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View online     Mandalaki's Birò O2 concept car is made from 80 per cent recycled plastics Mandalaki Studio teamed up with Italian car company Estrima to design the "first" electric concept car made from 80 per cent recycled plastics. Read more ›   Zac Posen 3D prints rose-petal dress for Met Gala American fashion designer Zac Posen has created a dress constructed from 3D-printed petals, which was worn by British model Jourdan Dunn at this year's Met Gala in New York. Read more ›   UK government will pay £200 million to replace Grenfell-style cladding The UK government has promised to pay to replace combustible cladding on private high-rise housing, almost two years after the Grenfell Tower fire. Read more ›   There is "no stopping" China's car design industry says Peter Horbury Chinese car companies are putting their history of copying behind them and now have the confidence to create their own designs, says Peter Horbury, head of design for automotive brand Geely. Read more ›   Cadaval & Solà-Morales converts 19th-century theatre into spacious Barcelona home Aged brick walls and ceiling beams hint at the past lives of this building in Barcelona, which Cadaval & Solà-Morales has turned into a contemporary home. Read more ›   Top five jobs for architectural visualisers including opportunities at Studio Gang and David Chipperfield Here are five of the best opportunities for visualisers available on Dezeen Jobs right now, including roles at Studio Gang and David Chipperfield Architects. Read more ›   Louis Vuitton and Marc Newson launch soft luggage collection Industrial designer Marc Newson has created soft-shell versions of Louis Vuitton's suitcases, making them lighter and more spacious on the inside. Read more ›   LUO Studio builds Shared Lady Beetle micro library from abandoned bicycle Chinese architecture firm LUO Studio has made a beetle-shaped micro library for children, from the abandoned frame of a bike-sharing scheme bicycle. Read more ›   Elissa Lacoste creates "grotesque" furniture that resembles flesh Skeletal stools and a blobby, monolithic table and chair features in this series of furniture by French designer Elissa Lacoste. Read more ›   Watch our talk exploring the past and future of Minotti Dezeen's editorial director Amy Frearson spoke to members of the family behind the Italian furniture brand Minotti about their approach to combining heritage with a vision for the future in this talk filmed by Dezeen. Read more ›   Office of the future "will only be a place where people come together" say Barber and Osgerby We no longer need desks, say designers Ed Barber and Jay Osgerby, because the office of the future is more of a meeting place than a work environment. Read more ›   Plans unveiled for temporary UK Parliament designed by AHMM Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has designed a temporary replacement for the House of Commons, to be used by UK Parliament while the Palace of Westminster is restored. Read more ›   Careers guide: Alara Alkan describes her route into design research at Birsel + Seck Alara Alkan details how she became a researcher at product design studio Birsel + Seck for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more ›   SHoP unveils US Embassy offices for lush site in Bangkok New York firm SHoP Architects has designed an irregularly stacked office building for the US Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise