Ar Vag by Thibault Penven /ECAL
Movie: Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) student Thibault Penven has designed a folding boat. More
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Designed in Hackney: Offset by Tomás Alonso
Designed in Hackney: accessories like lamps and dividers attach to this desk system by Tomás Alonso through a gap in the surface of the table. More
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Designjunction announces exhibitor line-up
Dezeen promotion: Designjunction has announced the exhibitor line-up for its next show in a former postal sorting office in central London during the London Design Festival this September. More
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Portico by Aida Atelier and Kuno Lab
This Tokyo house by Japanese architects Aida Atelier comprises a cluster of four white-rendered blocks that support an elevated fifth block above a central patio. More
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Dezeen Watch Store: Vigorelli by Matteo Ragni for Lorenz
Dezeen Watch Store: new in this week at Dezeen Watch Store is the elegant Vigorelli by Milan designer Matteo Ragni for Italian watch brand Lorenz: More
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Casa Xieira II by A2+ Arquitectos
Slideshow: a curved concrete facade wraps around the front of this house by A2+ Arquitectos in Leiria, Portugal, with a large hole revealing the rectilinear house behind (photos by Fernando Guerra). More
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Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary at the V&A
A solo show of work by British designer Thomas Heatherwick opens at the V&A in London this week, featuring prototypes, experiments, material samples and finished works from key projects including UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 and his recent redesign of the double decker London bus. More
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"Details revealed for super-tall tower in New York" - Wall Street Journal
Dezeen Wire: plans have been unveiled for a 425-metre-high skyscraper designed by architect Rafael Viñoly for New York’s Park Avenue, which will become the tallest residential tower in the USA if built - The Wall Street JournalWhile buildngs over 300 metres are currently classed as "super-tall", the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago published a report at the end of last year announcing "the era of the mega-tall tower" and predicting the 20 tallest buildings in the world by the year 2020 - more details in our earlier Dezeen Wire story.
See more stories about Rafael Viñoly here, including the interview we filmed with the architect about the golden arts centre he completed in September last year.
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Competition: five copies of Page 1 - Great Expectations by GraphicDesign& to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with publishers GraphicDesign& to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new book Page 1 - Great Expectations, which features the just the first page of Charles Dickens' famous novel, repeated 70 times with 70 different typographic layouts. More
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Mörike Gymnasium by Klumpp + Klumpp
Slideshow: oak-lined boxes create study rooms along the corridors of this school in southern Germany by Stuttgart architects Klumpp + Klumpp (photos by Zooey Braun). More
