Monthly archives: November 2011
Dezeen in Israel: we’ve noticed a big increase in interesting design coming out of Israel in recent years, so last week we visited Tel Aviv to see recent projects from both established local designers and recent graduates of schools in this up-coming design nation. We’ll publish our pick of the best projects over the next few days, but in the meantime we’ve grouped together all our stories about furniture and products designed in Israel. See all the stories »
You can also watch Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs and Tel Aviv-born designer Shay Alkalay discussing the rise of design in Israel in a movie we filmed in Cologne earlier this year. Watch the movie »
Inside awards: as part of our series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to James Russel and Hannah Plumb of JamesPlumb about their interior for outfitters Hostem, which won the retail category. Watch the movie »
Fast-food giant McDonalds have commissioned designer Patrick Norguet to redesign their restaurant interiors across France. More »
The architect of this Portuguese residence describes it as a grey house with a black backpack (photos by Fernando Guerra). More »
Workshops clad in timber batons sit atop this children’s centre outside Paris by French architects SOA. More »
A brightly striped facade of colour-coated windows, mirrors and coloured panels encases this nursery in north Paris (photos by Julien Lanoo). More »
On 17 November 2006 Dezeen published its first ever story about the Design Museum dropping the Designer of the Year award. More »
This extension to a north London home comprises three shed-like blocks clad in unfinished larch. More »
This take-away packaging by Casey Ng combines a paper bag top with a rigid carton for the base. More »
This time last year Foster + Partners completed a solar-powered urban development in Abu Dhabi and unveiled plans for a museum in the same city with wing-shaped towers designed to act as thermal chimneys. More »
Danish architects BIG and Paris studio OFF have won a competition to design a research centre for Sorbonne Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. More »
Dezeen launched five years ago this week and we’re celebrating our birthday by looking back at our favourite stories, parties and projects over the last five years. We’ve travelled all over since launching in 2006 and here we’ve compiled the most memorable design weeks and festivals we’ve attended. More »
Dezeen Wire: apparently, tomorrow is World Toilet Day and the latest issue of Colors magazine focuses on all things faecal, including the taboos, dangers and practical applications of excrement – Colors magazine
Inside awards: as part of our series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Andy Walker from Nike Football and Sean Pearson from RUFproject about the Football Training Centre in Soweto, which won the culture and civic category. Watch the movie »
This week on Dezeen we celebrated our fifth birthday! We picked some of our favourite parties, stories and projects since 2006 and published a selection of the lovely tweets we received. More »