Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 by
Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei

Here are some photographs of the completed 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, which opens to the public in London tomorrow. More »

Interview: BarberOsgerby on designing
the Olympic Torch

Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: British design duo BarberOsgerby talk about designing the London 2012 Olympic Torch in this movie we filmed last week at the Vitra showroom during Clerkenwell Design Week. More »

Competition: five copies of Making
by Thomas Heatherwick to be won

Making by Thomas Heatherwick

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Thomas Heatherwick to give away five copies of Making, the new book covering his studio’s output to date. More »

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 by
Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Wei Wei - preparations

The press preview of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei is today. See some photos of this morning’s preparations on our Facebook page.

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Tiny Travelling Theatre
by Aberrant Architecture

Tiny Travelling Theatre by Aberrant Architecture

Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: a tiny mobile theatre with chimneys made from coal scuttles played host to audiences of up to six during Clerkenwell Design Week in London last week. More »

Designed in Hackney: Offset
by Tomás Alonso

Offset by Tomas Alonso

Designed in Hackney: accessories like lamps and dividers attach to this desk system by Tomás Alonso through a gap in the surface of the table. More »

Designjunction announces
exhibitor line-up

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Designjunction announces exhibitor line up

Dezeen promotion: Designjunction has announced the exhibitor line-up for its next show in a former postal sorting office in central London during the London Design Festival this September. More »

Dezeen Watch Store: Vigorelli by
Matteo Ragni for Lorenz

Dezeen Watch Store: new in this week at Dezeen Watch Store is the elegant Vigorelli by Milan designer Matteo Ragni for Italian watch brand Lorenz: More »

Casa Xieira II by
A2+ Arquitectos

Slideshow: a curved concrete facade wraps around the front of this house by A2+ Arquitectos in Leiria, Portugal, with a large hole revealing the rectilinear house behind (photos by Fernando Guerra). More »

Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary
at the V&A

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Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary at the V&A museum

A solo show of work by British designer Thomas Heatherwick opens at the V&A in London this week, featuring prototypes, experiments, material samples and finished works from key projects including UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 and his recent redesign of the double decker London bus. More »

Competition: five copies of Page 1 – Great
Expectations by GraphicDesign& to be won

Page 1 Great Expectations by GraphicDesignand

Competition: we’ve teamed up with publishers GraphicDesign& to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new book Page 1 – Great Expectations, which features the just the first page of Charles Dickens’ famous novel, repeated 70 times with 70 different typographic layouts. More »

Mörike Gymnasium
by Klumpp + Klumpp

Slideshow: oak-lined boxes create study rooms along the corridors of this school in southern Germany by Stuttgart architects Klumpp + Klumpp (photos by Zooey Braun). More »