Monthly archives: April 2011
Dezeenwire: the Neues Museum in Berlin by architect David Chipperfield has won the 2011 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. More »

Audio tracks and soundscapes submitted by Dezeen readers will play this week at JamScape, an experimental audio installation in Milan developed by Jawbone and Yves Béhar of fuseproject. More »

Milan 2011: Japanese designers Nendo present this tubular steel chair made with techniques traditionally used for bamboo furniture in Milan this week. More »

Brussels firm 51N4E have converted the industrial buildings at this former coal mine in Winterslag, Belgium, into a cultural centre. More »

Milan 2011: Dutch architects UNStudio will present this angular white plastic chair at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. More »

Milan 2011: Swedish collective Front will present a series of vases that tell the stories of five women living in remote villages in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. More »

Milan 2011: Swedish designers TAF have created this polypropylene light in a hand knitted net for Swedish design brand Zero. More »

Helsinki firm Arkkitehdit NRT designed these workshop facilities for Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences in Finland. More »

Milan 2011: London studio Doshi Levien will present this injection-moulded wooden chair for Italian brand Moroso at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week. More »

London studio Sybarite have designed a modular display system for shoe brand FitFlop. More »

Milan 2011: London designer Philippe Malouin will present a rug made of chain mail in Milan next week. More »

The showpieces for Icelandic designer Sruli Recht‘s first menswear collection are made of 21 blackbirds and 27 stillborn lambs. More »

This house in Zellerndorf, Austria, by Vienna studio Franz Architekten comprises three separate units linked by glass passages. More »

Milan 2011: Design Academy Eindhoven will host a series of talks with academy graduates plus designers including Jurgen Bey and Piet Hein Eek and moderated by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs in the Porta Romana district of Milan on 13 April. More »

Designers Scott, Rich and Victoria of London and Auckland have created this collection of oak and metal furniture. More »