Design

July 3rd, 2009

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Dezeen podcast: in our latest podcast for the Design Museum in London, Spanish designer and graphic artist Javier Mariscal and curator Daniel Charny show us round the first UK retrospective of Mariscal’s work, called Drawing Life. More »

July 3rd, 2009

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Royal College of Art graduate Georges Moanack has designed Ultra Lead - an electrical management system that allows electrical devices from around the world to be used without changing their power plugs. More »

July 2nd, 2009

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French design collective Matière A have designed a kitchen storage system using a tree branch and some timber batons. More »

July 2nd, 2009

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Royal College of Art graduate Fabien Cappello has created a collection of furniture from unwanted Christmas trees. More »

July 2nd, 2009

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Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have create a range of polo shirts for fashion brand Lacoste. More »

July 1st, 2009

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French designer Amaury Poudray has designed a glass, zeppelin-shaped aquarium supported by a steel frame. More »

July 1st, 2009

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Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a series of contemporary objects for Japan Brand, using traditional Japanese craft techniques. More »

July 1st, 2009

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Dezeenwire: U2’s latest tour, 360°, kicked off at Camp Nou in Barcelona last night with singer Bono wearing a leather jacket containing 240 lasers and designed by Moritz Waldemeyer. More info and a video on Waldemeyer’s blog.

See also our earlier stories on Waldemeyer’s digital costume collaborations with OK Go and Hussein Chalayan.

July 1st, 2009

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Cape Town designers Animal Farm have produced an “organic lounger” made from woven branches that hangs in a tree and is reached by a rope ladder. More »

June 30th, 2009

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French designer Philippe Starck has designed a range of cashmere garments for Italian brand Ballantyne. More »

June 29th, 2009

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Royal College of Art graduate Min-Kyu Choi has designed a folding version of the standard UK electrical plug. More »

June 29th, 2009

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The Drop Series by graduate designer Olivia Decaris is a range of tent-like structures that can be raised and lowered over tables, beds and desks. More »

June 28th, 2009

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Mini Capsule Hotel, a six-bed dorm by Atelier Van Lieshout, featured in an outdoor installation called Never-EverLand at Design Miami/Basel earlier this month. More »

June 27th, 2009

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Royal College of Art graduate Thomas Thwaites has built a working toaster from scratch, extracting raw materials and processing them himself in an attempt to replicate a mass-produced toaster he bought in a shop for less than £5.00. More »

June 27th, 2009

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Design High, an exhibition of design art, opened at Louise Blouin Foundation in London on Thursday, featuring work by Atelier van Lieshout, Joris Laarman, Robert Stadler and others. More »

June 26th, 2009

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Dutch architects UN Studio have created an installation in an abandoned fort as part of RETREAT, an art exhibition they have curated at Fort Asperen near Leerdam in the Netherlands. More »

June 26th, 2009

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Croatian design student Victor Matic has designed a chair held together with zip ties. More »

June 25th, 2009

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More pavilions: British designer Tom Dixon has designed a gazebo for champagne brand Veuve Clicquot. More »

June 24th, 2009

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Graduating designer Charlotte Moneypenny has created a range of glassware with marble games built into them. More »

June 24th, 2009

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French designer Benjamin Graindorge has designed a garden that floats on the surface of a fishtank and uses fish waste as fertiliser. More »