Monthly archives: November 2009

Competition: five copies of The Function of Form
by Farshid Moussavi to be won

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 »

Saint-Etienne by Sophie Françon
and François Mangeol

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

Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre
by Peter Rich Architects

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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 »

Dezeen podcast: Airside at the Design Museum

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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 »

Tokyo Designers Week interviews:
Nigel Coates

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 »

Dezeen podcast: ExperimentaDesign 09

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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 »

Tokyo Designers Week interviews:
Gwenael Nicolas

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