Archive for November, 2008

November 30th, 2008

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Dutch architects NL created a forest of 100 trees planted in shopping trolleys at the Urban Play event in Amsterdam, Netherlands, which ended earlier this month.  More »

November 30th, 2008

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London designers Blustin Heath have designed a cardboard interior for the Magma Art Bookshop. More »

November 30th, 2008

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Melbourne architectural and urban design practice Lyons have completed a new research centre at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. More »

November 30th, 2008

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Tokyo architect Shinichiro Himematsu has designed a cafe adjacent to a vinegar factory in Fukuoka, Japan. More »

November 29th, 2008

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London-based artist Gayle Chong Kwan has created a fantasy landscape out of used plastic food packaging for an exhibition in London. More »

November 29th, 2008

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London-based designer and curator Rabih Hage has opened a hotel in a Georgian terraced house in London, UK. More »

November 28th, 2008

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Italian designer Riccardo Giovanetti has designed a pavilion to host the premier of new Walt Disney movie Trilli. More »

November 28th, 2008

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Boston- and Hong Kong-based Rocker-Lange Architects have designed a villa called Inside Out - Outside In for the Ordos 100 project in Inner Mongolia, China. More »

November 28th, 2008

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Spanish designers Discoh have created a sex toy inspired by the aloe vera plant. More »

November 27th, 2008

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London-based interior architecture and design office Blacksheep have designed the interior for Inamo, a restaurant in London, UK, with interactive projections on the tables. More »

November 27th, 2008

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Belgrade-based design studio 4of7 and London-based practice Superfuisonlab have completed the conversion of a former restaurant in Belgrade, Serbia, into a gym and spa. More »

November 27th, 2008

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Canadian designer Craig Alun Smith has designed a pair of chairs called Wank, which are currently on display as part of the 2-Chairs exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Winnipeg, Canada. More »

November 26th, 2008

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London-based architects Metropolitan Workshop have won a competition to design a new Museum of Conflict in Tripoli, Libya. More »

November 26th, 2008

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Design Miami 08: At Design Miami next week, Dutch designers Nynke Tynagel and Job Smeets of Studio Job will exhibit a collection of furniture decorated with marquetry at New York gallery Moss. More »

November 26th, 2008

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Design Miami 08: Dezeen has teamed up with Design Miami and Fendi to present a series of live chat shows with leading international designers in Miami next week. More »

November 26th, 2008

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More from UNStudio: the Dutch architects have completed Star Place department store in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. More »

November 25th, 2008

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Trapezoid, a watch designed for fashion brand Issey Miyake by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa, has gone on sale. More »

November 25th, 2008

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Japanese architects SANAA will create an installation at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, Spain, this month. More »

November 25th, 2008

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Dutch architects UNStudio have sent us these images of a planned arts and retail complex in Dubai, UAE, to include the Museum of Middle Eastern Modern Art. More »

November 24th, 2008

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At Art Basel Miami Beach next month, publishers Visionaire will present a pop-up book created by artists and designers including Gareth Pugh, Sophie Calle and Mario Testino. More »