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    Designed in Hackney was a Dezeen initiative to celebrate the incredible diversity of design talent in the east London borough of Hackney during the run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

    Scroll down to see our full Designed in Hackney archive, including movie highlights from Designed in Hackney Day, or click here for more information about the project.

    Benedict Hobson | 13 March 2013 | Leave a comment
  • "We're a haberdashery for technology and education" - Technology Will Save Us

    Bethany Koby and Daniel Hirshmann of Technology Will Save Us explain how their DIY technology kits and workshops help people "understand what goes into the stuff in our lives" in the penultimate movie filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day. More

    Dan Howarth | 12 February 2013 | 2 comments
  • "A soft side to architecture is coming to the fore" – We Made That

    Holly Lewis and Oliver Goodall of Hackney studio We Made That have been exploring architecture's "soft side" by planting flowers in the Olympic Park, as they explain in this talk filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day last year. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 9 February 2013 | Leave a comment
  • "High streets are places of collision and conflict" – Jay Gort

    Jay Gort from Hackney studio Gort Scott Architects argues that the beleaguered British high street is actually a thriving location of "collision and conflict" in this talk filmed by Dezeen at our Designed in Hackney Day last year. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 6 February 2013 | 1 comment
  • "There is no nature any more" – Liam Young of Tomorrow's Thoughts Today

    Seed-dispersing robots and file-sharing drones are among proposals to fuse technology and the natural world by Liam Young of Tomorrow's Thoughts Today, presented at our Designed in Hackney Day last summer (+ movie). More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 4 February 2013 | 1 comment
  • "We're bringing cutting-edge research into the public sphere" - Loop.pH

    Mathias Gmachl of Loop.pH explains how the London design studio's large-scale lighting installations help people relate to cutting-edge research in molecular biology in our next Designed in Hackney Day movie. More

    Dan Howarth | 1 February 2013 | 1 comment
  • "We use software programming controls as well as physical design" - Troika

    Troika founding partner Eva Rucki explains the studio's large-scale immersive light installations in this movie filmed by Dezeen at our Designed in Hackney Day. More

    Dan Howarth | 30 January 2013 | 5 comments
  • Book Tower House by Platform 5 Architects

    Walls of books fold around a wooden staircase in this renovation and extension to a north London home by Hackney studio Platform 5 Architects. More

    Amy Frearson | 21 January 2013 | 4 comments
  • "A lot of what we do is about testing public space"– Suzanne O'Connell of The Decorators

    Suzanne O'Connell of Hackney studio The Decorators introduces a temporary restaurant in a local market and a community event on top of a multi-storey car park in this movie filmed by Dezeen at our Designed in Hackney Day. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 18 January 2013 | Leave a comment
  • "The architect-midwife should be brilliant at listening" - Gurmeet Sian

    In the next movie we filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day, Gurmeet Sian of Office Sian explains how an emphasis on building relationships with his clients makes him more like a midwife than an architect. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 16 January 2013 | 2 comments
  • "In the future, design thinking is going to be called emotionalism" – Roger Arquer

    Designer Roger Arquer explains why emotion is the guiding force behind his practice, which includes lampshades that work with condensation and experimental fish tanks, in this next movie filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 14 January 2013 | 3 comments
  • "The pieces wouldn't be anything without the people who interact with them" – Jason Bruges

    A wall of digital animals that distract children on their way to surgery is one of the interactive installations presented by designer Jason Bruges in this movie we filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 10 January 2013 | Leave a comment
  • "We got into a geeky zone trying to understand urban agriculture" – Something & Son

    In this movie we filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day, design duo Something & Son talk about keeping chickens in east London buildings and making tea with heat from compost heaps. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 8 January 2013 | Leave a comment
  • "It's not what you'd expect a particle accelerator to look like" - Chris Hatherill of Super/Collider

    In this movie filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day, Chris Hatherill from Hackney company Super/Collider speaks about how his team handcrafted a particle accelerator from hand-blown glass. More

    Dan Howarth | 30 November 2012 | 1 comment
  • Pheasant Light by Ed Carpenter for Theo

    Product news: Hackney designer Ed Carpenter has created a countryside version of his London design classic, the Pigeon Light, this time shaped like a pheasant. More

    Dan Howarth | 14 November 2012 | 6 comments
  • "It was nice to hear the sounds of east London on Tokyo radio" - Dominic Wilcox

    In the latest movie from our Designed in Hackney Day, designer Dominic Wilcox speaks about Sounds of Making in East London, a vinyl recording of atmospheric urban noises. More

    Dan Howarth | 10 November 2012 | Leave a comment
  • Pop-up housing in garages by Levitt Bernstein

    Hackney studio Levitt Bernstein has won a housing design competition with a proposal to turn disused parking garages into tiny pop-up homes. More

    Amy Frearson | 25 October 2012 | 28 comments
  • Tower Wharf Cafe by Tony Fretton Architects

    This timber-clad cafe by architect Tony Fretton was designed as an upside-down interpretation of the neighbouring Tower of London (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 21 October 2012 | 4 comments
  • Isle of Man House by Gort Scott

    Hackney studio Gort Scott used locally quarried stone for the rugged grey walls of this house on the Isle of Man, UK (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 15 October 2012 | 7 comments
  • "You don't have to be an expert to do amazing things" - Sugru founder

    In this movie we filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day, Sugru founder Jane ní Dhulchaointigh shares her journey through inventing and launching a "space-age rubber" that lets people customise their belongings and endorses the idea that "you don't have to be an expert to do amazing things". More

    Dan Howarth | 12 October 2012 | 3 comments
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    Mosque pavilion

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    Chilean beach house

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    Architecture


    Parisian brutalist buildings

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    Interiors


    Tbilisi hotel

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    Architecture


    Modular building system

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    Architecture


    Ukrainian house in Antarctica

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    Design


    Denim furniture

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    Technology


    Smartphone with repair kit

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    Brutalist library renovation

    Interiors


    Brutalist library renovation

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    Inviting entrance halls

    Interiors


    Inviting entrance halls

  • Exterior of Chuzhi house in India by Wallmakers

    Architecture


    Snake-like house

    Architecture


    Snake-like house

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    Clothes that change colour

    Design


    Clothes that change colour

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    Technology


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  • Render of Timber House by Adjaye Associates

    Timber Revolution


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    Timber Revolution


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