Slovenian design brand Asobi has put a smaller version of its giant Isle Lounge sofa into production. More »
Archive for August, 2007
August 21st, 2007
August 20th, 2007
Thomas Heatherwick has completed Boiler Suit, an undulating facade of woven steel panels encasing the boiler house at Guy’s Hospital in London. More »
August 20th, 2007
New Designers 07: Golden Time Cupboard is designed for primary schools and contains nine storage boxes for toys and games that can be removed for the “golden time” play hour at the end of the day. More »
August 20th, 2007
Korean architect Minsuk Cho of Mass Studies will build a temporary pavilion in New York City this September to host a series of performances to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Storefront for Art and Architecture gallery. More »
August 19th, 2007
Burn Burn Burn is not a product but a material, according to designer Sarah van Gameren. And also a performance: the flammable paint is applied decoratively to interiors and then ignited to leave a scorched testimony at “funerals, dinners, weddings” etc.
August 19th, 2007
Rivington Place, a new visual arts space for London’s inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts) designed by architect David Adjaye, is nearly complete.
August 19th, 2007
Here is a new rendering of architect Amanda Levete of Future Systems’ installation for the London Design Festival this September (see our earlier story for more details and images). The piece, made of Corian, is part of the Size + Matter project that also includes Zaha Hadid’s Urban Nebula (see previous story).
August 19th, 2007
Architect Zaha Hadid has created a sculptural piece that will be installed at the South Bank Centre in London during the London Design Festival this September.
August 19th, 2007
An exhibition of new work by designer Ettore Sottsass will inaugurate the new Friedman Benda Gallery in New York next month. More »
August 18th, 2007
Influential design retailer Murray Moss has opened his first store outside New York, with the launch of Moss: Los Angeles (or “Moss Angeles”) on Melrose Avenue. (via David Report via Dezain). More »
August 16th, 2007
New Designers 07: The Ethical Kitchen is a project by Alexandra Sten Jørgensen, a recent graduate of the contemporary design course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University in England. More »
August 16th, 2007
Fish Bowls is a new project by designer Roger Arquer that presents 15 variations on the standard fish bowl including Do Not Piss Me Off (above), which “tells us about the power to decide between the life and death of the fish”. More »
August 16th, 2007
Property developer Urban Splash has launched an international architecture competition to bring life back to Birnbeck Island and Pier, a faded tourist attraction at the seaside resort of Weston-Super-Mare, England. More »
August 16th, 2007
Here is a set of renderings and plans of the new academic building for the Cooper Union college in New York, designed by Morphosis.
August 16th, 2007
It’s not very sunny back here in London but we’re smiling nonetheless, as we’ve reached a major milestone.
We’ve been on holiday for the past ten days - thanks to Chantelle Lue for looking after dezeen for us while we were away.
And we’ve returned to find that at some point during the last week we welcomed our millionth visitor… we’ve now had 1,025,000 visitors since the start of the year.
We’ve also galloped up Technorati’s popularity ranking of all the blogs in the world and are now well within the top 2,500. Thanks once again to all our readers!
