Monthly archives: February 2010
Dezeenwire: Belgian design biennale Interieur 2010 have announced Architecten De Vylder Vinck Tailleu as designers of this year’s exhibition. See press release below. More »
Dezeenwire: Design Academy Eindhoven have announced that they will exhibit in the Lambrate district of Milan this April, rather than Zona Tortona. See press release below. More »

Dutch designers Atelier NL have been awarded the Re:Vision Design Award by magazine Modern Painters for their ceramics collection made of clay collected from different farms. More »
Dezeenwire: Guardian architecture critic Jonathan Glancey writes about newly knighted architect Sir David Chipperfield to coincide with the opening of the his extension to Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany. The Guardian

Hong Kong designer Leo Yiu has created a clock that protrudes at an angle from the wall it’s mounted on. More »

Architect Tsuyoshi Kawata of Japanese studio Tonoma has completed a house in Usuki, Japan, which features a wooden terrace wedged between two volumes. More »

Architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau has sent us his photos of a recently-completed extension to the Ecomusée du pays de Rennes in France, clad in wooden shingles and designed by French studio Guinée + Potin Architects. More »

Dezeen have teamed up with publishers AVA Academia to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of Thinking: Objects – Contemporary Approaches to Product Design by designer and lecturer Tim Parsons. More »

Australian designer Marc Newson has designed a carrying case to hold a single bottle for champagne brand Dom Pérignon. More »

Tokyo practice Torafu Architects have designed a stage set for a theatre adaptation of Don Quixote. More »

American designers Von Tundra have created an oak dining chair with a raw maple seat and backrest. More »

David Chipperfield Architects have completed an extension to the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany. More »

Dutch architects Snitker/Borst have completed 48 split-level homes in Leiden, the Netherlands, according to the Ruamplan concept developed by architect Adolf Loos in the 1920s. More »

Italian designer Odoardo Fioravanti has designed a telescope with a wooden body to mark the 4ooth anniversary of the first telescope observations made by Galileo Galilei. More »
Dezeenwire: The British Council have announced that muf architecture of London will curate the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice architecture biennale – The Architects’ Journal