Furniture
Roulade Sofa by KiBiSi for Versus
Danish design studio KiBiSi have created a sofa that looks like a rolled-up mattress for furniture company Versus. More about Roulade Sofa by KiBiSi for Versus
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Design
No Place Like Home GPS shoes by Dominic Wilcox
London Design Festival: these shoes by British designer Dominic Wilcox have LEDs in the toes that will guide you home no matter where you are (+ movie). More about No Place Like Home GPS shoes by Dominic Wilcox
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Faceture by Phil Cuttance for the Stepney Green Design Collection
Dezeen has commissioned London designer and Stepney Green resident Phil Cuttance to make a special extra-large version of his Faceture vase for the Stepney Green Design Collection. More about Faceture by Phil Cuttance for the Stepney Green Design Collection
Furniture
Mimicry Chairs by Nendo
London Design Festival: white metal chairs are stacked in a tower and clustered on staircases around the V&A museum as part of an installation by Japanese design studio Nendo (+ slideshow). More about Mimicry Chairs by Nendo
Design
Dezeen's London Design Festival map
London Design Festival: we've created a free map featuring all London Design Festival events! As the week goes on we'll be labelling our favourites so keep coming back to discover the best shows. More about Dezeen's London Design Festival map
Design
Prism by Keiichi Matsuda
London Design Festival: data streams from all over the city are visualised on the faceted surfaces of Japanese/British designer Keiichi Matsuda's installation inside the cupola of the V&A museum for the London Design Festival. More about Prism by Keiichi Matsuda
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Blur by Philippe Malouin
London Design Festival: these spinning 'light paintings' made with sparkling crystal beads by designer Philippe Malouin are currently on show in the Digital Crystal exhibition at London's Design Museum (+ movie + slideshow). More about Blur by Philippe Malouin
Design
Movie: Yuri Suzuki at Designers in Residence 2012
London Design Festival: in this movie filmed by Alice Masters for the Design Museum's annual Designers in Residence exhibition, Yuri Suzuki talks about his radio with a circuit board arranged like the London Tube map and his mission to demystify consumer electronics. More about Movie: Yuri Suzuki at Designers in Residence 2012
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Movie: The Idea of a Tree by Mischer'Traxler at Clerkenwell Design Week
In this second movie that Dezeen filmed with Mischer’Traxler at Clerkenwell Design Week, the Austrian design duo talk to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about their Idea of a Tree machine, which makes benches and lamp shades that are all unique records of the sunlight conditions on the day they were produced. More about Movie: The Idea of a Tree by Mischer'Traxler at Clerkenwell Design Week
Design
Folder by Mikuláš Novotný
Unlike other folding bicycles, this one by Czech designer Mikuláš Novotný has full-size wheels and can be rolled home rather than carried. More about Folder by Mikuláš Novotný
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Plumen Hive by Hulger in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store
London design brand Hulger has installed a chandelier made from their new Baby Plumen light bulbs in The Changing Room, a former fitting room at Dezeen Super Store. More about Plumen Hive by Hulger in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store
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Musterzimmer at Depot Basel
Ten conceptual showrooms for the home of the future are presented in this exhibition at temporary arts venue Depot Basel in Switzerland. More about Musterzimmer at Depot Basel
Design
Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations curated by Dezeen
London Design Festival: the London Design Festival is underway and the sun is shining so if you're out and about this afternoon be sure to check out the Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations curated by Dezeen (+ map). More about Seven Designers for Seven Dials installations curated by Dezeen
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Movie: Collective Works by Mischer'Traxler at Clerkenwell Design Week
Austrian design duo Mischer'Traxler talk to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about how their basket-building machine will only work when someone's watching in this movie we filmed at Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Movie: Collective Works by Mischer'Traxler at Clerkenwell Design Week
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So-So Chairs by Jean Nouvel for Emeco
Paris Design Week 2012: architect and designer Jean Nouvel unveiled a collection of aluminium chairs for Emeco at his studio in Paris this week. More about So-So Chairs by Jean Nouvel for Emeco
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Literature Versus Traffic by Luzinterruptus
Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus scattered 10,000 glowing books across the ground at Federation Square in Melbourne this summer for a lighting festival dedicated to reading. More about Literature Versus Traffic by Luzinterruptus
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Hardcoded Memory by Troika
London Design Festival: in the first of three posts about the Digital Crystal exhibition at London's Design Museum, we look at a mechanical projector built by London design studio Troika which uses Swarovski crystal lenses and LEDs to create portraits on the gallery wall (+ slideshow). More about Hardcoded Memory by Troika
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V&A's new furniture acquisitions to be shown at London Design Festival
London Design Festival: the V&A museum in London will show off its latest contemporary furniture acquisitions during London Design Festival next week, including Joris Laarman's 2006 Bone chaise and mould (pictured above). More about V&A's new furniture acquisitions to be shown at London Design Festival
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Squaring by Lee Sehoon
The hinged boxes of this bookcase by Korean furniture designer Lee Sehoon can be spun round to create a neat grid or a scattered circle (+ movie). More about Squaring by Lee Sehoon
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Knitted tree and creatures by Donna Wilson for the Stepney Green Design Collection
East London designer Donna Wilson will contribute a special installation to Dezeen's Stepney Green Design Collection made up of a 1.8 metre-high knitted tree with a selection of her soft-toy creatures living in it. More about Knitted tree and creatures by Donna Wilson for the Stepney Green Design Collection