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This week on Dezeen, we announced the architecture, interiors, design and sustainability shortlists along with the designers of the year for the 2023 Dezeen Awards. Read more

San Francisco-based design agency Manual has created colourful branding for the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity centred around a shape-shifting, « curious » lowercase « e ». Read more

Architecture studio BuildingWork drew upon historic buildings and Indigenous culture to create the cedar-clad La Conner Swinomish Library in a maritime community in the Pacific Northwest. Read more

Dutch artist Patrick Bergsma blended coconut fiber, polymers, quartz and kaolin to grow spectacular bonsai trees that outgrow their antique ceramic vases and break them in pieces. This subtle and spectacular hint at the force and the resilience of nature in regards to human civilization. The post The Broken Ceramic Vases Of Patrick Bergsma appeared …

Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Porcelanosa has launched a ceramic collection of tiles called Nolita NYC, which aim to reference the beauty of marble. Read more

Architecture studio Tolila+Gilliland used a palette of tactile materials to « engage the senses » at the Gilbert Raby Therapeutic Workshops in France. Read more

Dezeen has announced the Designers of the Year shortlist for this year’s Dezeen Awards, which includes Lina Ghotmeh, Rio Kobayashi and Patricia Urquiola. Read more

Over the past 100 years, Disney has created postmodern hotels, art-deco cinemas, futuristic monorails, fairytale castles and a deconstructivist concert hall. To mark the brand’s centenary on 16 October, we round up its 12 most interesting buildings. Read more

British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a 163-metre-tall apartment building in Croydon that it claims is « Europe’s tallest residential tower to be completed using volumetric construction methods ». Read more

Lebanon‘s first design week for five years, We Design Beirut, will be postponed until March as a result of fresh violence in the region. Read more