Dezeen Wire: a group of Palestinian business leaders are working on a Palestinian national brand and will launch the first campaigns later this year. The move coincides with an appeal for the UN to admit Palestine as a full member state - Financial Times
Monthly archives: July 2011
Palestinians to establish a national brand
Alte Schule Winterbach by Archifaktur
German studio Archifaktur has inserted felt-lined caves and green-floored playrooms into the loft of a 1930s primary school (photographs by Zooey Braun). More »
Stirling Prize shortlist 2011
Rabobank Headquarters by Sander Architecten
Amsterdam studio Sander Architecten designed cardboard meeting rooms inside a bank in the Netherlands. More »
Creative Britain in Reverse?
by Seymourpowell
Dezeen Wire: as the UK government reviews design technology's status as a compulsory school subject, industrial designers Seymourpowell have released a movie featuring Paul Smith, James Dyson and others talking about the importance of design education. More »
Walking City dresses
by Ying Gao
Parking Attendant’s Pavilion by Jean-Luc Fugier
French architect Jean-Luc Fugier has designed a contorted timber hut to house a parking ticket machine. More »
Clamped Stools by Daniel Glazman
Furniture designers' obsession with clamps has taken a new turn with this stool held together with one of the woodworking tools. More »
Orlebar Brown by Post-Office
London studio Post-Office have completed a boutique in Notting Hill with rails made of bronze-plated scaffolding. More »
Villa 4.0 by Dick van Gameren
Dutch architect Dick van Gameren has converted a family house outside Hilversum by punching three faceted skylights through the roof and driving a corridor through the middle. More »
Convention Centre by Eva Jiricna Architects
and A.I Design s.r.o.
A ring of mesh thorns crowns the roof of this convention centre in Zlín, Czech Republic, by London studio Eva Jiricna Architects and Prague architects A.I Design s.r.o. More »
6T7 Espai Cafe by MSB Estudi Taller
Panels woven from steel wire filter light into this combined cafe and gallery by Spanish architects MSB Estudi Taller. More »
Mercury by Ziiiro available in new colours
at Dezeen Watch Store
Dezeen Watch Store: the Mercury watch by Hong Kong brand Ziiiro is now available in new colours at Dezeen Watch Store. More »
Blast by
Guy Mishaly
An explosion created these stools by Israeli designer Guy Mishaly. More »
Sun Cutter
by Markus Kayser
Show RCA 2011: here's another piece of manufacturing machinery that harnesses sunlight by Markus Kayser - inventor of the Solar Sinter 3D printer in our earlier story - this time a low-tech, low-energy version of a laser cutter. More »