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French graphic designers Julien Sens and Nicolas Damiens have transformed the handwriting of musicians David Bowie, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg into free-to-use typefaces. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Danish designer Cecilie Manz has collaborated with Bang & Olufsen to design a portable speaker that offers 360 degrees of sound. Read more View the full article

This raised wooden structure, designed by Cerejeira Fontes Architects, creates a secluded inner chapel inside an old church in Braga, Portugal. Read more View the full article

Monolithic white blocks and handmade bricks feature inside London Spa, which Richard Bell Architecture has constructed under a home in the west of the city. Read more

A double-height living room stands at the centre of this brutalist house, completed by architectural studio Patisandhika and designer Dan Mitchell in Bali, Indonesia. Read more

Danish brand Ferm Living has created a minimalist play kitchen for children, which is designed to fit into small spaces. Read more

Our new Pinterest board is dedicated to vertical farms and gardens, including studio Precht's modular housing block with spaces for agriculture and a vertical forest tower designed by Stefano Boeri. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

The best new hotels in Asia mix contemporary design with attention to heritage, say the judges of this year's AHEAD Asia awards in this movie Dezeen produced for the awards programme. Read more

Architecture firm Ménard Dworkind has created a microcosm of Chinatown at this a colossal pan-Asian restaurant and bar in Montreal's Laval suburb. Read more

Fashion designer Virgil Abloh addresses the issue of rising sea-levels in an installation of sinking furniture on show during this year's Venice Art Biennale. Read more

Our pick of the top positions for interior designers on Dezeen Jobs this week includes vacancies at design studio AvroKO and architecture firm Ingenhoven Architects. Read more

Over a thousand houses built on the Store Lungegårdsvann lake will form the heart of Trenezia, a sustainable village masterplanned by Waugh Thistleton for Bergen, Norway. Read more

A series of minimal white blocks interlock to form this holiday home by Studio Andrew Trotter, which takes cues from local architecture in Puglia. Read more

David Adjaye has designed an exhibition of ceramicist Magdalene Odundo's work at the Norman Foster-designed Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich. Read more

Waste heat from one of the London Underground's tube lines will be used to warm over a thousand homes in the UK capital from this winter. Read more

In this week's comments update, some readers are upset to learn that discarded cow intestines are being used by designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen for her lighting installations. Read more

Translucent swathes of white and pink floral lace hang from six-metre-high wooden frames inside this New York pop-up store, designed by Storey Studio. Read more

Architect Jean Nouvel is counter-suing the Philharmonie de Paris over the €170.6 million fine he was slapped with for delivering the concert hall late and over budget. Read more View the full article

Thomas Heatherwick's Pier 55 park within New York's Hudson River has been renamed Little Island, as visuals and a video detailing the project's construction are released. Read more View the full article

Perforated metal screens, glass walls and an open-plan layout help to maximise light throughout this Melbourne office, which has been overhauled by Mim Design. Read more View the full article

Skincare brand Haeckels has built a traditional wood-burning sauna on the sands of Margate beach, in a bid to "reacquaint the community" with the health-giving properties of their local waters. Read more View the full article

Senegalese-American singer Akon says he has signed an agreement with the government of Senegal to build a city with a cryptocurrency-based economy named Akon City. Read more View the full article

Industrial designer Lewis Power has won this year's rising star award at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, with a series of four objects born from an exploration of "material worth". Read more View the full article

A multidisciplinary team in Chile have designed a self-sufficient cabin that can be tailored to the local climate and topography, along with a client's specific needs. Read more View the full article

As working from home becomes more common due to the coronavirus outbreak, we've updated our Pinterest board featuring the most well-designed study nooks to inspire your own home office set-up. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. Read more View the full article