Debate: "Frankly this looks dope"

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Join the debate! View online This week, readers are discussing Jaguar's new Type 01 electric car and Dezeen's interview with Grand Design's presenter Kevin McCloud.   Read on for more and join the debate!     "Frankly this looks dope" British car brand Jaguar has unveiled it electric Type 01, which has thin headlights, a long bonnet and rear-leaning stance designed to set it apart from "homogenous" EVs as the first car in a "complete reset" for the brand. Read more ›   "I am glad to see him every year!" TV show Grand Designs is still going strong after 27 years. In this interview, the show's host, Kevin McCloud, considers how British architecture has changed over that time. Read more ›   "These architects are not afraid of architecture" Architecture firm Acronym Collective Studio has transformed a former brewery near Brno into a community centre, which addresses its corner site with a curved, perforated brick facade. Read more ›   Latest Dezeen Showroom products Capri Comfort chair by Piergiorgio Cazzaniga for Andreu World Zonify Wall and Zonify Table by Studio Stockholm for Zilenzio RGB-Not wallpapers by Carnovsky Outdoor Woven Collection by Abril Zepeda for MasayaCo   "This is nothing more than celebrity branding" Fashion designer Victoria Beckham has today unveiled her debut homeware collection for online platform Westwing, which includes shell-shaped butter dishes and shimmering cutlery. Read more ›   "I'm jealous of the fun these people must have had" Giant shutters close off the towering facade of Wardrobe House, a rectangular wooden home in the Czech Republic designed by local studio Šépka Architekti. Read more ›   "Bleak dungeon" Architecture studio Roomoor has completed Monastic Field, a concrete home within a temple precinct in Baleshwar that recalls the rock-cut monk's dwellings of the Deccan Plateau. Read more ›     "The colour palette is groovy" Restaurateur Josh Greenspan and furniture company USM have created VV's Cocktail Room in Manhattan, a small space wrapped almost entirely in Steel Blue USM Haller modular shelving and informed by Greenspan's visits to Japan and Hong Kong. Read more ›   "How surprising!" Plans for Neom Stadium in Saudi Arabia, which was being built to host World Cup games in 2034, have been abandoned, according to reporting by news agency Reuters. Read more ›   "Looks like a post and beam porcupine exploded" Local studio Architects Office has used leftover glued-laminated timber of varying sizes and traditional joinery methods to construct a pavilion between apartment buildings in São Paulo, Brazil. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Project manager (FTC) at Royal Academy of Arts Hospitality intermediate interior designer at Rockwell Group Senior furniture maker at Jan Hendzel Studio Architect at SODA Studio Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Debate, which was formerly called Dezeen Weekly. Update your preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise

Gustaf Westman Mickey Mouse sofa | DIY shading pavilion | Donald Insall dies

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View online     Openings "dissolve boundaries" at Sable House by Allan Joyce Architects Local studio Allan Joyce Architects used courtyards and covered walkways to connect this charred timber-clad home in Nottinghamshire, UK, to its countryside surroundings. Read more ›   "Pioneering conservationist" Donald Insall dies aged 100 Architect Donald Insall, founder of Donald Insall Associates and known for his conservation and renovation work, including on Windsor Castle, has died at the age of 100. Read more ›   Guerrilla Shading Pavilion demonstrates that "shade doesn't need to be expensive or complicated" Architecture studio Pearce+ has created a timber pavilion in Camden, London, to draw attention to the need for shade in the UK and encourage people to build their own DIY shading. Read more ›   Formafantasma creates "travelling science exhibition" for Prada and IOC Italian studio Formafantasma has created Ocean & Climate Village, an exhibition at fashion brand Prada's Luna Rossa base in Cagliari, Sardinia, that uses "design as an educational tool" to show the importance of the ocean. Read more ›   Profondo seating by Zenith Interiors among five new products on Dezeen Showroom Dezeen Showroom: a collection of fully upholstered, pillowy seating comprising a sofa and armchair is among five new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Read more ›   Gustaf Westman creates Mickey Mouse-shaped sofa and cup for Disney Swedish designer Gustaf Westman has teamed up with media company Disney to transform its Mickey Mouse character into furniture and accessories that convey "joy and playfulness" ahead of a wider product collaboration. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Update newsletter preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise