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One of my readers, Paul, left the above comment on my last post. What a kind gesture. I am a puddle. There’s so much love and kindness in this world.

Dezeen Courses: for our latest courses roundup, we’ve selected five design-related courses recently featured on Dezeen Courses. Read more

Architecture studio Turner Works has used « robust, hardworking » materials in its extension of an old textile manufacturing site in London‘s Harringay Warehouse District, transforming it into the Florentia Village creative hub. Read more

Mumbai firm Architect Hafeez Contractor reveals the 301-metre-tall Minerva Tower, the tallest completed skyscraper in India, in our latest Dezeen Exclusive. Read more

RIBA president Chris Williamson has proposed linking nine northern British cities with The Loop – a raised high-speed railway informed by Neom‘s megacity The Line. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Italian company Ceramiche Refin was guided by hand-drawn gestures and meditative thought when creating Ink, its latest ceramic tile collection. Read more

The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan has been announced as the new host of the 2029 Asian Winter Games, replacing the Trojena ski resort in Neom, Saudi Arabia. Read more

As part of Stockholm Design Days, Swedish designer Malte Lundberg is exhibiting an ergonomic desk chair made entirely from wood, all the way down to the giant spiralling screw used to adjust the seat height. Read more

Stockholm’s largest hotel has unveiled three suites designed by Carl Philip Bernadotte, better known as Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, and Oscar Kylberg, featuring new furniture inspired by the building. Read more

In a world of infinite digital undo, perfect vector curves, and limitless color palettes, our most potent creative tool is being neglected: the analog brain. The friction of physical materials, the texture of paper, the bleed of ink, the finality of a pencil stroke, engages a different, more associative, and often more courageous mode of …