Monthly archives: February 2009

Furniture by Imaginary Office

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Stockholm Design Week 09: designer Daniel Hedner of Imaginary Office presented three prototypes at the Greenhouse young designers’ showcase at Stockholm Furniture Fair earlier this month, including this sofa called Pleats Pleats. More »

China Insurance Group headquarters
by Coop Himmelb(l)au

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Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au have won a competition to design the headquarters for China Insurance Group in Shenzhen, China. More »

Dezeen podcast: Designs of the Year

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Dezeen podcast: in this latest podcast for the Design Museum, curator Nina Due gives a tour of the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2009 exhibition, on show at the museum in London until 14 June 2009.  More »

Huaxi city centre by MAD and others

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Architects MAD have revealed a masterplan created when they invited 11 young architecture practices – including BIG, JDS, Mass Studies, Serie and Sou Fujimoto Architects – to design conceptual projects for Huaxi city centre in Guiyang, China. More »

Vondel Verses by Anouk Vogel and Johan Selbing

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Landscape architect Anouk Vogel and architect Johan Selbing have won a competition to design new lighting and furniture for the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More »

Competition: five copies of Lost Buildings by
Jonathan Glancey to be won

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Dezeen have teamed up with publishers Carlton to give away five copies of Lost Buildings by Jonathan Glancey. More »