New Designers 2011: as the value of copper increases, product design graduate Oscar Medley-Whitfield has minted a range of copper-bullion bowls so investors can display their assets at home. More »
Monthly archives: July 2011
Townhall Schefflenz by Glück+Partner
Both weddings and council assemblies take place beneath the double gabled-roof of this hall at the medieval centre of a German village (photography by Roland Halbe). More »
Footwear by Victoria Spruce
Show RCA 2011: footwear designer Victoria Spruce presented these sculptural shoes at the Royal College of Art graduate show earlier this month. More »
Tianmen Mountain Restaurant by Liu Chongxiao
A triangulated glass and steel restaurant sits beside a river in a remote forested gorge in southern China. More »
Holman House by Durbach Block Jaggers
A Picasso painting inspired this cliff-top house near Sydney by architects Durbach Block Jaggers. More »
Miles and Miles of Sticky Tape
by Monika Grzymala
Polish artist Monika Grzymala will fill a London gallery with lengths of black and white sticky tape at an exhibition that opens in October. More »
Competition: five copies of Folding Techniques
for Designers to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with publishers Laurence King to give Dezeen readers the chance to win one of five copies of Folding Techniques for Designers. More »
To The Victor – The Spoils!
by Airside
London designers Airside have made the promo video for new Flashman track To The Victor – The Spoils! More »
Rowan Moore slates the Museum of Liverpool
- The Observer
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Rowan Moore has written a scathing review of the recently opened Museum of Liverpool for The Observer. Read the full article here. Update 15/08/11: see the complete set of images in our later story.
London City Farmhouse by Catrina Stewart
Faeces, electric eels and fruit would power conceptual communities designed by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Catrina Stewart. More »
Alboraya-Palmaret metro station by Rstudio
House in Pedrogão by Phyd Arquitectura
This dreamy holiday bunker designed by Portuguese studio Phyd Arquitectura is sunk into the landscape, overlooking the hills near Torres Novas. More »
Dezeen archive: weather
Dezeen archive: since our story about a house concealed by mist (bottom left) was so popular this week, we've grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archive that feature weather. See all the stories »
Glass Loggia House by Allen Jack+Cottier,
Vladimir Sitta and Belinda Koopman
An oversailing glass roof and steel mesh curtain protect a two-storey extension and terrace at a historic Sydney house. More »
DIY Series by Andre Pereira
New Designers 2011: Kingston University graduate Andre Pereira has created a series of products to help with tricky DIY tasks, including these paint brushes that clip onto the edge of a tin of paint. More »