Events

Paris 2012: more from Maison & Objet in Paris this week – Japanese studio Torafu Architects present two new versions of their paper containers that can be stretched into bowls or vases for French brand Ligne Roset. More »

Paris 2012: Swedish designers Claesson Koivisto Rune present this lounge chair with a little work table attached at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. More »

Paris 2012: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón presents these figurines for porcelain brand Lladró at Maison & Objet in Paris this weekend. More »

Cologne 2012: Japanese designer Yota Kakuda has created this collection of small wooden storage and display units for French brand Ligne Roset. More »

Cologne 2012: Marc Bell and Robin Grasby of London studio International won third prize at the [D3] Contest for young designers in Cologne this week with their layered aluminium lamp shades. More »

Cologne 2012: closing one drawer of Lee Sanghyeok‘s table causes another to shoot out at random. The project won second prize at the [D3] Contest at imm cologne this week. More »

Paris 2012: Brussels designer Alain Berteau presents a series of oak products including this simple iPad dock at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. More »
Dezeen Wire: designer Jólan van der Wiel has won the €3000 first prize in the [D3] Contest for young designers at trade fair imm cologne in Germany for his Gravity Stool shaped by magnets. He showed the machine used to make the pieces at Dezeen Platform in September and you can watch it in action in our movies on Dezeen Screen.
The second prize of €2000 was awarded to Lee Sanghyeok for his Listen to Your Hands Table and the third prize of €1000 went to Marc Bell & Robin Grasby for the Apollo lamp.
Read more about Jólan van der Wiel here and more about Cologne 2012 here.

Cologne 2012: these oversized lamps by French studio Numéro 111 for design brand Ligne Roset are illuminated by strips of LEDs around the back of the shade. More »

Cologne 2012: Chilean studio Great Things to People (gt2P) present this lamp covered in alpaca hair as part of [D3] Talents at imm cologne this week. More »

Cologne 2012: French design brand Ligne Roset present their new collection in Cologne this week, including this little storage unit modelled on a traditional sewing box by Copenhagen designers GamFratesi. More »

Cologne 2012: these steel pendant lamps with a bulb in each end are on show as part of [D3] Talents at imm cologne, which opens today in Germany. More »

Dezeen Screen: designer Jólan van der Wiel has sent us this movie of his machine for shaping stools using gravity and magnets, on display as part of the [D3] Contest for young designers at imm cologne in Germany this week. Watch the movie »

Dezeen Screen: in this Dezeen movie Ola Rune of Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune presents a lamp that they created for lighting company Wästberg at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011. Watch the movie »

Dezeen Screen: in this movie we filmed at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011, Mangus Wästberg of Swedish lighting company Wästberg presents lamps designed by Studioilse, James Irvine and David Chipperfield. Watch the movie »