Monthly archives: November 2009

Dezeen and publishers Actar have got together to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of The Function of Form by Farshid Moussavi, academic and co-founder of Foreign Office Architects. More »

Graduate designer Colm Keller has created a pair of ceramic and birch usb pendants for couples with long-distance relationships. More »

Tokyo 09: architect Makoto Tanijiri of Hiroshima architects Suppose Design Office designed an exhibition environment based on clouds for Designtide Tokyo in Japan last week. More »

Australian design firm Carr Design Group have completed a modular house in Kilmore, Victoria, Australia. More »

Norwegian designers StokkeAustad and Frost Produkt have collaborated to design a range of kitchen utensils. More »

French designers Sophie Françon and François Mangeol have collaborated to create a range of modular school furniture. More »

A centre built to house prehistoric artefacts designed by South African practice Peter Rich Architects won the World Building of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona last night. More »

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Dezeen podcast: in this latest podcast collaboration with the Design Museum in London, Fred Deacon, Nat Hunter, Jamie Wleck and Malika Favre of London-based design agency Airside talk us through the history of the company and some of their recent projects. More »

Dezeen have teamed up with Mr Jones Watches to give away five Cyclops watches. More »

German bathroom brand Grohe have launched limited edition coloured shower heads at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona this week. More »

Tokyo Designers Week 09: architect and designer Nigel Coates describes the “complete chaos” of Tokyo in this final installment in our series of short interviews commissioned for the Tokyo Desigers Week official guide, which was produced by Dezeen. More »

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Dezeen podcast: designers including Konstantin Grcic, Michael Young, Nacho Carbonell and Studio Glithero talk about their response to the theme It’s About Time in this podcast report on design event ExperimentaDesign 09 in Lisbon. More »

The nine World Architecture Festival category winners have been announced at the festival in Barcelona. More »

Tokyo 09: in this short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week guide, designer Gwenael Nicolas asserts that anything is possible in Tokyo. More »

Los Angeles-based architects Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich of architectural practice Patterns have completed an art gallery on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. More »