Promotion
Qubique 2011
Dezeen promotion: new design fair Qubique takes place from 26 to 29 October in Berlin. More about Qubique 2011
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Architecture
Flint House by Nick Willson Architects
Nick Willson Architects have completed a house in south-east London with sections of the facade clad in flint, timber and lead. More about Flint House by Nick Willson Architects
Architecture
Konstantin Schmölzer at Vienna Design Week
Vienna Design Week 2011: Austrian designer Konstantin Schmölzer has squeezed a wooden tower into the space between a green wall and glass atrium at Jean Nouvel's Sofitel hotel for Vienna Design Week.
Lighting
Moolin by lasfera
Beijing Design Week 2011: Beijing studio lasfera presented a collection of furniture including handmade lamps of curled bamboo at 751-D Park last week. More about Moolin by lasfera
News
Critics review Rafael Viñoly's "golden banana"
Dezeen Wire: there has been mixed reaction from architecture critics to Rafael Viñoly's firstsite visual arts centre in Colchester, dubbed the "golden banana" by some commentators. More about Critics review Rafael Viñoly's "golden banana"
Furniture
Furniture by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of a collection of furniture and lighting by industrial designer Benjamin Hubert for Portuguese brand De La Espada, presented at the Tramshed during the London Design Festival. More about Furniture by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
News
"Can anybody be a designer?" - Alice Rawsthorn
More about "Can anybody be a designer?" - Alice Rawsthorn
Dezeen Wire: design critic Alice Rawsthorn dicusses the difficulty in accurately defining design, suggesting that more "open" design processes mean anyone can claim to be a designer - The New York Times
News
Critics' reactions to Zaha Hadid's Stirling Prize win
Dezeen Wire: here is a roundup of the critics' reactions to Zaha Hadid Architects scooping the RIBA Stirling Prize for the second consecutive year with their design for a school in south London. More about Critics' reactions to Zaha Hadid's Stirling Prize win
Dezeen Space
Today at Dezeen Platform: Fraser Ross
Dezeen Platform: Glasgow designer Fraser Ross presents his plant-like LED lamps, trapped under bell jars, which react to the sound and movement of onlookers at Dezeen Platform today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Fraser Ross
Architecture
Railway Control Centre by Moreno del Valle
Light glitters through thousands of tiny perforations in the bumpy steel exterior of a railway control centre in Spain. More about Railway Control Centre by Moreno del Valle
Architecture
Gazebo for TV show by Za Bor Architects
Russian architects Arseniy Borisenko and Peter Zaytsev have completed an outdoor kitchen for a yacht captain that resembles the broken-up hull of a boat. More about Gazebo for TV show by Za Bor Architects
Dezeen Space
Today at Dezeen Platform: Ariane Prin
Dezeen Platform: Ariane Prin brings her pencil factory to Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Ariane Prin
Architecture
Slough Bus Station by Bblur Architecture
A glistening aluminium canopy undulates above the heads of waiting passengers at a bus station in Slough, England. More about Slough Bus Station by Bblur Architecture
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Architecture
Evelyn Grace Academy by Zaha Hadid Architects wins RIBA Stirling Prize
Evelyn Grace Academy by Zaha Hadid Architects has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. More about Evelyn Grace Academy by Zaha Hadid Architects wins RIBA Stirling Prize
Architecture
Passage de la Brie Housing by Explorations Architecture
French studio Explorations Architecture have completed a social housing block beside one of the narrowest streets in Paris. More about Passage de la Brie Housing by Explorations Architecture
News
Vienna Design Week 30/09 - 09/10
Dezeen Wire: Vienna Design Week is underway and Dezeen are covering the festival live from Vienna. Highlights include a machine that draws Spirograph-style patterns in quartz sand by Philippe Malouin, a collaboration between Tomas Alonso and one of the city's oldest silver companies and a wooden treehouse by Konstantin Schmolzer that's constructed alongside the vertical garden inside Jean Nouvel's Sofitel hotel. More about Vienna Design Week 30/09 - 09/10
Dezeen Space
Today at Dezeen Platform: JAILmake
Dezeen Platform: JAILmake Studio will pack seeds and soil into bricks using their one meter by one metre factory at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today More about Today at Dezeen Platform: JAILmake
One Year Ago...
This time last year Zaha Hadid won the Stirling Prize for the MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts and David Chipperfield was announced as the recipient of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. More about One Year Ago...
Lighting
CSYS by Jake Dyson
London Design Festival: industrial designer Jake Dyson presented an LED task light with a heat-pipe cooling system at designjunction last week. More about CSYS by Jake Dyson
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News
EXD/11 (experimentadesign) opens in Lisbon
More about EXD/11 (experimentadesign) opens in Lisbon
Dezeen Wire: design and architecture biennale EXD/11 Lisboa (experimentadesign) has opened in Lisbon, with exhibitions and talks on the the theme of Useless underway across the city. Dezeen is at the opening and will bring highlights over the coming days.