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Keeping a record of LGBT+ design makes political change increasingly possible says Andrew Campbell, the author of Queer x Design. He has picked five examples of LGBT+ graphic design from the past 50 years for Dezeen. 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

A house-shaped metal frame surrounds the objects on these tall display tables by Kazakhstan designer Artem Zigert. (more…) View the full article

Designer Ori Elisar has developed a bacterial ink and grown typographical symbols in a petri dish. Here are more stories featuring microbes, including a lamp powered by glowing octopus bacteria (pictured), clothes grown from single-cell organisms and cheese made from the sweat and tears of celebrities. See all our stories about design using bacteria » View the full article

An arc of mirrored posts installed by American artist Phillip K Smith III reflected the colours of the Southern Californian landscape as they changed throughout the day. Read more View the full article

Rachel Armstrong, professor of experimental architecture at Newcastle University, will speak about cities of the future at Dezeen Day on 30 October. Read more

This squishy headgear by Spain and Switzerland-based studio Kawamura Ganjavian creates the perfect conditions for a power nap at your desk, at the airport or in the library (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Black metal panels and angled wooden slats cover this pointed house Canadian practice Campos Studio has created for a woman and her dog living in Pacific Northwest rainforest. Read more

A bulky concrete first floor balances above pale brick walls and tall grasses at this family house in Brazil by São Paulo architect Guilherme Torres (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Peter Barber Architects has completed a terrace of mews houses in north London, which are arranged along a cobbled lane and feature oriel windows that cantilever out from their reclaimed-brick facades. Read more View the full article

Fish, clothing, architecture and bicycles come with embedded screens in the future imagined by British digital design studio Universal Everything. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers aren't sure how to respond to furniture formed from a naked body. Read more View the full article

British studio Design Engine has won an invited competition against Foster + Partners to design the new UK headquarters for Formula One car designers Gordon Murray Design. Read more View the full article

Stockholm-based artist Åsa Stenerhag has created a series of ceramic objects that she suggests might be alien body parts. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Day generated eight tonnes of carbon emissions, according to a "quick and dirty" environmental audit of the conference. Read more View the full article

News: Berlin design studio Blond and Bieber's project that uses algae to create colourful dyes for textile printing has won a competition for young designers organised by Lodz Design Festival (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A flamethrower drone attachment that can shoot a seven-metre long stream of fire for 100 seconds is being sold online in the US by Throwflame. Read more

The top floor of this glazed housing complex in New York's Lower East Side, by architecture firm ODA, has a footprint twice the size of the ground level. Read more View the full article

A team of local architects has added new amenities to a temple school in rural Thailand, using affordable materials and parts of an existing building to keep project costs down. Read more View the full article

This week’s job of the week is a position at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London as a tutor for the MA Textile Futures course. See Dezeen Jobs for more roles in architecture and design. (more…) View the full article

Japanese architect Toyo Ito has updated the black version of his spherical mesh Mayuhana lamp so that the pendant now comes in an even darker shade. (more…) View the full article

British architect David Adjaye has revealed plans for a museum in San Antonio, Texas, with a red concrete skin based on a dream of its patron, philanthropist Linda Pace. (more…) View the full article

Apple hit the headlines in April, as we reported that the California firm's Foster + Partners-designed headquarters (pictured) was $2 billion over budget and its upcoming television was rumoured to be operated with a digital "iRing". (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in the second part of our interview with Craig Robins, the Miami property developer explains how bringing back furniture showrooms was the catalyst for transforming the city's derelict Design District into the thriving luxury shopping destination it is today. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: Berlin videographers False Manners Productions mixed fluids including milk, food colouring and make-up remover to create the cosmic patterns accompanying this track by producer Quenum. (more...) View the full article