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Artist Abid Javed will present Soma, an exhibition of amorphous sculptures and furniture informed by molecular biology, at independent gallery Select-Works during the London Design Festival. Read more

For Simone Rocha’s Spring Summer 2024 catwalk presentation, Irish artist Rory Mullen created the skeleton of a white wedding chapel adorned with tin angels. Read more

British architecture studio Haworth Tompkins has completed a three-storey industrial building in London named Industria, which the studio claims is the first multi-storey light-industrial scheme in the UK. Read more

The Dezeen team are reporting from the 21st edition of London Design Festival in the British capital (16-24 September). Read on for all the coverage from Monday 18 September. Read more

Promotion: Ellen MacArthur Foundation has launched its first circular design strategy that states that in order for circular economy ambitions to be met « organisations need to leverage design systemically ». Read more

Swiss watch brand Rado has launched True Square Thinline Les Couleurs Le Corbusier, three limited-edition timepieces that use architect Le Corbusier‘s « naturally harmonious » colour palette. Read more

Salvaged wood and colourful murals by local artists are among the decorative features in the NBBJ-designed Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, which combines medical services with public amenities like a basketball court and community kitchen. Read more

Architecture studio Zeller & Moye has collaborated with artist Katie Paterson to create Mirage, a massive sculpture made from glass cylinders for technology company Apple‘s campus in California. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: stools made from recyclable plastic that double as side tables are among 12 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Read more

Promotion: online platform PlasticFree and creative studio OMSE have launched a London Design Festival exhibition highlighting the urgency to find alternatives to plastic. Read more