Movie: Rem Koolhaas was at the ICA in London this morning to launch OMA's design for the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow. He gave Dezeen a quick introduction to the new gallery, which will be built in Gorky Park in the Russian capital for gallerist Dasha Zukhova. More »
Milan 2012: Dutch designers Scholten & Baijings showed a tableware set based on the archives of hand-painted porcelain company 1616 Arita Japan at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week. More »
Milan 2012: more about Hackney designers in Milan last week - this tangle of bent rods and random objects is actually a doorbell by Dutch Shoreditch-based designer Tord Boontje that was shown at the Ventura Lambrate design district. More »
We're rounding off the week on Dezeen Music Project with a bit of tech-house. This track by Nsquared builds up gradually with different rhythmic and melodic layers, before teasing you with a delayed drop about three minutes in.
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This week the Olympic torch by BarberOsbery won the top prize at the Design Museum's Designs of the Year awards, a decision that divided Dezeen readers and provoked some design critics to question the validity of the awards. More »
In the second announcement from Rem Koolhaas' office today, OMA have unveiled their designs to convert a 5400 square metre 1960s pavilion in Stalinist-era Gorky Park in Moscow into a new venue for the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture. Update: watch Rem Koolhaas give a quick introduction to the gallery in Dezeen's movie here. More »
Milan 2012: a single piece of fabric folds around the moulded polyurethane foam seat of this club chair by London designer Benjamin Hubert. More »
Slideshow: this small twisted tower is one of the six artists' studios that Saunders Architecture of Norway are constructing on Fogo Island off the coast of Canada (photographs by Bent René Synnevåg). More »
Milan 2012: last week at the Hacked Lab in Milan, Hackney-based designer Dominic Wilcox battled a 3D printer in a competition to build a model of the nearby Duomo cathedral. More »
Construction has started on an art museum with four overlapping peaks that Foster + Partners have designed for Datong, China. More »
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New York architect Steven Holl has unveiled designs for a new institute for contemporary art at the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond. More »
