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Brexit passport design competition shortlist revealed – could the next UK passport be one of these?

Brexit passport design competition shortlist

The triggering of Article 50 last week means that Brexit is a certainty – and that the UK will need a new passport. Luckily last week also saw the judging for our unofficial Brexit passport design competition... here is a sneak peek at the nine proposals shortlisted by our judges. More ›

 
 

Herzog & de Meuron uses staggered floors to create plant-covered terraces at Beirut tower

Beirut Terraces by Herzog & de Meuron

Staggered floor plates and set-back glazing create large planted terraces around this 119-metre tower by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, which overlooks Beirut's marina. More ›

 
 

Dezeen's #milanogram2017 day two highlights offer a tour around Milan's best installations

It's day two of Milan design week, and visitors are flocking to installations and exhibitions – including a pavilion by Jaime Hayon, a time machine by Lee Broom and objets d'art by Ă‰CAL. More ›

 
 

UK government uses European Union tendering service to call for post-Brexit passport design

The UK government has issued a formal £490 million call for the design and production of a new passport, which will come into circulation after Brexit. More ›

 
 

Lee Broom presents 10 years of work on modernist merry-go-round

For this year's Milan design week, Lee Broom has filled a carousel with products he designed over the past decade to celebrate his studio's 10th birthday. More ›

 
 

Industrial Facility designs stretched versions of traditional Japanese lacquerware for Store collection

STORE for Sekisaka and Japan Creative by Industrial Facility

London studio Industrial Facility has unveiled a collection of lacquered vessels at Milan design week that are based on traditional Japanese soup and rice bowls. More ›

 
 

Yoga, robot painting and a talk with Studio Toogood feature on day one of IKEA Festival

Dezeen at IKEA Festival

Dezeen at IKEA Festival: heading to IKEA Festival  in Milan today? Find out what's happening on the opening day of the festival in the first of a series of daily briefing videos that Dezeen is publishing throughout Milan design week. More ›

 
 

Copenhagen's Experimentarium features a helical staircase and cladding based on fluid dynamics

Experimentarium by CEBRA

Danish studio CEBRA  has redesigned a science centre in Copenhagen, adding a shimmering copper-clad staircase that represents the structure of a DNA strand. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: interior designer at Adjaye Associates

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at David Adjaye's London firm, which completed the  National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC last year. More ›

 
 

Gigacer launches tile range based on Le Corbusier's colour theory

Milan: Le Corbusier LCS Ceramics by Gigacer for Domus

At Milan design week, Italian manufacturer Gigacer has launched a collection of  tiles in greys and primary colours drawn directly from Le Corbusier's colour guides.  More ›

 
 

NORD Architects' Copenhagen hospice aims to provide "a unique place for the final journey"

A Good Place to Die by Nord Architects

Copenhagen studio NORD Architects has completed a hospice for palliative patients in the heart of the Danish capital, with golden facades featuring curving cutouts that surround quiet courtyards. More ›

 
 

Birdseye Design clads Vermont dwelling in salvaged wooden boards

American studio Birdseye Design took cues from traditional woodsheds while creating this guesthouse for a forested site in northern Vermont. More ›

 
 

ENOTA sculpts pedestrian area for Slovenian garden city

Velenje City Center by Enota

A+Awards: angular steps and terraces line the banks of a shallow waterway to form a promenade at the heart of Velenje, Slovenia – a project that earned Ljubljana firm ENOTA a 2016 Architizer A+Award. More ›

 
 

Design Hound hides second storey of Austin home behind faceted roof

Indian Trail House by Design Hound

Austin architecture firm Design Hound has concealed a spa-like interior behind the understated facade of this local residence. More ›

 
 

BBC Daily Politics features Dezeen's Brexit passport design competition

BBC Daily Politics features Dezeen's Brexit passport design competition

BBC TV show Daily Politics has broadcast a video about our Brexit passport design competition, ahead of the shortlist announcement tomorrow. More ›

 
 

New photographs reveal Snøhetta's Lascaux IV Caves Museum in southern France

Lascaux IV by Snøhetta and Casson Mann

These photographs capture the jagged roofline of the museum that Snøhetta has designed at the Lascaux Caves in France, to frame a huge replica of some of the world's most famous prehistoric cave paintings. More ›

 
 

Studio Swine and COS create sculptural tree that blossoms with mist-filled bubbles

Studio Swine has released a movie revealing its Milan design week installation for COS – a tree-like structure that emits pale bubbles, which dissolve into white mist as they burst. More ›

 
 

Bang & Olufsen's modular BeoSound Shape speakers are arranged like wall tiles

Embargo: Milan: Beosound shape by Bang & Olufsen

Bang & Olufsen  has used Milan design week, which kicked off today, to launch a sound system made of hexagonal speakers and acoustic panels that can be arranged in different combinations. More ›

 
 

Michelle Obama announced as keynote speaker for AIA 2017 conference

michelle-obama-keynote speaker-aia-2017-conference

Former first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, will give a keynote speech at this year's AIA National Convention in Orlando – following a protest over the lack of female speakers for the event. More ›

 
 

OFIS Arhitekti designs modular house suited for different terrains and climates

A team of architects and engineers led by Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti has designed and built a prototype modular house suited to a variety of locations, climates and terrains. More ›

 
 

Xavier Mañosa sculpts entire kitchen from Cosentino's clay-like Dekton

Dezeen promotion: for Milan design week, Spanish designer Xavier Mañosa has created an installation that sees an entire kitchen and its utensils all made from Cosentino's clay-like material Dekton. More ›