Design news for November

The best new design this month from craft for Christmas to the best font for writing about philosophy

Gus Van Sant: ‘We are living in a wilder time than anything we could imagine’

He is the king of the Hollywood underground. So why has he made a mini-series for Gucci? The film-maker talks about life in isolation, his gay president project and the big screen’s demise

Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to be world’s second-richest person

Further rise in Tesla share price pushes entrepreneur past Microsoft co-founder

Angelica Cheung: founding editor of Vogue China to leave after 15 years

High-profile editor leaves as Chinese audiences turn to social media influencers

Super-rich buying up ‘Downton Abbey estates’ to escape pandemic

Sales of £15m-plus English country homes breaking records as wealthy families ‘recalibrate their priorities’