Archive for July, 2007

July 15th, 2007

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Here is Gitta Gschwendtner’s second exhibition space at the Wellcome Collection in London (see previous post). More »

July 15th, 2007

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Here is the first of two permanent exhibition spaces designed by Gitta Gschwendtner at the newly opened Wellcome Collection centre for medical science and art in London. More »

July 15th, 2007

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Starting this September, Parisian design gallery Galerie Kreo presents an exhibition of specially commissioned stools by designers including Julia Lohmann (above), François Azambourg (below), Andrée Putman and Alessandro Mendidi. More »

July 14th, 2007

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Stitch Room is Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec’s contribution to MyHome, an exhibition of experimental room sets at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany (via dezain.net). More »

July 13th, 2007

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Here is a selection of photos of Tom Dixon’s new collection of furniture and lighting. The designer presented the collection in Milan in April but photographs have only just been released (the images we used first time around are computer renderings).

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Shown here are the Stout pendant light (top image and below), Link table and Base table light (above). More »

July 13th, 2007

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New Designers 07: Tap Light (above and below) is a wall light you turn on and off with a tap. It was designed by Cat Mckee, a graduate from the contemporary furniture course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College.

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July 13th, 2007

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New Designers 07: The Country in the City, by Goldsmiths design graduate Alex Brown, combines industrial fire safety glass with references to traditional embriodery techniques. More »

July 13th, 2007

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We’ve just updated our Zaha Hadid blog with a time-lapse movie showing the construction of the Lilas installation at the Serpentine Gallery (see previous post). The blog also features loads more exclusive content including a video interview with Zaha and a film of the Zaha Hadid exhibition opening party at the Design Museum.

July 12th, 2007

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Time to wind up the Zaha conspiracy theorists again… here are some photos of Lilas, the architects’ installation at the Serpentine Gallery in London, which opens to the public today.

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The temporary structure was built to host the Serpentine’s annual summer party, which was held last night (above and below). More »

July 12th, 2007

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New Designers 07: Detacho Playhouse is a toy developed to teach children about divorce. Designed by Central St Martins College of Art and Design graduate Ben Forman, it features a dolls’ house that splits in half. More »

July 12th, 2007

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New Designers 07: Dandelion Light is a swaying standard lamp with a polyester shade designed by Sunghwa Jang, a design graduate from Kingston University in London. More »

July 12th, 2007

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New Designers 07: here are three projects by Madelene Björk, a graduate from the contemporary furniture degree course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College. Above is her Sideboard Kitchen while below are her Wire Lamps and a project called 10 Metres. More »

July 12th, 2007

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New Designers 07: here is our first post from the New Designers Part 2 graduate showcase, which opened last night at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Paper Mache Arm Chair (sic) is designed by Majid Asif of University College for the Creative Arts. The chair is made of 120 layers of newspaper built up over an inflatable mould. More »

July 11th, 2007

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Architecture and design outfit Kram Weisshaar has created a limited-edition series of dinner plates for porcelain brand Nymphenburg. More »

July 11th, 2007

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Swedish design team Front have presented images of their latest body of work, called the Magic Collection. More »

July 10th, 2007

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AMO and Prada have launched Prada Prototypes, an online auction of limited-edition Prada garments and accessories. More »

July 10th, 2007

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Dezeen is mentioned extensively in the new issue of German design magazine Form, which this month focuses on blogs, the internet and all things online. More »

July 10th, 2007

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We’ve been sitting on these images since Milan, trying to decide whether the product is brilliant or bonkers… but what the hell. Here is Bookinist, a chair-cum-bookshelf. On wheels. With a reading light. And a cup holder. And a secret compartment. More »

July 9th, 2007

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Lise Lefebvre, who has just completed her Masters at Design Academy Eindhoven, has sent us images of her graduation project. Called The Aesthetics of Domestic Sound, it explores how the experience of using a domestic appliance is affected by the sound it makes. More »

July 9th, 2007

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Aircraft manufacturer Boeing yesterday launched its new commercial jet, the 787 Dreamliner.

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Here are interior and exterior photos of the plane, which is the “world’s first mostly composite” passenger jet and which promises to be quieter and more fuel efficient than other jets. All images and caption texts are courtesy of Boeing. More »