Our featured architect this week is Richard Rogers, who we interviewed to coincide with the opening of his retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and his eightieth birthday. Read on for more plus Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
The music we used on the soundtrack to today's movie about this year's Blickfang designworkshop is a track called Gettin' Funky by Wave Crushers, which we featured on Dezeen Music Project in June.
Here's another great house record by the same producers, released by German label Aux Audio. We think it might be even funkier than their previous track.
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London-based Moxon Architects has completed a contemporary glazed extension to this Grade II listed town house in south-west London. More about Chelsea Town House by Moxon Architects
In our second exclusive video interview in our series of movies about Richard Rogers, the British architect reveals that key elements of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which he designed together with Italian architect Renzo Piano, were strongly influenced by the radical thinking of the 1960s. More about "The Pompidou captured the revolutionary spirit of 1968" says Richard Rogers
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: British curator and writer Zoë Ryan has been appointed as curator of the second Istanbul Design Biennial, to be held from 18 October to 14 December 2014. More about Zoë Ryan appointed as curator of Istanbul Design Biennial 2014
Dezeen promotion: design show designjunction will take place at the Sorting Office from 19 to 22 September during London Design Festival. More about Designjunction 2013
News: British industrial design firm Dyson has launched a tiny vacuum cleaner for British homes, which are the smallest in western Europe and often lack space to store a full-size cleaner. More about Dyson launches vacuum cleaner the size of an A4 sheet of paper
Lisbon architect Nuno Simões of DNSJ.arq has completed a series of staircases and walkways to allow visitors to explore a historic cave near Évora, Portugal. More about Gruta do Escoural by Nuno Simões + DNSJ.arq
Self-production versus royalties was the hot topic at this year's Blickfang designworkshop, held at Boisbuchet in France and led by designer Sebastian Wrong (+ movie). More about "Should designers look after production themselves - or sell their ideas?"
Product news: Japanese designer Taiji Fujimori has designed a miniature paper chair, armchair and sofa, one-fifth the size of standard furniture pieces (+ slideshow). More about 1/5 scale paper chair by Taiji Fujimori