Brexit: the EU Referendum should never have happened according to German designer Konstantin Grcic, who said the decision by Britain's former prime minister David Cameron to host the vote was criminal. More about Brexit decision is "criminal" says Konstantin Grcic
A UK House of Commons committee has announced plans for an inquiry that will focus in part on employment within the creative industries post Brexit. More about UK parliament to launch inquiry into impact of Brexit on creative industries
Brexit: the Royal Institute of British Architects has written to the UK's Brexit minister David Davis to warn that construction is facing a skills deficit. More about Brexit could trigger skills crisis in architecture and construction says RIBA
Brexit Design Manifesto: designer Marc Newson and architect Patrik Schumacher are among the leading industry figures to have added their names to the Brexit Design Manifesto since its launch yesterday. More about Marc Newson joins rapidly growing number of supporters for Dezeen's Brexit Design Manifesto
Workers in open-plan offices are more distracted, unfriendly and uncollaborative than those in traditional workplaces, according to the latest industry survey. More about Open-plan offices make workers more unfriendly and less productive
Business news: Italian furniture brand B&B Italia has bought high-end kitchen maker Arclinea, marking "the first major milestone" in its growth since being acquired by investment firm Investindustrial. More about B&B Italia expands into luxury kitchens with purchase of Arclinea
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed a honeycomb-like structure comprising a series of interconnected staircases to sit at the centre of the vast Hudson Yards development on Manhattan's West Side. More about Heatherwick unveils staircase structure as "centrepiece" for New York's Hudson Yards
Brexit: British inventor James Dyson is "delighted" at the EU referendum result and believes Brexit should be triggered sooner rather than later. More about UK should trigger Brexit immediately says James Dyson
Brexit Design Manifesto: more than 100 of the UK's leading design figures have backed a manifesto that calls on the government to support the design sector after Brexit. More about Conran, Rogers and Heatherwick back Dezeen's Brexit Design Manifesto
Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has been named the architecture laureate for the 2016 Praemium Imperiale arts prize from the Japan Art Association. More about Paulo Mendes da Rocha wins Praemium Imperiale prize
Bjarke Ingels' firm has unveiled a duplicate version of its website that mimics 1980s video game Arkanoid (+ game). More about BIG transforms its website into a classic 1980s arcade game
Plans for a new outpost of the Guggenheim museum in Helsinki have been thrown into doubt, as the Finnish government refuses funding for the Moreau Kusunoki Architectes-designed project. More about Guggenheim Helsinki in question after Finnish government refuses funding
Models by Japanese architects including Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma and Riken Yamamoto are the focus of a museum that has opened in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Museum dedicated to architecture models opens in Japan
This week on Dezeen: tech giant Apple unveiled a host of new products during its annual conference in San Francisco this week, and came up against a backlash from our readers. More about This week, Apple revealed its latest iPhone and attracted widespread criticism
A red brick building designed for one of the UK's oldest libraries will be the first new addition to Lambeth Palace – the historic home of the Archbishop of Canterbury – in almost two centuries (+ slideshow). More about Wright & Wright unveils first addition to London's historic Lambeth Palace in over 180 years
Brexit: the crossover between culture and technology is "how Britain will pay her way" outside of the EU, according to the UK government's first statement about the design sector since the Brexit vote. More about Creative industries central to future of post-Brexit Britain says minister for digital and culture
A technical fault trapped 180 passengers inside the doughnut-shaped viewing pod of the i360 observation tower last night, leaving them suspended above Brighton's seafront for two hours. More about "Slight technical hitch" traps 180 passengers inside world's tallest moving observation tower
A translucent marble cube by Rex Architecture that will contain the Perelman Performing Arts Center has been unveiled as the "keystone" for the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan (+ slideshow). More about Rex releases images of performing arts centre for New York's World Trade Center
London Design Biennale 2016: a Lebanese street market and an archive of "forgotten" Soviet designs are among the winners of the first London Design Biennale medals. More about London Design Biennale names first medal winners
This unofficial drone video captures the construction of Foster + Partners' Apple headquarters in California as the outer shell of the campus nears completion (+ movie). More about Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 begins to take shape in drone video