Milan 2011: in first of our movies filmed in Milan and published on our new video website Dezeen Screen, industrial designer Gabriel Lamb of fuseproject describes the process of setting up the JamScape installation at Ventura Lambrate, which involved wiring up over 1,600 wireless Jambox speakers to play audio tracks submitted by Dezeen readers. See the movie
Singapore based architects Studio SKLIM created built-in platforms, seating and storage for this renovation of an office in a post-war building on the outskirts of Singapore. More »
Milan 2011: this chair made from polyurethane film is part of a collection of transparent furniture by Japanese designers Nendo, on show in Milan this week. More »
#milanuncut: here’s a brief summary of activity on www.milanuncut.org over the last few days: More »
Competition: we’ve teamed up with designers Beta Tank to give away five signed copies of their new book Taxing Art. More »
Earth is banked up to the ground floor windows of this residence in Hidaka, Japan, by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office. More »
Dezeen Watch Store: Skew, the latest watch by Tokyo designer Ross McBride, is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. More »
Dezeenwire: Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision have released a report on how European architects use trade journals. See the report below. More »
Milan 2011: Amsterdam designer Laurens van Wieringen presents this piled-up child’s chair at Ventura Lambrate this week. More »
As the Milan furniture fair begins, Alice Rawsthorn previews this year’s event in the New York Times and compares the design industry’s fortunes to previous years. Read the story. See all Dezeen’s stories from Milan 2011.
Spanish firm Grupo Aranea have designed this apartment to sit on the roof of a house belonging to the client’s mother. More »
Milan 2011: Italian brand Superego editions present a collection of ceramic vases resembling tree branches by Italian designer Andrea Branzi in Milan this week. More »
Milan 2011: Eindhoven designers Formafantasma present this range of plastic vessels resulting from experiments with natural polymers at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. More »
Family members can see into all rooms across the central courtyard of this Japanese house by Sapporo studio Archi LAB. t+m. More »
Our new video website, Dezeen Screen, has just launched. As part of the launch we’re setting up a temporary video studio adjacent to Yves Behar’s JamScape installation in Milan and we’ll be filing video reports from the Ventura Lambrate district all week. Come and see us if you’re in Milan! www.dezeenscreen.com More »