Design
Designed in Hackney: Uniform Wares
Designed in Hackney: Uniform Wares is one of the best-selling brands on Dezeen Watch Store and happens to be based in the London borough of Hackney. More about Designed in Hackney: Uniform Wares
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Design
Design Museum Collection App:driving movies
The Design Museum in London launches its Design Museum Collection iPad app today that features 59 objects from their collection, including interviews with museum director Deyan Sudjic filmed by Dezeen. Download it free from the app store here. More about Design Museum Collection App:driving movies
Design
Final debateat Me Craft/You Industry
Closing our series of three movie extracts from the Me Craft/You Industry symposium held by Dutch design organisation Premsela in January, here's part of the final debate focussing on how the proliferation of free software, open-source hardware and peer-to-peer technology will lead to a synthesis of craft and industry, where individuals can use a global production system to create the bespoke goods that they need locally. More about Final debateat Me Craft/You Industry
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Cupnoodle Forms by Nendo
These souvenirs by Japanese studio Nendo for the Nissin Cupnoodles Museum in Yokohama look like warped reflections in funhouse mirrors. More about Cupnoodle Forms by Nendo
Furniture
Designed in Hackney: Hackney Empireby House of Hackney
Designed in Hackney: today's instalment in our showcase of creative talent from Hackney is interior design brand House of Hackney, who have named both themselves and their collections after places in the London borough they call home. More about Designed in Hackney: Hackney Empireby House of Hackney
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Competition: five copies of WRAP magazine issue four to be won
Competition: we're collaborating with the authors of WRAP, an illustration magazine designed to be reused as giftwrap after reading, to give our readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new fourth issue. More about Competition: five copies of WRAP magazine issue four to be won
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Google pays tribute to Mies van der Rohe
Dezeen Wire: internet giant Google have honoured eminent German architect Mies van der Rohe by changing their logo to a doodle celebrating his 126th birthday today.
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Furniture
Bits of Wood by Pepe Heykoop
Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop has made a series of furniture by casting recycled tin around wooden offcuts. More about Bits of Wood by Pepe Heykoop
Design
Vigoo by Wilda Wongso
These gift boxes shaped like little characters by design student Wilda Wongso were on show at Platform 2012 during the International Furniture Fair Singapore earlier this month. More about Vigoo by Wilda Wongso
Lighting
Designed in Hackney: Luminous Lace by Loop.pH
Designed in Hackney: next up in our showcase of design talent from Olympic host borough Hackney is Stoke Newington studio Loop.pH, who have installed this umbrella-like canopy of illuminated lace at the entrance to London's Kensington Palace. More about Designed in Hackney: Luminous Lace by Loop.pH
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Smári McCarthy at Me Craft/You Industry
In this second talk from our short series filmed by Dutch design organisation Premsela during their January symposium Me Craft/You Industry, software developer and hacker Smári McCarthy uses music sharing platform Napster as an example to explain how in the near future he believes craft productions will move away from centralised industries and challenge their existing authority. More about Smári McCarthy at Me Craft/You Industry
Design
The Chicken Project by Kieren Jones
In this movie filmed by Dutch design organisation Premsela during their symposium Me Craft/You Industry in January, Welsh designer Kieren Jones explains how he constructed a miniature factory to transform the uneaten parts of a chicken into a gold leather flying jacket and a bone china eggcup and spoon. More about The Chicken Project by Kieren Jones
Design
Official Team GB Olympic Kitby Stella McCartney
Here are some photos of the kit created by fashion designer Stella McCartney for British athletes at the London 2012 Olympics, unveiled today. More about Official Team GB Olympic Kitby Stella McCartney
Design
Program Your 808 by Rob Ricketts
These posters by Birmingham graphic designer Rob Ricketts show how to recreate
basslinepercussion sequences from classic dance tracks on the iconic 1980s Roland TR-808 drum machine. More about Program Your 808 by Rob Ricketts
Design
Body Paintingby Tenas
Paint takes on a life of its own and snakes across the human body in this stop-motion animation by French graphics studio Tenas. The project took three people five days and incorporates 1500 photos. More about Body Paintingby Tenas
Furniture
Designed in Hackney: East London Furniture
Designed in Hackney: our pick of design talent in the London borough of Hackney today is East London Furniture, a company that makes all its products from scrap materials found in the local area surrounding its shop on Hoxton Street. More about Designed in Hackney: East London Furniture
Design
Tuft Pula byNumen/For Use
Slideshow: Croatian-Austrian design collective Numen/For Use have suspended carpet-lined cocoons from the ceiling of a former church in Pula, Croatia. More about Tuft Pula byNumen/For Use
Design
Ground Barware by Michael Antrobus
UK designer Michael Antrobus has created a corkscrew and bottle opener by making just a few twists in flat stainless steel bars. More about Ground Barware by Michael Antrobus
Design
Laputa by Outofstock
Singapore and Barcelona designers Outofstock presented floating islands made of crumpled copper and moss during the International Furniture Fair Singapore this month. More about Laputa by Outofstock
Design
Designed in Hackney: Little Printerby BERG
Designed in Hackney: today's instalment in our showcase of the best design in the London borough of Hackney is this tiny printer by BERG, which aggregates digital data streams such as news feeds or social network updates and prints the information out on a till-roll to create a personalised miniature newspaper. More about Designed in Hackney: Little Printerby BERG