Dezeen Wire: this year’s Qubique design fair will take place at a former freight train station in Berlin between the later dates of 30 November and 2 December.
The event, which launched last year, is moving from its original location at the former Tempelhof airport following the liquidation of parent company Offshow AG. This year’s show will take place under the aegis of a new company, Qubique GmbH & Co KG. More »
Dezeen Wire: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has revealed that she is designing a new interior for the World Business Class cabins of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Jongerius will also create new cabin seats, which will be installed inside the upgraded cabins of 22 Boeing 747-400s. More »
Dezeen Wire: the “revolutionary” new product that French designer Philippe Starck claimed in a radio interview on Friday to be designing for Apple has been revealed by online technology publication AllThingsD to be a yacht for the family of late CEO Steve Jobs - AllThingsD
A spokesperson from Apple told the magazine that the company is not working on a new product or project with Starck. However the designer was working on plans for a yacht for Jobs before his death last year, to be constructed by boatbuilders Feadship.
Dezeen Wire: local architects EllisMiller have been granted permission to create a series of temporary structures in the London borough of Hackney that will provide a hub for media and commerce during the upcoming Olympic games. More »
Dezeen Wire: design critic Justin McGuirk examines the politically driven design and development that has taken place in Colombian capital Bogotá in recent years and reflects on the successes and failures when compared to the advancement of second city Medellín – The Guardian
Watch a movie about the Coliseos sports centre in Medellín here, which is one the buildings mentioned in the article.
Dezeen Wire: urban explorer Bradley Garrett has posted photographs on his blog showing how himself and members of the group London Consolidation Crew climbed the 309-metre-high exterior of London skyscraper the Shard back in February 2011. More »
Dezeen Wire: architecture and design blog Designitecture have published an update to YAMoPo, a list of the most popular architecture and design websites in the world, and have ranked Dezeen in sixth place. See the results in full here.
The YAMoPo (Yet Another Most Popular) list was originally created by architecture blog Archdaily but hadn’t been revised since 2009.
Dezeen Wire: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, grandson of the car firm’s founder and designer of the iconic Porsche 911 model, has died at the age of 76 - The Guardian
Dezeen Wire: homes and interiors publication Elle Decoration UK has announced a campaign aimed at challenging intellectual property rights in Britain, where designers are currently afforded less protection from copying than those from other creative disciplines. More »
Dezeen Wire: following the news that esteemed architecture critic Paul Goldberger has left The New Yorker magazine for a position at Vanity Fair, the New York Observer‘s real estate correspondent Matt Chaban claims that the current lack of a replacement for Mr. Goldberger is symptomatic of a decline in quality architecture criticism throughout the printed media - New York Observer
Dezeen Wire: David Chipperfield Architects have won the contract to renovate Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie at the Kulturforum in Berlin – artdaily More »
Dezeen Wire: New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn predicts that failing to address ethical and environmental issues could be the downfall of Apple, “the reigning champion of corporate design” - New York Times
Dezeen Wire: here’s a round up of design critics’ reactions to the retrospective of British design that opens at the Victoria & Albert museum in London tomorrow. More »
Dezeen Wire: internet giant Google have honoured eminent German architect Mies van der Rohe by changing their logo to a doodle celebrating his 126th birthday today. More »
Dezeen Wire: Dezeen has been named #01 in the Best Blogs list of top 50 design blogs. See the full list here.