Making a Silk Screen by Nina Levett
Austrian designer Nina Levett mixes imagery from punk and pop culture into her designs for textiles, wallpaper and ceramics. More
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FuelBand by Nike+
This wristband by sports brand Nike tracks your movement throughout the day and gives you points for being more active. More
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Lego PMD by Rosan Bosch and Rune Fjord
The best escape route from a meeting at the Denmark office of toy brand Lego is down a metal slide. More
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"Turning inwards, going backwards": new student immigration rules
Dezeen Wire: Tom Campbell of BOP Consulting has published an article on the company's culture and creative industries blog slamming the UK government's new student immigration rules as "a potential disaster for the UK's creative and design sector."The new regulations are due to come into effect in April and mean non-EU students will no longer have the right to apply to stay in the UK upon completing their studies, instead returning home and "taking their talents, intellectual property and entrepreneurial energies with them." Read the full article here.
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The Grid of Santen by 403architecture
A neat row of wooden louvers conceals a small sleeping chamber inside the attic staffroom of a hair salon in Hamamatsu, Japan. More
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"Nendo hones its unusual charm" - New York Times
Dezeen Wire: design critic Alice Rawsthorn interviews Japanese designer Oki Sato of Nendo about how the company got its name, the humour and stories behind their work and his current preoccupation with glass-blowing - New York TimesNendo presented two exhibitions of their work in Paris last week: furniture that's only stable when objects are placed on it and another collection at Carpernters Workshop Gallery that includes containers made of agricultural netting, tables with glass tops that have been allowed to flow outside their frames and huge blown-glass bubbles trapped in steel coffee tables.
See all our stories about Nendo here and watch our interview with Oki Sato on Dezeen Screen.
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Stork Nest Farm by SGL Projekt
It may look like a giant bird’s nest but this stick-covered dome is actually a horse-riding arena in the Czech Republic. More
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Competition: five books by Candy & Candy to be won
Competition: Dezeen and interior designers Candy & Candy have teamed up to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new book The Art of Design, which documents their luxury projects over the last ten years. More
