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
This week we're counting down the most-pinned brick interiors on Dezeen, including an auditorium in the Netherlands featuring vertical brickwork and a converted 1920s shophouse in Singapore. More about 10 of the most popular brick interiors on Dezeen's Pinterest boards
London Design Festival 2016: French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has convincingly sculpted blocks of black marble to look like the sea for an installation at the V&A museum. More about Mathieu Lehanneur sculpts a seascape from blocks of black marble
Nendo has taken its collection of chairs based on Japanese manga comics to New York, where they are on show as part of a light installation at Friedman Benda gallery (+ movie). More about Nendo shows 50 Manga Chairs within light installation at New York's Friedman Benda
Dezeen promotion: New London Architecture is now accepting entries for Don't Move, Improve! 2017, a competition to find the best house extensions in London. More about Call for entries to NLA's Don't Move, Improve! awards 2017
London Design Festival 2016: architect Alison Brooks has pushed the limits of cross-laminated timber with The Smile, an inhabitable "mega-tube" with both of its ends raised up into the air (+ slideshow). More about Alison Brooks creates giant smile using cross-laminated tulipwood
London Design Festival 2016: Bocci's creative director Omer Arbel has created a site-specific lighting installation for London's Barbican Centre (+ movie). More about Omer Arbel suspends aluminium lighting sculpture above Barbican foyer
Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab has completed a house on the Spanish island of Mallorca, made up of white blocks that are all oriented towards different viewpoints (+ slideshow). More about Four angular white volumes form house in Mallorca by OHLAB
Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016: OMA has teamed up with creative studio Bengler to propose Panda, a app that allows workers being exploited digital sharing platforms like Uber and Airbnb to fight back against their employers. More about OMA and Bengler propose digital platform to disrupt the sharing economy
The jagged form of this climbing centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter is covered in grey, brown and white shingles that reference a snow-covered mountain behind the building (+ slideshow). More about Norwegian climbing centre by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter resembles a snow-capped mountain
Brooklyn studio TA Dumbleton Architect took cues from two divergent typologies – an old farmhouse and a city loft – while designing this weekend retreat on Long Island in New York (+ slideshow). More about Giant window fills gable end of Hamptons guest house by TA Dumbleton
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
Dezeen promotion: an Issey Miyake fabric-pleating demonstration, a talk at Muji's flagship store and an installation made of recycled materials will take place during the inaugural New York Textile Month (+ slideshow) More about Issey Miyake and Muji among participants at first New York Textile Month
London Design Festival 2016: architecture firms have created installations along one of London's most famous shopping streets for the Royal Institute of British Architects' annual Regent Street Windows project (+movie). More about Architects create 10 installations for RIBA Regent Street Windows 2016
These models of New York's Twin Towers by Rolf Bruggink can be stacked to create a pair of columnar lanterns or collapsed to form stools (+ slideshow). More about World Trade Center lamps by Rolf Bruggink are designed to be dismantled
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
The launch of Dezeen's Brexit Design Manifesto features in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with a honeycomb structure of 154 staircases by Thomas Heatherwick and a Tokyo museum dedicated to architectural models (pictured).
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London Design Festival 2016: architect Asif Khan has created three temporary pavilions thick with plants to give the harried London public space to relax, work and socialise (+ slideshow). More about Asif Khan and MINI create "forests" in see-through boxes across east London
A branch of luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue has opened close to the World Trade Center site in New York, with interiors designed by London studio Found. More about Saks Fifth Avenue opens Downtown Manhattan outpost by Found