This week on Dezeen
This week 3D printing has been high on the agenda with projects exploring the technology's cultural impact at the Istanbul Design Biennial and a fair showcasing the equipment in London. More about This week on Dezeen
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3D printing is "bringing the factory back to the individual"
News: cheap 3D printers mean manufacturing can again take place at home as it did before the industrial revolution, according to MakerBot Industries CEO and co-founder Bre Pettis (+ audio). More about 3D printing is "bringing the factory back to the individual"
"If China doesn't go green it's the end of the world" - Li Xiaodong on Liyuan Library
World Architecture Festival 2012: in this movie we filmed at the World Architecture Festival, Chinese architect Li Xiaodong tells Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs how "sustainability is a must" for new buildings in China, because if the country doesn't get it right it's "the end of the world". More about "If China doesn't go green it's the end of the world" - Li Xiaodong on Liyuan Library
Competition: five copies of Dynamic Identities to be won
Competition: Dezeen Watch Store features in this new book about brand identities that use dynamic graphic design by designer and author Irene Ontwerp, and Dezeen readers can win one of five copies. More about Competition: five copies of Dynamic Identities to be won
Area Bed by Alain Gilles for Magnitude
Product news: the Interieur Foundation's Designer of the Year Alain Gilles will launch a bed that lets users hide chairs, a desk or even a bath behind its adaptable headboard at design fair Interieur 2012, which opens tomorrow in Kortrijk, Belgium. More about Area Bed by Alain Gilles for Magnitude
Still Life with Light by Martí Guixé
Vienna Design Week: Spanish designer Martí Guixé presented an upmarket version of a box of wine at Sotheby's in Vienna earlier this month. More about Still Life with Light by Martí Guixé
Foster + Partners present vision for Grand Central Terminal
News: architecture firm Foster + Partners has unveiled proposals to increase the capacity of New York's Grand Central Terminal by widening approach routes and pedestrianising streets (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners present vision for Grand Central Terminal
Design Museum Collection App: cameras
As part of the series of interviews filmed by Dezeen for the Design Museum Collection App, director of the Design Museum Deyan Sudjic introduces two cameras that raised the bar of analogue photography. Download the iPad app free from the app store here. More about Design Museum Collection App: cameras
El Greco Museum restoration and extension by Pardo + Tapia Arquitectos
Renaissance artist El Greco lived and worked in the Spanish city of Toledo and Pardo + Tapia Arquitectos has refurbished and added a glazed entrance pavilion to the small museum that houses some of his most important paintings (+ slideshow). More about El Greco Museum restoration and extension by Pardo + Tapia Arquitectos
The Sound of the Earth by Yuri Suzuki
As a needle passes over this vinyl globe by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki, it plays folk music and national anthems from around the world (+ movie). More about The Sound of the Earth by Yuri Suzuki