Monthly archives: December 2011

Celeste by Ziiiro now available
at Dezeen Watch Store

Celeste by Ziiiro now available at Dezeen Watch Store

Dezeen Watch Store: check out the new Celeste by Ziiiro at Dezeen Watch Store or try one in person at our Christmas pop-up The Temporium, where readers get 10% discount on all Dezeen Watch Store products. More »

Competition: five copies of Sketching,
the Basics to be won

Sketching the Basics

Competition: we’ve teamed up with BIS Publishers to give away five copies of Sketching, the Basics by Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur. More »

Too Fat To Fail at The Proposal by Jeremie
Maret, Lenny Staples and Christian Weber

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 »

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 »

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 »

Dezeen Screen: Stewy at Dezeen Platform

Dezeen Screen: Stewy at Dezeen Platform

Dezeen Screen: 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. Watch the movie.

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 »