Monthly archives: June 2011

Catalytic Clothing by Helen Storey and Tony Ryan

Catalytic Clothing by Helen Storey and Tony Ryan

Dezeen Screen: This movie by Adam Mufti features supermodel Erin O’Connor wearing a dress that incorporates a catalytic converter. This is the first part of a collaboration between designer Helen Storey and chemist Tony Ryan to create clothes that filter pollution from the air. Music is by Radiohead. Watch the movie on Dezeen Screen. More »

Inside awards: Red Bull offices
by Linda Morey Smith

Inside awards: Red Bull offices by Linda Morey Smith

Dezeen Screen: In this Dezeen movie London interior designer Linda Morey Smith, one of the judges of the Inside awards, talks about designing the headquarters of drinks brand Red Bull. Watch the movie »

Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June.

ECA/OAI Office Building by Personeni
Raffaele Schärer Architects

ECA-OAI Office Building by Personeni Raffaele Scharer Architects

A spiralling staircase is visible behind the gridded exterior of this office block in Vevey, Switzerland, by Swiss firm Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architects. More »

O’ Mighty Green by STAR Strategies + Architecture

O'Mighty Green by STAR Strategies + Architecture

Rotterdam studio STAR Strategies + Architecture have photoshopped green walls over images of iconic buildings to poke fun at the way architects believe cladding a building in plants makes it sustainable. More »

Sra Pou Vocational School 
by Rudanko + Kankkunen

Sra Pou Vocational School by Rudanko + Kankkunen

This school in Cambodia by Finish architects Rudanko + Kankkunen was built by the local community from hand-dried blocks of the surrounding soil. More »

London 2012 Basketball Arena
by Sinclair Knight Merz

London-2012-Basketball-Arena-by-Sinclair-Knight-Merz-Wilkinson-Eyre-and-KSS

The latest completed venue for the London 2012 Olympics is the Basketball Arena, a PVC tent designed by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS. More »

Inside awards: Linda Morey Smith

Inside awards: Linda Morey Smith

Dezeen Screen: London interior designer Linda Morey Smith is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about designing offices for brands including Sony Music, Red Bull and Nokia. Watch the movie »

Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June.