Cologne 2012: Marc Bell and Robin Grasby of London studio International won third prize at the [D3] Contest for young designers in Cologne this week with their layered aluminium lamp shades. More »
Monthly archives: January 2012
Hauptschule Rattenberg
by Daniel Fügenschuh
Innsbruck architect Daniel Fügenschuh has completed a concrete and glass extension to a school at a former monastery in Rattenberg, Tyrol. More »
VOID
at Interiors UK
In his second of four interviews with some of the designers that Dezeen Watch Store are taking to Interiors UK in Birmingham from 22 January, David Ericsson of Hong Kong watch brand VOID talks about his collection. More »
Listen to Your Hands
by Lee Sanghyeok
Cologne 2012: closing one drawer of Lee Sanghyeok's table causes another to shoot out at random. The project won second prize at the [D3] Contest at imm cologne this week. More »
New Basics by Alain Berteau for Objekten
Paris 2012: Brussels designer Alain Berteau presents a series of oak products including this simple iPad dock at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. More »
Gravity stool by Jólan van der Wiel
wins [D3] Contest at imm cologne
Dezeen Wire: designer Jólan van der Wiel has won the €3000 first prize in the [D3] Contest for young designers at trade fair imm cologne in Germany for his Gravity Stool shaped by magnets. He showed the machine used to make the pieces at Dezeen Platform in September and you can watch it in action in our movies on Dezeen Screen.
The second prize of €2000 was awarded to Lee Sanghyeok for his Listen to Your Hands Table and the third prize of €1000 went to Marc Bell & Robin Grasby for the Apollo lamp.
Read more about Jólan van der Wiel here and more about Cologne 2012 here.
Gymnastics building by Heams et Michel
A windowless yellow facade shrouds the interior of this concrete gymnasium in southern France by architects Heams et Michel. More »
Peye and Olive by Numéro 111 for Ligne Roset
Cologne 2012: these oversized lamps by French studio Numéro 111 for design brand Ligne Roset are illuminated by strips of LEDs around the back of the shade. More »
Veterinarian N House by Eureka
and Atelier Chocolate
Japanese architects Eureka and Atelier Chocolate have completed a vet’s surgery and apartment behind a metal mesh cage in Kanagawa. More »
Shan Valla
at Interiors UK
Dezeen Watch Store and friends: Dezeen Watch Store will be at Interiors UK in Birmingham from 22 January, along with a selection of the most successful designers and brands from our pop-up shop The Temporium. In this first of four interviews with some of the designers, Londoner Shan Valla talks about her new collection of porcelain vessels cast from cut-glass decanters and her bottles cast from found, industrially produced milk bottles. Watch the movie »
Dezeen at Home
Gudpaka Lamp by Great Things to People
Cologne 2012: Chilean studio Great Things to People (gt2P) present this lamp covered in alpaca hair as part of [D3] Talents at imm cologne this week. More »
Critics' reactions to
A Room For London
Dezeen Wire: this week architecture critics have been discussing A Room For London, a boat-like apartment on the roof of the Southbank Centre that will accomodate temporary overnight guests throughout 2012. More »
Competition: five copies of eVolo
Skyscrapers to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with the organisers of the eVolo Skyscraper Competition to give away five copies of their book, which collates 300 of the best entries from the past six years. More »
Picnic by GamFratesi for Ligne Roset
Cologne 2012: French design brand Ligne Roset present their new collection in Cologne this week, including this little storage unit modelled on a traditional sewing box by Copenhagen designers GamFratesi. More »