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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German architects Gerd Priebe have completed a new office situated in the existing complex of medical equipment developers Saegeling Medizintechnik in Heidenau, Germany. 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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Midsummer Snow Storm is an installation by British artist Peter Liversidge for Jupiter Artland, a contemporary sculpture garden in the grounds of Bonnington House near Edinburgh. 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 26th, 2009

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Finnish architects C-Laboratory have completed a timber house on a cherry farm in the mountains of northern Taiwan. More »

June 25th, 2009

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Since we’re on a summer pavilion tip today… the Serpentine Gallery in London have given us a couple more images of this year’s pavilion, which is under construction in Kensington Gardens. More »

June 25th, 2009

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A museum dedicated to Belgian artist and Tintin author Hergé, designed by Atelier Christian de Portzamparc, opened earlier this month in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (via yatzer). 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 25th, 2009

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This year’s Architectural Association Summer Pavilion, designed by students from Unit 2 after a concept by 3rd year student Danecia Sibingo, will open in Bedford Square, London on 3 July. More »

June 25th, 2009

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Dezeen podcast: in this podcast talk for the Design Museum in London, early Penguin Books designer David Pelham and former Penguin editor Judith Burnley discuss covers for publishers Penguin from the past and present, with current art director Jim Stoddart. More »

June 25th, 2009

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Luxembourg practice dagli + atelier d’architecture have completed the interior of AKbank NV’s Netherlands Headquarters in the Rembrandt Tower, Amsterdam. More »

June 25th, 2009

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London practice ThreefoldArchitects have completed Ladderstile House, a courtyard house on Richmond Park in London. More »