Archive for August, 2007

August 31st, 2007

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Swedish design studio Form Us With Love have put some of their Bendable Interior Objects (BIO) pieces into production. More »

August 31st, 2007

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Czech designer Maxim Velcovsky will present a new series of vases at the Mint shop in London next month, during the London Design Festival. More »

August 30th, 2007

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Bodo Sperlein has designed a mirror using not one branded material but two: Corian and Swarovski crystals. More »

August 30th, 2007

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Here are some new photos of the TransNeomatic bowls designed by the Campana Brothers for Artecnica’s Design With Conscience initiative. More »

August 30th, 2007

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Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny of Studio Libertiny has sent us images of his new series of Honeycomb Vases, which are made by bees. More »

August 29th, 2007

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Here is a set of 12 photos taken by architectural photographer Hélène Binet of Zaha Hadid’s Dune Formations installation at the Venice Art Biennale earlier this summer.

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We first wrote about this project back in June, where you’ll find all the info and a few more pics.

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August 29th, 2007

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Michel Rojkind of Rojkind Arquitectos has sent us this series of 12 diagrams showing how his Nestlé Chocolate Museum - as featured in our earlier story - was put together. More »

August 29th, 2007

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Designer Tom Dixon will give away 1,000 low-energy lights in Trafalgar Square, London next month as part of the London Design Festival. More »

August 28th, 2007

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Fabien Cappello is a young designer who has just graduated from the ECAL university of art and design in Lausanne, Switzerland and starts a postgraduate course at the Royal College of Art in London this September. More »

August 28th, 2007

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This coming Saturday 1 September is the deadline for entries to The Great Indoors Award 2007 - a new, biannual, international interior design prize. More »

August 28th, 2007

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Industrial designer Michael Young has designed another sex toy, this time called Sabar. More »

August 27th, 2007

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Here are more images of the Mondrian South Beach apartment project in Miami with interiors by Marcel Wanders, plus details of two new hotels Wanders is working on in Las Vegas. More »

August 27th, 2007

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Dutch designers Tjep have completed a new reception area for the economics department at the ROC professional training school in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. More »

August 27th, 2007

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New Designers 07: Northumbria University design graduate Christine Misiak takes old tea sets she finds at car boot sales and brings them back to life. More »

August 27th, 2007

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Filmmakers Neutral will present their first solo exhibition at the Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery (see images below) in London, starting on 14 September. More »

August 26th, 2007

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Jaime Hayon is back, with a new collection of hand-made vases for mosaic brand Bisazza. More »

August 26th, 2007

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Rojkind Arquitectos have completed their Nestlé Chocolate Museum in Mexico City.

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We need say no more, as the images and the following press release tell all:

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August 26th, 2007

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The Design Art London collectors’ fair has launched its website and branding and released the list of exhibitors for its inaugural exhibition this October. More »

August 26th, 2007

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Peter Marigold is one of several young British designers showing new work at Grandmateria, an exhibition at Gallery Libby Sellers in London this September during the London Design Festival and the Frieze Art Fair. More »

August 25th, 2007

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The winners of the Index Awards 2007 - the self-styled “world’s biggest design award” with prizes of €100,000 for each winner - have been announced at a ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark. More »