Competition: we’ve teamed up with BIS Publishers to give away five copies of Sketching, the Basics by Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur. More »
Monthly archives: December 2011
Competition: five copies of Sketching,
Too Fat To Fail at The Proposal by Jeremie
Maret, Lenny Staples and Christian Weber
An inflatable naked man bulges against the walls of this gallery where visitors can stay the night, either on the floor of one gallery or in a van outside. More »
Herman Hertzberger to receive the
Royal Gold Medal for architecture
Dezeen Wire: Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger has been named as the recipient of this year's Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More »
Genesis by David Adjaye at Design Miami/
Visitors to this year’s Design Miami/ fair could climb into the hollow belly of a wooden pavilion by architect David Adjaye. More »
British Council seek "explorers" for British Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Dezeen Wire: the British Council will invite architects to conduct research projects in far-flung places and present their findings at an exhibition entitled Venice Takeaway in the British Pavilion at next year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More »
Kirk Kapital A/S headquarters by Olafur Eliasson
Artist Olafur Eliasson has designed fort-like headquarters to rise out of the sea for a Danish investment company. More »
Iconograph by Werner Aisslinger: special
Christmas edition at Dezeen Watch Store
Dezeen Watch Store: we've got a special white and gold Christmas edition of the Iconograph watch by Werner Aisslinger at the online Dezeen Watch Store and you can try one in person at our Christmas shop The Temporium in London. More »
Joseph Grima and Emre Arolat to curate
inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial
Dezeen Wire: editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima and Istanbul architect Emre Arolat have been appointed to curate the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial, which will take place from 13 October to 12 December 2012. More »
Wald aus Wald by Takashi Kuribayashi
Later this week visitors to the Hong Kong Arts Centre will be able to stick their heads through the ceiling of one gallery to find themselves in a paper winter wonderland. More »
Pacific Place by Thomas Heatherwick
Waves of stone ripple around the corners of a Hong Kong shopping centre that was recently renovated by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. More »
Dezeen Platform:
Stewy
Dezeen Platform: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, street artist Stewy talks about painting indigenous British animals in unexpected areas of the city, including one side of Dezeen Platform. More »
AK-47 rifle among new additions
to Design Museum's collection
Dezeen Wire: a Kalashnikov AK-47 rifle, one of the most widely used weapons in the world, is among 13 new additions to the collection of the Design Museum in London.
Other new acquisitions include a Space Invaders arcade machine, Sony Walkman cassette player and The Face magazine. More »
Playbutton musical badges at The Temporium
The Temporium 2011: Playbutton is a badge with a built-in MP3 player that plays a preloaded album when headphones are attached. Playbutton is available at our Christmas pop-up store The Temporium but we only have ten so get there fast! More »
House for Three Sisters by Drawing Notes
Curved alcoves nestle into earthquake-resistant walls at the rear of this renovated house in Tokyo. More »
Natural History Museum of Utah by Ennead
Architects with GSBS Architects
Faceted rock-like walls line a towering atrium inside a museum of natural history that opened this week in Salt Lake City. More »