Dezeen Screen: this movie tours a remote museum in Inner Mongolia, recently completed by Beijing architects MAD. Watch the movie »
Monthly archives: September 2011
Naust paa Aure by TYIN tegnestue
Strips of glazing wrap the walls and roof of a timber waterside summerhouse in Aure, Norway. More »
Chapel by Breathnach Donnellan O'Brien
and MEDS students
The students and tutors of a design and build workshop in Istanbul have constructed a seaside temple from oriented strand board. More »
Kathryn Firth to lead
Olympic Legacy team
Dezeen Wire: the Olympic Park Legacy Company has appointed ex-PLP director Kathryn Firth as the new chief of design - see the press release here
QR code island by C.A.N
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Mat Barnes and Eddie Blake of C.A.N talks about the QR-code island they exhibited at Dezeen Platform this weekend. Watch the movie »
Marcel Wanders for Marks & Spencer
London Design Festival 2011: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders launched a collection for British retailer Marks & Spencer in London last night, including a pair of gloves with one gold finger tip (below). More »
Sliced Porosity Block by
Steven Holl tops out
Dezeen Wire: The Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects in Chengdu, China has topped out at 123 metres. More »
Fiu Fiu Boutique by Mateusz Adamczyk
and Marcin Kwietowicz
Polish architects Mateusz Adamczyk and Marcin Kwietowicz have inserted three gabled huts inside a Warsaw clothes store. More »
Today at Dezeen Platform:
Roger Arquer
Dezeen Platform: Spanish designer Roger Arquer is next up on Dezeen Platform, our micro-exhibition at Dezeen Space, with his Alba chair and stool. More »
House in Sri Lanka by Tadao Ando
photographed by Edmund Sumner
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has completed a concrete house on the edge of a cliff in southern Sri Lanka, writes Yuki Sumner. More »
London Design Medal 2011
awarded to Ron Arad
Dezeen Wire: designer Ron Arad is awarded the London Design Medal 2011 at a ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral tonight as part of the London Design festival. The medal is awarded annually for a lifetime's contribution to design and the city. It was awarded last year to Thomas Heatherwick, who was included in the judging panel this year.
Watch a series of interviews with Ron Arad on Dezeen Screen and see all our stories about his work here.
Delicate Interference: Assemblage 3
by Faye Toogood
London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of the third collection of furniture by London designer Faye Toogood, this time exploring iridescent materials, on show at Phillips de Pury & Company in London this week. More »
Architecture for Humanity acquires
Worldchanging magazine
Dezeen Wire: non-profit organisation Architecture for Humanity have acquired Worldchanging magazine and plan to merge it with their own online Open Architecture Network. More details on the Architecture for Humanity website.
Julian Hakes at Dezeen Platform
Dezeen Platform: in the first of our series of interviews with designers presenting their work at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space, architect Julian Hakes talks about his Mojito Shoe, which has no footplate and wraps around the wearer's foot in a single ribbon. Watch the movie »
Shading by Robert Stadler at
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
London Design Festival 2011: Austrian designer Robert Stadler presents new work at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London. More »