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News

"Retailers urged to support design copyright campaign" - The Guardian

Dezeen Wire: The Guardian reports on a campaign to persuade high-street retailers to respect the intellectual property of independent designers following the case of English pattern designer Rachael Taylor, who last week spoke out after finding a product almost identical to her own on sale at Marks & Spencer (above and below; Taylor's designs are on the right in both photos). More about "Retailers urged to support design copyright campaign" - The Guardian

Architecture

Architecture

Duplex by Frank Gehry for Make it Right

Architect Frank Gehry has completed his first building for Make It Right, the charity founded by Brad Pitt to rehouse families made homeless in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. More about Duplex by Frank Gehry for Make it Right

Design

Design

The Hu-Mannequin Project by Studio NminusOne

Smell is the most persuasive sense, according to Canadian designers Studio NminusOne, which explains why they've designed a mannequin that makes clothes smell of the person looking at them (+ slideshow). More about The Hu-Mannequin Project by Studio NminusOne

Interiors

Interiors

IKEA Lounge at Charles de Gaulle airport

Swedish furniture brand IKEA have installed a temporary lounge at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris (+ slideshow). More about IKEA Lounge at Charles de Gaulle airport

Architecture

Architecture

Music School Louviers extension by Opus 5

French architects Opus 5 have built a concert hall on top of a former seventeenth century convent in northern France (+ slideshow). More about Music School Louviers extension by Opus 5

Pinterest

Pinterest

New Pinterest board: plants

Our most popular story this week featured a plant-covered house in Vietnam, so we've compiled a new Pinterest board featuring all plants, flowers and gardens from the pages of Dezeen. Over 20,000 people now follow us on Pinterest – join them here.

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Architecture

Architecture

Five years ago...

It was a busy time for architects OMA this week five years ago, as they released designs for major projects that included a large urban development in the United Arab Emirates (above) and a 300-metre skyscraper in Mexico City (below). More about Five years ago...

Design

Design

Swiss Poster Generator by Ben and Clark DuVall

Instantly generate your own iconic Swiss-style poster with this website by Californian graphic designer Ben DuVall and his brother Clark DuVall. More about Swiss Poster Generator by Ben and Clark DuVall

One year ago...

This time last year designers were going to extreme lengths to devise and manufacture their projects, as an architecture graduate proposed hanging a skyscraper upside-down over a river (above) and another designer created stools using explosions (below). More about One year ago...

Architecture

Architecture

London Festival of Architecture to go annual

Dezeen Wire: the organisers of the London Festival of Architecture have announced that the summer fair will now take place every year.

This year's instalment of the formally biennial festival concluded last weekend and featured 16 days of exhibitions, lectures and events that took place in locations across the city. More about London Festival of Architecture to go annual