Archive for November, 2007

November 13th, 2007

Here are some images from ©MURAKAMI, a retrospective exhibition of work by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, which opened two weeks ago at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

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November 13th, 2007

Dutch Design Week: Floris Hovers presented a range of handmade metal toy vehicles called Arche Toys during Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven last month. More »

November 13th, 2007

Croatian creative agency Bruketa & Zinić have designed an annual report for food company Podravka that has to be baked in an oven before it can be read. More »

November 12th, 2007

Here are some more images of the new An der Alster 1 building by J Mayer H Architects, plus plans and elevations of the building.

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November 12th, 2007

An der Alster 1 is a newly completed office complex in Hamburg, Germany, designed by J. Mayer H Architects. More »

November 12th, 2007

Tokyo Design Week: Qwerty River is a collection of objects made from reclaimed keyboard keys. The key rings, hair ties and mobile phone straps by Finnish design collective SECCO were shown at Design Tide in Tokyo earlier this month.

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November 12th, 2007

Swedish fashion designer Sandra Backlund has sent us images of her new collection, called In No Time. More »

November 12th, 2007

Dutch designers Hella Jongerius shows new work on her website, including projects for Vitra, Nymphenburg and Maharam. More »

November 10th, 2007

Dezeen has teamed up with Design Miami to publish the transcripts of the Design Talks programme at the Florida fair’s sister event, Design Miami/Basel 2007, which was held in Switzerland this June. More »

November 9th, 2007

Clip, Stamp, Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines, 196X-197X has at the Architectural Association in London. The exhibition explores the impact of experimental publications on 1960s and 1970s architecture.

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November 8th, 2007

Tokyo Design Week: Nobuhiko Arikawa of Rice-Design showed his Giraffe desk lamp (above) and Kurinoki paper clip holder (bottom) at 100% Design Tokyo last week. More »

November 8th, 2007

Tokyo Design Week: Here’s a fourth project by Torafu architects. The Kiriko Bottle project aims to revive ancient Japanese craftsmanship by using a glass cutting technique to make subtle alterations to everyday glass tableware.

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November 8th, 2007

Tokyo Design Week: Takehiro Ando’s installations at 100% Design Tokyo consisted of interlocking felt components.

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November 7th, 2007

Blue, a residential tower by architect Bernard Tschumi, has opened on New York’s Lower East Side. More »

November 7th, 2007

Tokyo Design Week: here’s another project from Torafu architects; this time their Nike Air Force 1 shoestore in Harajuku, Tokyo.

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November 7th, 2007

Tokyo Design Week: Here’s another project by Torafu architects (see previous story). Boolean is the interior for a café space at the University of Tokyo, using punctured wooden surfaces to enclose the space and frame the outside world. More »

November 7th, 2007

Architects HOK Sport have unveiled their design for the stadium for the London 2012 Olympics.

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November 7th, 2007

Tokyo design week: Japanese architects Torafu presented images of a house they have designed for Yokohama at the Pecha Kucha x Design Tide event last week. More »

November 6th, 2007

Tokyo design week: Taiwanese designers 22designstudio presented their Concrete Ring Series at designboom mart tokyo 2007, part of 100% Design Tokyo last week. More »

November 6th, 2007

Tokyo design week: Miyako Andon, a 127-year-old Japanese lighting company, exhibited new products at 100% Light during 100% Design Tokyo last week. More »