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Milan 08: textile and wallpaper designers Timorous Beasties will launch a collection printed with images of “contemporary urban life”, including skateboarders, tramps and CCTV cameras, and another design based on the conflict in the Middle East. More »
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 »
The V&A Museum of Childhood in London will host an exhibition of Olympic Games posters spanning from 1900 to the present day. More »
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 »
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 »
Following the popularity of our Designer Christmas Cards post, here are a few New Year cards we’ve received from designer folk out there. Above: Kam Tang. Meanwhile Happy New Year from us, thanks for visiting and see you in 2008! More »
Design Miami 07: here is our sixth movie from Design Miami in December, featuring the As Long As It Lasts tattoo parlour set up by Tobias Wong, Josée Lepage and Aric Chen (who is interviewed in this film). Movie length: 38 seconds. More »
Designer and illustrator Katrin Olina created a mural called Spur for the VIP room at 100% Design Tokyo last month. More »
When we were young we used to hang our favourite Christmas cards on a length of string pinned to the wall. We thought we’d do the digital equivalent with our favourite e-cards this season. More »
If you’re looking for design-related Christmas presents, this makes the perfect gift, etc etc! Twenty-First Century Design by Dezeen edit0r-in-chief Marcus Fairs is an overview of design at the start of the new millennium More »
Creative agency Checkinit curated an exhibition to coincide with the launch of the Claw Vandal Hi, a Nike sneaker designed by female graffiti artist Claw Money. More »
Moritz Waldemeyer has designed costumes for rock band OK Go, featuring LEDs that spell the band’s name. More »
Here are some images from ©MURAKAMI, a retrospective exhibition of work by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, which opened two weeks ago at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
Croatian creative agency Bruketa & Zinić have designed an annual report for food company Podravka that has to be baked in an oven before it can be read. More »
Clip, Stamp, Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines, 196X-197X has at the Architectural Association in London. The exhibition explores the impact of experimental publications on 1960s and 1970s architecture.
Tokyo design week: Japanese motion graphics company WOW projected several of their works at design store Cibone during Design Tide last week, including this piece (click on image to play the movie). More »
London web designers Poke have created a web page that goes on forever for mobile phone network Orange. More »
