Design
Miyako Andon at 100% Design Tokyo
Tokyo design week: Miyako Andon, a 127-year-old Japanese lighting company, exhibited new products at 100% Light during 100% Design Tokyo last week. More about Miyako Andon at 100% Design Tokyo
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Products
Piet Hein Eek at Cibone
Tokyo design week: Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek exhibited work both old and new at design store Cibone last week, during Design Tide and all the other concurrent events. More about Piet Hein Eek at Cibone
Architecture
Wind dam by Chetwood Associates
Building Design shows a power-generating "wind dam" designed by architects Chetwoods that uses a giant spinnaker sail slung between mountains to funnel wind into a turbine. More about Wind dam by Chetwood Associates
Video
Tenspace by WOW
Tokyo design week: Japanese motion graphics company WOW projected several of their works at design store Cibone during Design Tide last week, including this piece.
Design
Pentaphone by Robert Stadler
Designer Robert Stadler's Pentaphone is a suspended booth for cellphone users that isolates the caller from ambient noise in a public space. More about Pentaphone by Robert Stadler
Design
New Vespa S by Piaggio
Italian scooter manufacturer Piaggio has launched a new, seventies-styled version of its Vespa range, called the Vespa S. More about New Vespa S by Piaggio
Design
Tu-Tu by Rock Paper Scissors
Tokyo design week: Japanese design company Rock Paper Scissors has designed a product that acts as both packaging and a display system for fresh flowers. More about Tu-Tu by Rock Paper Scissors
Architecture
[C]Space Pavilion by Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang
Architects Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang have won a competition to design a temporary, freestanding pavilion that will be built in front of the Architectural Association school in London early next year. More about [C]Space Pavilion by Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang
Design
Blossom light by Hella Jongerius
Tokyo design week: Blossom, a new floor light by Hella Jongerius for Swiss lighting brand Belux, was launched at Tokyo design store Cibone this week as part of Design Tide. More about Blossom light by Hella Jongerius
Dezeen traffic update
Check out our Tokyo wheels! We have our own personalised Mazda, generously provided by Tokyo Designers Week and Jetro. But this story is not about traffic jams on Aoyama-Dori but about our visitor figures, which broke all records last month, with over quarter of a million unique visitors. More about Dezeen traffic update
The never-ending web page by Poke
London web designers Poke have created a web page that goes on forever for mobile phone network Orange. More about The never-ending web page by Poke
Design
Enamel by Hella Jongerius
Tokyo design week: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has created a series of enamel plates in collaboration with tradtional Japanese enamelware company Ando Shippo of Nagoya. More about Enamel by Hella Jongerius
Design
MoMA Design Store in Tokyo
Tokyo Design Week: New York's Museum of Modern Art has opened a new design shop in Tokyo. More about MoMA Design Store in Tokyo
Architecture
Gyre by MVRDV
Tokyo design week: here are some snapshots of Gyre, the new retail building on Omotesando street in Tokyo designed by Dutch architects MVRDV. More about Gyre by MVRDV
Design
The light that thinks it's a candle: Hono by Metaphys
Tokyo Design Week: the Hono light by Japanese brand Metaphys is ignited by touching it with a magnetic match and extinguished by blowing on it. The LED light source even flickers like a real candle. More about The light that thinks it's a candle: Hono by Metaphys
Architecture
Urban Lobby by MRGD architects
Urban Lobby is a research project by architects MRGD, that combines infrastructure and architecture for a speculative redevelopment of the Centre Point office tower in central London. More about Urban Lobby by MRGD architects
Design
Dezeen loves... Bitfall
We've finally got our movie-playing technology sorted, which means we can at last show this video of Bitfall, the rain-printing machine developed by Julius Popp of Spherical Robots. More about Dezeen loves... Bitfall
Events
Pecha Kucha at Tokyo National Stadium
Greetings from Tokyo! If you're in town tonight, join us at the special www.pechakucha.com being held at Tokyo National Stadium as part of Design Tide. Speakers include Pecha Kucha originators Klein Dytham Architecture, MVRDV, Moritz Waldemeyer and Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. More about Pecha Kucha at Tokyo National Stadium
Architecture
Souan Tea House by Toshihiko Suzuki
We're heading to Tokyo today for Tokyo design week so, while we're on the plane, here is some contemporary Japanese architecture for you to enjoy, courtesy of New Zen, a recent book about contemporary Japanese tea houses published by 8Books. The project shown here is Souan Tea House by Toshihiko Suzuki, which was built in 2003.
Design
Robert Stadler installation in a Parisian church
Robert Stadler has sent us photos of his lighting installation in the church of Saint-Paul Saint-Louis in Paris during the annual Nuit Blanche all-night festival earlier this month. More about Robert Stadler installation in a Parisian church