Stories by Rose Etherington
Georgia is investing in architecture “like post-war Germany” says Jürgen Mayer H
Inga Sempé unveils quilt-covered Ruché armchair for Ligne Roset
John Maeda leaves Rhode Island School of Design for venture capital firm and eBay
Dezeen reaches 100 million pageviews in 2013
Change to the furniture industry “will have to come from designers”
Dezeen’s A-Zdvent calendar: David Adjaye
“No-one has realised” that most homeware catalogue images are renderings
Cover chair with folded plywood armrests by Thomas Bentzen for Muuto
Gabriel Chandelier at the Château de Versailles by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
BIG wins competition to design Museum of the Human Body in Montpellier
Taipei announced as World Design Capital 2016
Spruce Stove that burns a whole tree trunk by Michiel Martens and Roel de Boer
Jony Ive “more important to Apple now than Steve Jobs was”
Pavilion made of 3D-printed salt by Emerging Objects
Minimal Nativity Set made of plain wooden blocks by Emilie Voirin
3D-printed guns cause US to review prohibition of plastic firearms
After Zaha’s “vagina” stadium, here are six more examples of yonic architecture
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