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The use of vesicles as templates for the polymerization of inserted monomers gives rise to novel vesicle-polymer hybrid morphologies where a polymer bead is phase-separated from the vesicle bilayer matrix. Complex vesicle–polymer architectures, such as the “wrapped parachute” morphologies shown in the Figure, are synthesized here and then examined using cryo-transmission electron microscopy (see also cover).