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. More about Christo accused of wasting public money on Floating Piers installation
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. More about Brexit could be "like a heart attack" for UK design firms says consultant
French designer Philippe Starck has created a minimal and recyclable summer sandal collection for Brazilian brand Ipanema. More about Philippe Starck designs collection of recyclable flip-flops for Ipanema
Dezeen promotion: this year's What Design Can Do conference will focus on European identity and how the continent can learn from new initiatives emerging in Africa (+ slideshow). More about What Design Can Do to examine how Africa can help solve Europe's design "identity crisis"
Lifestyle magazine Kinfolk has launched its own gallery space in Copenhagen with an exhibition of rainbow-coloured room dividers, computer-generated chairs and a striped Memphis-style bench (+ slideshow). More about Kinfolk magazine launches Copenhagen gallery with exhibition of European design
Brexit crisis: designer Nelly Ben Hayoun, who is urging fellow creatives to join a demonstration in central London tomorrow, which has been organised to express "anger at the whole referendum process". More about Designers and students to protest in Trafalgar Square as threats to Erasmus programme emerge
Dezeen promotion: annual conference What Design Can Do is launching its first talks programme about the relationship between design and music (+ slideshow). More about Peter Saville headlines What Design Can Do for Music talks programme
Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Wan Tseng has designed erotic devices that provide a subtle, sensation-focused alternative to traditional sex toys (+ slideshow). More about Wan Tseng's Wisp wearables are an alternative to "intense" sex toys
Brexit crisis: creative businesses in the UK should consider relocating to the EU in the wake of Brexit, according to a lawyer who advises design and fashion companies. More about Design firms should "relocate their operations to the EU" if Brexit talks fail, says lawyer
Brexit crisis: architects and designers in the UK should stop complaining about the outcome of the EU referendum and instead start fighting for better post-Brexit policies for their industry, according to a former senior policy adviser to the government. More about Designers should demand new policies to "make the best" of Brexit, says Rohan Silva
International font company Monotype has brought the London Tube's 100-year-old typeface into the 21st century, adding the hashtag, at sign and lighter weights more suitable for digital use (+ slideshow). More about Monotype overhauls London Underground's 100-year-old Johnston typeface
Designers Lanzavecchia + Wai are the latest to craft objects in coloured glass, producing bright blue tableware for online retailer Luisa Via Roma (+ slideshow). More about Lanzavecchia + Wai designs cobalt blue glassware based on lab equipment
Dutch design studio Waarmakers has used standard cardboard tubing to create a ceiling light that can be assembled from its own packaging (+ movie). More about Waarmakers' R16 light is made from its own cardboard packaging
Music: musician and director Kamiel Rongen mixed water and oil with paint, sugar, and even an air freshener to create a series of misty surreal landscapes for this music video (+ movie). More about Kamiel Rongen creates Sea of Decay for Julien Mier music video
Dezeen promotion: 25 designs that offer a range of solutions for improving the lives of refugees living in urban environments have been shortlisted for the first What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge (+ slideshow). More about What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge unveils 25 shortlisted projects to improve refugee's lives
New Zealand designer Mark Wilson has used a water jet cutter to create a steel knife with a purposefully irregular edge (+ slideshow). More about Mark Wilson's Kanagawa Blade has a serrated edge carved by jets of water
Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Tessa Silva-Dawson has used cow's milk to create a natural alternative to plastic from non-renewable sources (+ slideshow). More about Tessa Silva-Dawson uses milk as substitute for hydrocarbon plastics
In this movie Dezeen produced for Irish Design 2015, Karen Hennessy of the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland reflects on the achievements of the initiative, which promoted the work of Irish architects and designers around the world. More about Irish Design 2015 initiative aimed to "put Irish design on the map"
Brexit crisis: the UK's architects and designers have been left reeling by the results of yesterday's referendum, in which the country voted to leave the European Union. More about UK architects and designers react to "nightmare" result of EU referendum
Brexit crisis: in the aftermath of the UK's decision to leave the European Union, illustrators have been quick to post their reactions on Instagram and Twitter. More about Illustrators and creatives react to UK's Brexit vote