connection to nature. Read more

With 35 days to go until Dezeen Awards 2019 entries close, there's still time to enter one of our studio categories for the chance to be crowned architect, designer or interior designer of the year! Read more