Glowing walls, windows and furniture will replace light bulbs in homes as OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology improves, according to Dietmar Thomas of Philips Lumiblade (+ movie). Update: this movie has been nominated for a Webby Award! Vote for Dezeen to win here. More »
Movies
"At night you won't switch on the ceiling
"We don't know how to fix things"
- Daniel Charny at Dezeen Live
Curator and writer Daniel Charny explains why making, hacking and fixing represent the future of design in this interview filmed at the Dezeen Live series of talks at 100% Design. More »
R18 Ultra Chair by Clemens Weisshaar
and Reed Kram
Design Miami: design duo Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram have used technology from the car-racing industry to develop a chair made by robots that weighs just 2.2 kilograms (+ movie). More »
"I'm interested in what the future might
look like" - Asif Khan at Dezeen Live
In the next movie we filmed during Dezeen Live at 100% Design, designer Asif Khan explains how soap bubbles, rubbish bins and a neighbour's flower bed have all provided inspiration for his work. More »
Naturoscopie II by
Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
Design Miami: French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has launched a white variation of his leaf-like LED lighting, which fades and flickers like dappled light coming through trees (+ movie). More »
Out of Print by Roma Levin, James Cuddy,
Danilo Di Cuia and Goldsmiths students
Random snippets of news headlines are harvested from the internet, muddled up and printed using a traditional wooden letterpress in this movie by the Out of Print team. More »
Rammed Earthenware
by Bril
These plates made of tightly-packed soil were produced by Japanese design collective Bril (+ slideshow). More »
"I use my imagination to create story spaces"
- Katrin Olina at Dezeen Live
Icelandic designer Katrin Olina describes how she translates characters from her imagination into drawings, animations, products and interiors in this movie we filmed at Dezeen Live at 100% Design. More »
"Could we be human without objects?"
- Sam Jacob at Dezeen Live
Architect and writer Sam Jacob takes the audience at Dezeen Live on a rapid-fire journey from a prehistoric standing stone to the Argos catalogue and USB cigarettes in this interview filmed at 100% Design during the London Design Festival. More »
Movie: Shopping Roof Apartments
by OFIS Arhitekti
The fourth and final movie from our series featuring the architecture of Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti features Shopping Roof Apartments, an apartment block on the roof of a shopping market in the Alpine village of Bohinjska Bistrica. More »
Competition: Stackable Snowmen
and Happy Little Trees to be won
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win a set of Stackable Snowmen or Happy Little Trees Christmas decorations, both designed by Fruitsuper Design (+ movie). More »
"Designers should be more entrepreneurial"
- Tom Hulme at Dezeen Live
IDEO UK design director Tom Hulme advocates that "designers should be more entrepreneurial" and design every part of a business in this movie we filmed as part of the Dezeen Live series of discussions during the talks programme at 100% Design during London Design Festival. More »
Movie: Baroque Court Apartments
by OFIS Arhitekti
Earlier this year Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti transformed three baroque houses in Ljubljana into an apartment block with a secret courtyard, which is featured in this third movie from our series about the studio's work. More »
"It's not what you'd expect a particle accelerator
to look like" - Chris Hatherill of Super/Collider
In this movie filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day, Chris Hatherill from Hackney company Super/Collider speaks about how his team handcrafted a particle accelerator from hand-blown glass. More »
Movie: Hayrack Apartments
by OFIS Arhitekti
The next movie in a series about the buildings of Slovenian practice OFIS Arhitekti features a social housing block on the outskirts of Ljubljana with a latticed facade inspired by local Alpine hayracks. More »