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Alessandro Mendini creates new interior for Apartment N°50 in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse

Alessandro Mendini has become the latest designer to restyle an apartment in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille, adding colourful totems and Postmodern furnishings (+ slideshow).

 
 

Dezeen Mail special: how Brexit will affect architecture and design

Brexit crisis architecture design dezeen

Brexit crisis: shockwaves are rippling through the architecture and design industries following the UK's decision to sever ties with the European Union. Our dedicated newsletter pulls together the latest expert opinion and reaction to Brexit from the pages of Dezeen.

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Making designer furniture with scrap wood was "totally new", says Piet Hein Eek

Most Loved: in this exclusive movie, Eindhoven designer Piet Hein Eek says the furniture he started making from recycled timber in 1989 took off because it stood out against the uniformity of other products.

 
 

NFO designs giant broken camera lens to honour photojournalist killed in Yugoslav Wars

An oversized camera lens punctuated by a single bullet hole forms the Broken Landscape memorial dedicated to photographer Gordan Lederer (+ slideshow).

 
 

Gerry Judah unveils enormous spiked sculpture for Goodwood

British artist and designer Gerry Judah's latest sculpture for the Goodwood Festival of Speed is a set of six giant steel spikes that curve upwards to the sky, supporting three historic BMW cars (+ slideshow).

 
 

Modelia Days apartment block in Tokyo features concrete walls and steel box windows

Thick, galvanised-steel frames highlight a selection of windows on the concrete facade of this  apartment block in Tokyo designed by Japanese studios Sasaki Architecture and Atelier O (+ slideshow).

 
 

Ikea recalls millions of killer dressers

Ikea Malm dresser

Swedish furniture giant Ikea has recalled one of its most popular designs after toppling Malm dressers killed three toddlers in two years.

 
 

Kéré Architecture suspends colourful strings from ceiling of Philadelphia art museum

For his first solo exhibition in the USA, Berlin-based architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has created a rainbow-coloured installation made of hundreds of strands of lightweight cord (+ slideshow).

 
 

Tia Kharrat designs butterfly house that mimics the structure of the insects' eggs

Graduate shows 2016: University of Westminster graduate Tia Kharrat has designed an architectural structure based on the eggs of a rare butterfly species (+ slideshow).

 
 

Zaha Hadid's lesser-known works commemorated in Masterpiece London exhibition

An exhibition opens this week in London showcasing paintings, sketches and jewellery designs by Zaha Hadid, selected by a gallerist who had a long-standing friendship with the late architect (+ slideshow).

 
 

New York Wheel reaches construction milestone as foundations complete

The world's largest ferris wheel is set to rise on the northern end of New York's Staten Island, as constructors finished pouring its foundations last weekend (+ slideshow).

 
 

"Design professionals must now support the young, who overwhelmingly voted to remain"

Illustration by Lucas Levitan

Comments update: readers' reactions to the shock result of last Thursday's EU referendum, in which the UK voted in favour of exiting the European Union, are highlighted in this Brexit-focused roundup of the week's comments.

 
 

Trademark protection will cost more after Brexit says intellectual property lawyer

Brexit crisis: UK design firms will likely pay more to protect their designs and miss out on new EU-wide patents if the country leaves the European Union, according to a leading intellectual property law firm.

 
 

Christo accused of wasting public money on Floating Piers installation

An Italian consumer group has accused Bulgarian artist Christo of wasting taxpayers' money, because of the costs of managing his floating installation on Italy's Lake Iseo.

 
 

Brexit could be "like a heart attack" for UK design firms says consultant

Brexit crisis: uncertainty following the Brexit vote could prove "almost terminal" for small architecture design firms in the UK, according to a consultant who advises creative businesses.

 
 
 
   
 
 

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