Business news: uncertainty over whether the UK will vote to leave the European Union is affecting creative business as customers postpone decisions, according to designer Tom Dixon.
Dixon said the referendum, which takes place on 23 June 2016, would have huge implications for the UK's architects and designers, for whom the EU is an important market.
A "Brexit" vote could potentially damage London's status as the world's design capital, he speculated.
But Dixon ? whose company, Tom Dixon, trades extensively with the 28 member states of the EU ? said people weren't talking about the consequences of a vote to leave.

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"It's two months away and people really haven't woken up to it," he said. When asked if uncertainty over the outcome was affecting sales of his products, Dixon said: "I think it is. It's hard to tell but I think people feel very nervous and people who feel nervous don't spend money on copper lamps. They won't build buildings."
Speaking to Dezeen at his food-themed installation in Milan this week, Dixon said that EU countries excluding the UK accounted for 30 to 40 percent of sales of his furniture, lighting and accessories. EU sales are growing by 15 percent a year, he added.
Yet he said it was difficult to get reliable information about how a "Brexit" vote to leave the UK would affect creative businesses, which generate £84...