Dezeen Wire: the famous white suit worn by John Travolta in 1977 film Saturday Night Fever has been rediscovered and will be on show at the V&A museum in London from October. More »
Monthly archives: August 2012
John Travolta's Saturday Night Fever
Prints by Dominic Wilcox
at Dezeen Super Store
Prints of drawings by London designer Dominic Wilcox are available at Dezeen Super Store as part of London design month. More »
Thorsten van Elten at
Clerkenwell Design Week
In the first of three interviews Dezeen filmed at pop-up shops during Clerkenwell Design Week this year, Theo founder and Pigeon Light (above) producer Thorsten van Elten explains how the internet is changing the way design is sold (+ movie). More »
Landscape Abbreviated
by Nova Jiang
New York artist Nova Jiang has created a mechanical maze that rearranges itself as you move through it (+movie). More »
China dominates skyscraper
construction in 2012
Dezeen Wire: nine of the 20 tallest buildings under construction in the world are located in China, according to the latest research by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. More »
Microsoft launches
new logo
Harvest Pavilion
by Vector Architects
This pavilion by Beijing studio Vector Architects is used to wash and prepare crops during the harvest at a farm in rural China (+ slideshow). More »
The Art of Building 2012
photography competition finalists
A decaying mosque synagogue, a staircase of scaffolding and the steel structure of London's Olympic stadium feature in the twelve shortlisted images from a photography competition to capture architecture from around the world. More »
Casa Cerrada Reforma 108
by DCPP Arquitectos
A high-walled courtyard runs parallel to this long black house in Mexico City by DCPP Arquitectos. More »
Beyond Boundaries, Art and Design
by Zaha Hadid at Ivorypress Space
An exhibition of paintings, furniture and installations by Zaha Hadid goes on show at the Ivorypress Space gallery in Madrid this September. More »
Dezeen Live at 100% Design:
call for participants
Dezeen is looking for designers and other creatives to participate in a series of live events we're hosting at 100% Design in London from 19-22 September. More »
Sky Condos by
DCPP Arquitectos
Vertiginous swimming pools would cantilever like diving boards from every apartment in this tower proposed for Lima, Peru, by Mexican studio DCPP Arquitectos. More »
Air Access by
Priestmangoode
Paralympic athletes headed for London 2012 have inspired transport design studio Priestmangoode to create a conceptual airline seat with a detachable wheelchair. More »
Dezeen Mail #115
This week's issue of Dezeen Mail leads with the Porsche Pavilion at a German theme park that's been likened to Apple's Magic Mouse (above), plus new jobs, competitions and music.
The War Rooms, St. James's Park
by Ned Scott
This series of hand drawings by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Ned Scott presents a science-fiction world in which London grows a jungle of crops for fuel and food next to Buckingham Palace. More »





