Designed in Hackney: laser dresses by
Hussein Chalayan for Swarovski

laser dress by Hussein Chalayan

Designed in Hackney: we conclude our week of fashion design from Hackney with Hussein Chayalan and his dresses that emit laser beams.  More »

This week on Dezeen

 
This week Dezeen has been all about skyscrapers, with towers by 15 of the world’s most famous architects for a new business district in Seoul plus a timelapse movie and interview with architect Renzo Piano as his 300 metre-high tower The Shard nears completion in London. More »

World Architecture Festival 2012: Media-ICT
by Cloud 9

World Architecture Festival 2012: in the final movie from our series announcing the call for exhibitors at this year’s World Architecture Festival in Singapore from 3-5 October, programme director Paul Finch discusses why an experimental office building with an inflatable facade was named World Building of the Year in 2011. More »

Melvin the Mini Machine
by HEYHEYHEY

Dutch design studio HEYHEYHEY assembled an assortment of objects including toothbrushes, books, marbles, matches and a toy train inside two suitcases to build a chain-reaction machine that signs and stamps a postcard. More »

Slideshow feature: Yongsan
International Business District

Skyscrapers in Seoul: this week we’ve run a series of stories on the Yongsan International Business District, a new commercial hub in Seoul, South Korea, that’s due for completion in 2024. Commissioned by South Korean developer DreamHub, the new district has been masterplanned by architect Daniel Libeskind and will include skyscrapers by a host of international architects including Renzo Piano, BIG, MVRDV, REX, Dominique Perrault and Libeskind. Here’s a slideshow to bring them all together. More »

Project R6 by REX

Project R6 by Rex

Skyscrapers in Seoul: New York firm REX was another of the fifteen architects commissioned to design skyscrapers for the fast-growing Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea. They’ve proposed a tower that looks like like a filing cabinet with its drawers open. More »

Designed in Hackney: Leutton Postle
AW12 collection

Leutton Postle Autumn Winter 2012

Designed in Hackney: scribbled faces on fabric masks feature in the latest collection from young designers Leutton Postle, who continue this week’s look at Hackney fashion designers. More »

The Blade by Dominique Perrault

The Blade by Dominique Perrault

Skyscrapers in Seoul: the next building in our series from the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, is a skyscraper designed by French architect Dominique Perrault, with faceted glass that will ripple across the surface. More »

World Architecture Festival 2012: MAXXI
by Zaha Hadid

World Architecture Festival 2012: Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI National Museum of the XXI Century Arts is the focus of our next movie about the World Architecture Festival, as programme director Paul Finch explains why the jury unanimously voted for it to win the festival’s World Building of the Year award in 2010. More »

Dezeen Mail #101

ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond

We just sent the latest issue of our Dezeen Mail newsletter, which leads with the completion of London’s Olympic venues and, in particular, our readers’ horrified reaction to Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture (above). One commenter described as an “evil scientist’s lair“.

Also included in this issue are all the latest jobs, competitions (including how to win a £520 bike), music tracks plus the usual round-up of the best stories and comments from the past week. Read Dezeen Mail issue 101 »

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Dezeen Watch Store at Clerkenwell Design Week

Dezeen Watch Store at Clerkenwell Design Week

Clerkenwell Design Week takes place in London next week and Dezeen Watch Store will once again pop up at the Farmiloe Building at 34 St John Street, the event’s main venue. More »

Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith
+ Gordon Gill Architecture

Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture

Skyscrapers in Seoul: a pair of 450 metre-high towers with glass scales by Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture are the latest of fifteen skyscrapers commissioned for the Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, following recently released designs by BIG and MVRDV. More »