Archive for June, 2007

June 11th, 2007

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The Design Museum in London has sent through some photos of designers Luigi Colani (above) and Ross Lovegrove (below) in conversation during the special late-opening Design Overtime: Colani Night that took place on Friday 8 June. More »

June 11th, 2007

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East Beach Cafe, a seafront structure designed by Thomas Heatherwick, opens in Littlehampton, England next week. More »

June 10th, 2007

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Dutch designer Chris Kabel presents new work on his website, including Kettle - an electric water-heating jug made of ceramic (above) and Bubblicious Lamp - a series of unique blown-glass lampshades (below). More »

June 10th, 2007

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Photographer Thijs Wolzak has produced a series of portraits of leading Dutch designers, taken in their studios to celebrate the Dutch Design Port exhibition held at Milk Gallery in the Meatpacking District, New York, during New York Design Week last month.

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Top image: Joris Laarman. Above: Hella Jongerius More »

June 8th, 2007

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If you think there is enough Zaha Hadid stuff on dezeen already then you’ll have to bear with us as we have a few more things to get through… More »

June 8th, 2007

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Performance is the theme of the Design Miami/Basel collectors’ fair in Switzerland next week, with designers including Front, Tom Dixon, Maarten Baas and Max Lamb creating objects live during the event. More »

June 8th, 2007

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Designers Loop.ph present their SonUmbra light installation at the Faster Than Sound festival taking place tomorrow (Saturday) at Bentwaters Airbase in Suffolk, England. More »

June 8th, 2007

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Skin is a new cosmetic surgery in Florence, Italy, designed by Michael Young and Katrin Olina.

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The interior, a conversion of an old building, is in the historic Borgo San Jacopo district in central Florence, between the Ponte Vecchio and Santa Trinita bridges.

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June 7th, 2007

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This the third of the four new pieces Zaha Hadid is launching at Design Miami/Basel in Switzerland next week. More »

June 7th, 2007

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Porsche Design has launched its first mobile phone: the solid aluminium P’9521. More »

June 7th, 2007

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Dezeen has teamed up with the Design Museum in London (below) to create a special blog about the forthcoming exhibition, Zaha Hadid Architecture and Design. More »

June 7th, 2007

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Graphic design made the front pages of British newspapers yesterday, with claims that widely ridiculed new logo designed by Wolff Olins for the 2012 Olympics in London (or at least the video that accompanies it) can trigger epilepsy attacks. More »

June 7th, 2007

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Dubai Renaissance is a building designed last year by Rem Koolhaas and Fernando Donis of OMA as an entry for a competition for iconic central feature at Business Bay in Dubai. OMA lost the competition to Zaha Hadid’s Dancing Towers project, but now OMA is negotiating to build the structure at another site in the Emirate. More »

June 6th, 2007

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Here is the second of the new products Zaha Hadid is launching at Design Miami/Basel next week: a table for Vitra called Mesa. More »

June 6th, 2007

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This is shaping up to be retro-minimalism week on dezeen: plusminuszero, the Japanese home goods brand created by Naoto Fukasawa, has launched a new collection of products (via dezain). More »