This week on Dezeen
This week Apple launched its iOS 7 iPhone and iPad software with the much-anticipated design overhaul led by Jonathan Ive. Read on for more highlights plus Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
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Villa Méditerranée by Boeri Studio
A cantilevered exhibition floor and an underwater conference suite feature at this archive and research centre, designed by Italian office Boeri Studio and one of several new buildings on Marseille's waterfront (photographs by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More about Villa Méditerranée by Boeri Studio
ALA Architects wins Helsinki library competition
News: Finnish studio ALA Architects has won the international competition to design a new public library in Helsinki with plans that involve a mass of twisted timber (+ slideshow). More about ALA Architects wins Helsinki library competition
Help! I Want to Save a Life by Graham Douglas for Help Remedies and DKMS
A bandage pack containing a bone marrow donor registry kit has won a White Pencil at the D&AD Awards (+ movie). More about Help! I Want to Save a Life by Graham Douglas for Help Remedies and DKMS
Dezeen Music Project: FM002 by Simplex
The music we used on our first Dezeen and MINI World Tour report from Berlin is a tech-house track by Cardiff producer Simplex. We featured the track on Dezeen Music Project last year, and FM002 is another track taken from the same EP, albeit with a very different vibe.
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"It's easy for young designers to get stuck in Berlin"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our first movie from the German capital, DMY Berlin founder Joerg Suermann shows us around his favourite neighbourhood of Kreuzberg and tells us why he believes the relaxed atmosphere and low cost of living that attracts many designers to the city can also trap them there. More about "It's easy for young designers to get stuck in Berlin"
Jeju Ball by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Volcanic rubble is scattered across the curved rooftops of these villas by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma on Jeju Island, South Korea (+ slideshow). More about Jeju Ball by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Fathom Mirror by Joe Doucet
New York designer Joe Doucet created this mirror that makes the viewer look as if they're immersed in water as a tribute to victims of Hurricane Sandy. More about Fathom Mirror by Joe Doucet
"Prism is the dark side of design thinking"
Opinion: in the first of two columns about the impact of digital culture on design, Sam Jacob asks what America's Prism surveillance program tells us about design thinking. More about "Prism is the dark side of design thinking"
Thomas Heatherwick reveals garden bridge designed for River Thames
News: Thomas Heatherwick has released images of a proposal for a garden to span the River Thames on a new pedestrian bridge (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Heatherwick reveals garden bridge designed for River Thames
Dezeen Mail #156
Readers' reactions to Apple's iOS 7 software design revealed earlier this week lead Dezeen Mail issue 156, which also includes all the latest news, jobs and comments from Dezeen.
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SANAA plans new campus for Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
News: Japanese studio SANAA has presented designs for a new campus for Israel's leading design school within Jerusalem's historic Russian Compound. More about SANAA plans new campus for Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Navalmoral de la Mata Theatre by Matilde Peralta del Amo
Architect Matilde Peralta del Amo has converted an old market hall in western Spain into a theatre with a huge concrete mouth. More about Navalmoral de la Mata Theatre by Matilde Peralta del Amo
David Adjaye reveals design for a silk-weaving facility in India
News: architect David Adjaye has unveiled his design for a facility to house master silk weavers in Varanasi, India. More about David Adjaye reveals design for a silk-weaving facility in India
OMA's furniture collection for Knoll "turns industry into a fetish"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our fourth movie recorded at the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan, MINI head of design Anders Warming introduces the workshops that took place in the space and journalist Justin McGuirk explains why he sees OMA's Tools for Life collection as a nostalgic reaction to the decline of industry in the city. More about OMA's furniture collection for Knoll "turns industry into a fetish"
Rubix by Chris Kelly
This conceptual technology by architecture graduate Chris Kelly would allow individuals to project digital imagery over their perception of reality and then manipulate it like the layers of a Rubik's Cube (+ movie). More about Rubix by Chris Kelly
2013 RIBA Awards winners announced
News: the Royal Institute of British Architects in London has announced 52 winners of this year's RIBA Awards, including a faceted auditorium in Alicante, a shimmering seaside gallery and a museum that mimics volcanic formations. More about 2013 RIBA Awards winners announced
Besançon Art Centre and Cité de la Musique by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Japanese firm Kengo Kuma and Associates has completed an art and culture centre with a chequered timber facade on the banks of the Doubs river in Besançon, France (+ slideshow). More about Besançon Art Centre and Cité de la Musique by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Green promenade to provide London's answer to New York's High Line
News: London is set to offer a rival to New York's acclaimed High Line park with these competition-winning proposals for a landscaped promenade linking gardens and railways arches along the River Thames. More about Green promenade to provide London's answer to New York's High Line
Diogene by Renzo Piano at Vitra Campus
Renzo Piano has become the latest high-profile architect to add a building to the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, by completing a tiny wooden cabin with room for just a single inhabitant. More about Diogene by Renzo Piano at Vitra Campus