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March 24th, 2008

Nicolas Cheng and Michael Leung of Studio Leung have created Printable Offerings, a collection of images of everyday items such as iPhones, Bic biros and Tempo pocket tissues that can be downloaded, printed and assembled into 3D models for use at Chinese festivals. More »
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March 19th, 2008

Swedish architects Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture have designed a series of four prefabricated low-energy houses. More »
Posted in Architecture, Green, all | 16 Comments »
March 13th, 2008

100 Chairs in 100 Days by Martino Gamper is one of seven category winners for the first Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards, organised by the Design Museum in London. More »
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March 11th, 2008

Design Indaba 08: IDEO cofounder Bill Moggridge presented this concept tricycle that purifies water as the rider pedals, at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town last month. More »
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March 8th, 2008

We finally found time to post photos of design folk having fun at the various parties that took place during the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town the week before last. Above: Maxim Velčovský. More »
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March 6th, 2008

Cabbage Chair is a new product by Japanese designers Nendo made of waste paper from the pleated fabric industry. More »
Posted in Design, Green, all | 29 Comments »
February 27th, 2008

Towel With Further Options by Japanese designers NIIMI is designed to be recycled as a bath-mat and a cleaning cloth as it wears out. More »
Posted in Design, Green, all | 6 Comments »
February 26th, 2008

Steven Holl Architects has been commissioned to build a complex of five linked towers surrounding a public plaza in Chengdu, China. More »
Posted in Architecture, Green, all | 7 Comments »
February 24th, 2008

British architect Jonathan Tuckey has designed a timber-clad extension to a 19th century Baptist chapel in Wiltshire, England, as part of the building’s conversion into a residential property. More »
Posted in Architecture, Green, all | 9 Comments »
February 24th, 2008

Japanese designer Nosigner has created an installation using discarded flourescent tubes at the Theory Luxe fashion store in the Omotesando Hills development in Tokyo. More »
Posted in Design, Green, all | 2 Comments »
February 22nd, 2008

Stockholm Design Week: Norwegian lighting company Luxo has launched the Ninety Light by American designer Shawn Littrell, which they claim is the world’s most efficient task light. More »
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February 21st, 2008

Stockholm Design Week: Swedish architects TAF Arkitektkontor have designed the inaugural collection for IOU Design, a new company producing sustainable outdoor furniture. More »
Posted in Design, Green, Stockholm Design Week 08, all | 1 Comment »
February 20th, 2008

Dezeen has teamed up with Belgian designer Arne Quinze to give away five signed copies of his new book, Cityscape. More »
Posted in Books, Competitions, Featured designer: Arne Quinze, all | 5 Comments »
February 18th, 2008

Film maker Peter Greenaway will create a multimedia event involving Leonardo da Vinci’s painting The Last Supper, as part of the cultural programme of this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile (international furniture fair) in Milan in April. More »
Posted in Interviews, Milan 08, all | 7 Comments »
February 11th, 2008

Spanish architects Bipolaire have sent us images of a new housing development in Torrevieja, Spain. More »
Posted in Architecture, Green, all | 14 Comments »
February 8th, 2008

More airships: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has sent us a couple of new images showing the interior of his flying hotel proposal, Manned Cloud. More »
Posted in Design, Green, Interiors, all | 5 Comments »
February 7th, 2008

Dezeen has teamed up with Pecha Kucha Night to give away ten copies of the new Pecha Kucha Night book. More »
Posted in Books, Competitions, all | 7 Comments »
February 6th, 2008

The Design Museum in London has announced the shortlist for the first Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards - a new annual exhibition and awards programme that replaces the controversial Designer of the Year award. More »
Posted in Architecture, Competitions, Design, Graphics, Interiors, all | 1 Comment »
February 5th, 2008

Tokyo architects Atelier Tekuto have developed a prefabricated aluminium house with walls that act as both structure and thermal radiators. More »
Posted in Architecture, Green, all | 6 Comments »
February 3rd, 2008

Mark Sanders, designer of the Strida Bike, has given Dezeen access to his archive of drawings, models and photographs (including his very first sketch of the bike, above). Here he tells us how the project came about: More »
Posted in Design, Green, Interviews, all | 20 Comments »