Hypercubus by WG3
Austrian architects WG3 have designed a mobile hotel room that could be delivered to all kinds of outdoor locations. More about Hypercubus by WG3
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Dezeen Super Store featured on Deutsche Welle
Dezeen Wire: German broadcaster Deutsche Welle have featured our pop-up design shop Dezeen Super Store in a feature on temporary shops in London during the Olympics, including an interview with Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. It also shows the nearby Opening Ceremony shop furnished by Faye Toogood, Boxpark in east London and temporary boutiques at Selfridges department store, where the Nike+ House of Innovation hosts our event tonight.
Watch the program on the Deutsche Welle website »
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Movie: Velodrome animation by Crystal CG
Movie: digital graphics company Crystal CG created this animated video to accompany the Chemical Brothers' specially commissioned song, which is played before each session in the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympics. More about Movie: Velodrome animation by Crystal CG
Dezeen Mail #113
Zaha Hadid's streamlined glass and concrete government building in Montpellier (above) heads up the lastest issue of Dezeen Mail, along with new jobs, competitions, movies and music.
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Hatched at Holland Avenue by Outofstock
Birds' nests inspired the facade of this Singapore cafe by designers Outofstock, where eggs are served all day. More about Hatched at Holland Avenue by Outofstock
Movie: Nike GS Football Boot
Movie: the base and sock lining of these lightweight football boots by Nike are made of castor beans, as explained in our next movie with the brand’s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti ahead of this evening’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation at Selfridges. More about Movie: Nike GS Football Boot
Luke Hayes photography in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store
Prints of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre by photographer Luke Hayes are now on display in The Changing Room, a space at Dezeen Super Store that is regularly given over to different creatives to showcase their products or artwork. More about Luke Hayes photography in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store
Engineering Temporality by Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen has covered pieces of furniture in a fine web of steel rings before destroying them with fire to make functioning objects that resemble fuzzy fading memories of the originals (+movie). More about Engineering Temporality by Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen
Villa Sonnehaert by Hollandse Nieuwe
These offices for the Dutch Football Association in Zeist by interior designers Hollandse Nieuwe are concealed behind the classical facade of a reconstructed mansion (+ slideshow). More about Villa Sonnehaert by Hollandse Nieuwe
Tea Houses by Swatt Miers
Architects Swatt Miers have suspended three glass pavilions over the edge of a valley in northern California (+ slideshow). More about Tea Houses by Swatt Miers
Designed to Win at the Design Museum
An exhibition of design for sports is on show at the Design Museum in London to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. More about Designed to Win at the Design Museum
Dezeen Music Project: Mutual Core (remix) by Simplex
Cardiff-based DJ Simplex, who we featured on Dezeen Music Project last month, has sent us a preview of his glitchy remix of Mutual Core, a track from Björk's most recent album Biophilia.
The track is part of a remix contest being held by online music store Beatport. You can listen to the full track and vote for it here.
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Australia House Gallery and Studio by Andrew Burns
Australian architect Andrew Burns has completed a pointy gallery and studio for artists-in-residence in Japan to replace one that was destroyed during the major earthquake of last year (+ slideshow). More about Australia House Gallery and Studio by Andrew Burns
Movie: London 2012 Olympic venue fly-throughs by Crystal CG
Movie: digital graphics company Crystal CG has sent us its animated flights over the city that TV broadcasters are using to zoom between venues for the London 2012 Olympics. More about Movie: London 2012 Olympic venue fly-throughs by Crystal CG
MVRDV's The Why Factory to show LEGO towers at Venice Architecture Biennale
Dezeen Wire: architect Winy Maas of MVRDV and the studio's think tank The Why Factory will present 676 miniature LEGO towers at the Venice Architecture Biennale later this month for an exhibition to promote the inclusion of architectural discourse within European Union development policies. More about MVRDV's The Why Factory to show LEGO towers at Venice Architecture Biennale
United States Land Port of Entry in Calais by Robert Siegel Architects
Drivers crossing the border from Canada into the USA at Calais, Maine, would never know that there's a tranquil rock garden sandwiched between the checkpoint buildings designed by New York firm Robert Siegel Architects. More about United States Land Port of Entry in Calais by Robert Siegel Architects
Movie: Nike Basketball Hyper Elite Uniform
Movie: basketball games have become so aggressive that sports brand Nike decided to include combat pads in its latest kit, explains the brand's global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti in the next Dezeen movie in anticipation of tomorrow’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation. More about Movie: Nike Basketball Hyper Elite Uniform
Wiel Arets Named Dean of IIT College of Architecture
Dezeen Wire: Dutch architect Wiel Arets has been appointed as dean of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. More about Wiel Arets Named Dean of IIT College of Architecture
Curt deck chair by Bernhard Burkard
Swiss studio Bernhard Burkard assures us this deck chair with no back legs is perfectly safe. More about Curt deck chair by Bernhard Burkard
Software that can tell what city it's looking at
Dezeen Wire: researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris have designed software that can look at a photo and identify the city in which it was taken by recognising building typologies. More about Software that can tell what city it's looking at