Dezeenwire: former Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has been appointed as chairman of the committee for World Design Capital Helsinki 2012. See press release below. More »
Monthly archives: January 2011
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to lead World Design
IE-tag by Naruse Inokuma Architects

Tokyo firm Naruse Inokuma Architects created these pads of page markers from demolished wooden houses. More »
MR Design Office by Schemata Architecture Office

A slide is hidden behind the mirrored wall in this Tokyo office by Japanese studio Schemata Architecture Office. More »
Balmain House by Carter Williamson Architects

This extension to a family house with marble brise-soleils on the rear façade in New South Wales, Australia, is by Australian practice Carter Williamson Architects. More »
WOW Sendai by Upsetters Architects

Upsetters Architects of Japan have completed the interiors for the new offices of visual design studio WOW, located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. More »
Beautiful Planets by Béatrix Li-Chin Loos
at Galerie Gosserez

German-Taiwanese designer Béatrix Li-Chin Loos has created this series of spherical vases from layers of scrap wood, glass, cardboard and leather. More »
House R by Bembé Dellinger

This house cantilevering out from the landscape in Schondorf am Ammersee, Germany, is by German architect Bembé Dellinger. More »
La Halle du Robin by AP 5 Architects

This multi-purpose sports hall by Parisian studio AP 5 Architects has shutters in the facade to open the lower part of the building. More »
Tree Hotel by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter

Here are some photographs of the completed Tree Hotel by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, a mirrored glass box suspended round the trunk of a tree in Harads, northern Sweden. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents
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We're heading to the imm cologne design fair in Germany next week, where once again we're holding a series of Dezeentalks featuring upcoming and established designers and design-world figures in conjunction with the [D3] Design Talents event. The talks are free so come along and watch! More »
Sprig by Victor Vetterlein

These branched pendant lights are by American designer Victor Vetterlein. More »
Losanges by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec will present a collection of rugs for Spanish brand Nanimarquina at Maison & Objet in Paris this month. More »
Flat Mirrors by Big-Game
BGU University Entrance Square
by Chyutin Architects

Stripes of paving, plants and lighting form the entrance to Ben- Gurion University campus in Be'er Sheba, Israel, designed by Israeli firm Chyutin Architects. More »
Family Tomb by Pedro Dias

This tomb for a family on the mountainside in Arganil, Portugal, is by Portuguese architect Pedro Dias. More »
