We’ve got together with [NAME] Publications of Miami to give away five copies of monograph El Ultimo Grito – Abandon Architectures. More »
Stockholm 2010: Swedish designers Muungano are exhibiting a collection of furniture that combines African colours and patterns with the aesthetics of the Bauhaus movement at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair. More »
adn architects of Belgium have completed the refurbishment of a house in La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium, painting both the new plaster and original shale walls in white to exaggerate the different textures. More »
Dezeenwire: London firm Zaha Hadid Architects have seen a 69% decrease in profit from just over £5 million in 2008 to £1.6 million in the year to March 2009 - Building Design
London designer Ron Arad has created a polycarbonate version of his famous Well Tempered Chair for the forthcoming exhibition of his work at the Barbican in London. More »
Dezeenwire: fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead at his home in London - BBC
Stockholm 2010: Berlin designers Osko+Deichmann are exhibiting a collection of colourful chairs made of tubular steel folded into sharp bends at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More »
London designer Asif Khan has produced an installation of chairs and tables made of freeze-dried flowers as part of the Designers in Residence program at the Design Museum London. More »
Dezeenwire: architect I. M. Pei will be awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture at a ceremony in London tonight. See press release below. More »
At Object Rotterdam in the Netherlands last week Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana exhibited a terracotta table made of decorative ventilation bricks commonly used in Brazilian houses. More »
Product designers Smith & Wightman and graphic designers BCMH of London have collaborated to design a conceptual system of currency made of various materials including cork, glass, metal and wood. More »
Spanish designer Héctor Serrano has created packaging to contain the ingredients for a potato dish traditionally served on Spanish island Tenerife. More »
Milan 2010: Brazilian designer Brunno Jahara has released a collection of homeware made of hammered and crumpled anodized aluminum. More »
At Object Rotterdam last week Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk exhibited a table laid with new pieces she has created for Dutch glassware company Royal Leerdam Crystal, cutlery manufacturers Koninklijke Van Kempen and the Audax Textile Museum Tilburg. More »
Dezeen is proud to be media partner for Global PechaKucha Day for Haiti, a series of 2000 presentations that will take place around the world on 20 February to raise money for rebuilding Haiti in the wake of last month’s earthquake. More »