Monthly archives: October 2008

When I Was Small by Tineke Beunders

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Dutch designer Tineke Beunders of Ontwerpduo presents a suite of scaled-up dolls house furniture and objects at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate show this month. More »

Competition: five copies of Digital by Design
by Troika to be won

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Dezeen have teamed up with publishers Thames & Hudson to offer readers the chance to win five copies of Digital by Design by multi-disciplinary art and design practice Troika. More »

Corpus 2.0 by Marcia Nolte

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Corpus 2.0 by Marcia Nolte is a set of seven portraits illustrating how the human body could adjust itself to the design of products, including a hole in the lips for smokers (above) and an extended shoulder for holding a phone (below). Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Lighten Up by [re]design

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Green design collective [re]design presented a range of sustainable lights from various British designers including Julia Lohmann, Jericho Hands, Rawstudio, bluegreen&co and others at 100% Design in London last month. More »

A Pile of Suitcases by
Maarten de Ceulaer

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Here are some more images of A Pile of Suitcases, a wardrobe presented by Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer at the Graduation Galleries 2008 show at Design Academy Eindhoven. More »

Dezeen’s top ten: Japanese projects

Dezeen’s top ten: we’re off to Tokyo next week for Tokyo Designers Week and to get us in the mood, here’s a roundup of the most popular stories on Dezeen about Japanese architecture and design.  More »

New building for the University of Leipzig
by Erick van Egeraat

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Yesterday saw the topping-out ceremony of a new building designed by Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat for the University of Leipzig in Germany. More »