September 26th, 2007

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 8: the penultimate video in our series documenting the London Design Festival features interviews with Jamie Hayon, Matthew Hilton (below) and Libby Sellers of Gallery Libby Sellers plus young designers Benjamin Hubert (whose Dandilight is shown above) and Dominic McCausland <<watch the video>> More »
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September 25th, 2007

The Serpentine Gallery in London has published a flick-book documenting the 24-Hour Interview Marathon, organised and hosted last summer by Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist and held in the temporary pavilion designed by Koolhaas. More »
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September 25th, 2007

PizzaKobra, a new table light designed for iGuzzini by Ron Arad, gets its UK launch tonight at iGuzzini’s London showroom. More »
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September 24th, 2007

Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has unveiled plans for an artificial archipelago in the Black Sea, which is the shape of Russia. More »
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September 24th, 2007

Here are photos of Grandmateria, the inaugural exhibition at Gallery Libby Sellers in London. More »
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September 24th, 2007

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 7: Maarten Baas, the Design Museum and the Lomography project in Trafalgar Square feature in the seventh of our daily documentaries about the London Design Festival, commissioned by festival sponsor Swarovksi Crystal Palace <<watch the movie>> More »
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September 24th, 2007

Architect Tadao Ando has designed a new contemporary arts centre in Venice for luxury goods tycoon François Pinault. More »
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September 24th, 2007

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 6: we spent the weekend uploading three more mini documentaries to swarovksisparkles.tv, as part of our project documenting the London Design Festival for festival sponsor Swarovski Crystal Palace. More »
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September 23rd, 2007

The blog of design showcase Designersblock show photos of the opening of this year’s London event, held on Friday night. More »
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September 23rd, 2007

The giant Mutagenesis installation by Belgian designer Arne Quinze opened at the Abitate Il Tempo design show in Verona, Italy this weekend. More »
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September 23rd, 2007

Freedom of Creation unveiled a new range of rapid-prototyped products at 100% Design in London this weekend. More »
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September 23rd, 2007

Here are photos of Trash Luxe, an exhibition curated by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at Liberty in London. The show features furniture, lighting, homewares and jewellery by young designers who use cheap or worthless materials to create luxury products. More »
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September 22nd, 2007

FC Barcelona have unveiled the design of their new stadium by Foster + Partners. More »
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September 21st, 2007

Architects Asymptote have announced Penang Global City Center (PGCC), a large development in northern Malaysia. More »
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September 21st, 2007

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 5: today’s movie features Trash Luxe, the exhibition curated by dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at Liberty in London. <<watch the movie>> More »
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