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White-brick extension defines Design Museum Gent revamp

Architecture studios Carmody Groarke, Atama and Re-st have completed the revamp of Design Museum Gent in Belgium, adding a geometric volume wrapped in waste-based white bricks.

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CF Møller transforms psychiatric hospital in Denmark into museum

Danish studio CF Møller has completed the Mind Museum on the island of Funen in Denmark, guided by the "clear spatial structure" of the former psychiatric hospital it occupies.

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Dezeen's favourite furniture and lighting from September

Dezeen's editorial team has been trawling design weeks across Europe this month to seek out some of the best new furniture and lighting. Below, we've compiled ten favourites from London Design Festival, Helsinki Design Week, Currents and beyond.

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David Chipperfield Architects celebrates two of its "most important projects" in short film

British studio David Chipperfield Architects celebrates 15 years of the Hepworth Wakefield and Turner Contemporary in this short film, shared exclusively with Dezeen.

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Eight architecture and design events in October from Dezeen Events Guide

Archtober, Design Week Lagos, Designblok and Design Week Mexico are among the key events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this October.

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"Reinventing higher education requires architecture to reinvent itself too"

With Britain's universities in dire straits, a radical rethink of how these institutions manifest as physical infrastructure is long overdue, writes Owen Hopkins.

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Freckle phone aims to send kids outside to play and engage with the world

Start-up Freckle has created an AI-powered mobile phone for kids, designed around exploration to provide a break from parental restrictions and surveillance.

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Thomas Heatherwick forms research partnership to combat UK's "blandemic of dull development"

Thomas Heatherwick's campaign Humanise has embarked on a £1.5 million research project that will explore how the UK's streetscapes can be beautified to improve wellbeing.

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Sculptural installation among projects from Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

Dezeen School Shows: a flesh-like installation where "body, material, object and environment" work in mutual dependency is among the innovative projects by students at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK).

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Prim Estudio orients low-slung house for viewing Argentinian countryside

Local studio Prim Estudio has designed a white house with a balcony inset into an asymmetrical zinc roof and arched windows for contemplating the landscape outside Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Urban settlement for extreme ecosystem among projects from Tulane University

Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for sustainable urban settlements in the Atacama Desert is among projects from students at Tulane University.

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LAMP 2026

Dezeen Competitions: international design competition, LAMP 2026, challenges students and designers to submit a new lighting design across one of four subcategories: floor, table, pendant and sconce.

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Synthetic memories feature in MoMA information design exhibition

New York's Museum of Modern Art has exhibited Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design, curated by Paola Antonelli, which features information design from classic infographics to a project with missing memories created using AI.

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Camelot seating system by Antonio Citterio for Flexform

Dezeen Showroom: elegance meets modularity in the Camelot seating system, created by architect Antonio Citterio and Italian brand Flexform.

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