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Dezeen named #01 design blog- Best Blogs
Dezeen Wire: Dezeen has been named #01 in the Best Blogs list of top 50 design blogs. See the full list here.
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"Design schools may be the real engines of New York City’s innovation economy"
Dezeen Wire: a report by Manhattan think tank Center for an Urban Future has found that design schools are catalysts for entrepreneurship and economic growth in New York City. More about "Design schools may be the real engines of New York City’s innovation economy"
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Architecture for Humanity call for "Ideas on a postcard, please"
Dezeen Wire: to celebrate the launch of their second book, entitled Design Like You Give a Damn 2, non-profit organisation Architecture for Humanity are calling for ideas to improve London, to be sent on a postcard for exhibition at the book launch from 3 to 9 May at 54 Rivington Street London EC2 A3QN. More about Architecture for Humanity call for "Ideas on a postcard, please"
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British Council announce “explorers” for Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Dezeen Wire: the British Council have revealed the names of architects, curators and researchers who will gather material about exotic places to present at an exhibition entitled Venice Takeaway in the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.The list includes London architecture studios dRMM and Aberrant Architecture, as well as London Architecture Diary editor-in-chief Elias Redstone and non-profit organisation Forum for Alternative Belfast. More about British Council announce “explorers” for Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
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"Sir Jonathan Ive: the iMan cometh" - Evening Standard
Dezeen Wire: Mark Prigg of London newspaper the Evening Standard interviews Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, about what makes a great designer, obsessing over tiny details and his dislike of "designers wagging their tails in my face" - Evening StandardRead more about Jonathan Ive on Dezeen here.
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Jean Paul Gaultier appointed creative director of Diet Coke
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Dezeen Wire: fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier has been appointed as creative director of Diet Coke for Europe - Design Taxi
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Moooi founders regain majority ownership of brand
Dezeen Wire: Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers, the founders of Dutch design brand Moooi, have bought back shares from investors to become majority owners of the company they started in 2001.Wanders and Vissers have acquired the 10% stake owned by Hans Lensvelt and half of the 50% stake owned by Italian brand B&B Italia, to take their combined holdings to 75%. More about Moooi founders regain majority ownership of brand
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Maggie's to auction OMA model
Dezeen Wire: cancer care charity Maggie’s are hosting a silent online auction to sell a unique model of the OMA-designed Maggie’s Centre in Glasgow signed by Rem Koolhaas.Bids can be made by following this link from now until Saturday 17 March. More about Maggie's to auction OMA model
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Tom Dixon announces highlights of MOST in Milan next month
Dezeen Wire: designer Tom Dixon has announced the highlights of MOST at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month, including Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox, where we'll be recording and broadcasting interviews all week. More about Tom Dixon announces highlights of MOST in Milan next month
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Lord St John of Fawsley (1929-2012)
Dezeen Wire: politician, author and barrister Lord St John of Fawsley has died aged 82 - GuardianHe was chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission from 1985 to 1999, when it was succeeded by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (now Design Council CABE, following a merger last year).
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Max Fraser appointed deputy director of the London Design Festival
Dezeen Wire: design writer, curator and publisher of our book Max Fraser has been appointed deputy director of the London Design Festival, replacing William Knight who moved to trade show 100% Design in January. More about Max Fraser appointed deputy director of the London Design Festival
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Dezeen in Port Magazine
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Dezeen Wire: Dezeen's editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs is among those interviewed by design editor Alyn Griffiths for this month's Port Magazine in a feature entitled RIP CMYK, charting the shift from paper to pixels in design journalism and asking why it works. Read the full article here.
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Manuel de Solà-Morales (1939-2012)
Dezeen Wire: Spanish architect and urban designer Manuel de Solà-Morales has died at the age of 73 - El País CataloniaThe architect was Professor of Urbanism at the School of Architecture of Barcelona and his most famous works include the Moll de la Fusta seafront promenade in Barcelona.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater to host summer camps
Dezeen Wire: a series of summer camps are to take place this year at Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania to teach skills in architectural problem-solving to high-school pupils and school-leavers hoping to study architecture at university.Led by architects, the seven-day-long camps will involve drawing and model-making workshops, as well as lessons in Wright's principles for architecture. More details on the Fallingwater website.
See a lego model of the house here and designs for six cottages in the surrounding nature reserve here. A movie about the life of Frank Lloyd Wright is currently in production - read more about it here.
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Wang Shu wins Pritzker Prize 2012
Dezeen Wire: Chinese architect Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio in Hangzhou is the 2012 Pritkzer Prize laureate. The prize organisers have confirmed the news after details were leaked ahead of schedule. More about Wang Shu wins Pritzker Prize 2012
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Luis Moreno Mansilla (1959-2012)
Dezeen Wire: Spanish architect Luis Moreno Mansilla has passed away at the age of 53 - El PeriódicoMansilla was of of the founding partners of Madrid studio Mansilla+Tuñón, whose work includes the Fine Arts Museum in Castellón and the Lalìn Town Hall - which you can see in our earlier story here.
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Arch Leaks website reveals the secrets of UK architecture firms
Dezeen Wire: a London architect has launched a website, named Arch Leaks, where architecture professionals are invited to anonymously comment on the environments of offices in which they've worked.Initial comments have been made about the studios of Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, David Chipperfield Architects and Herzog & de Meuron.
See them all at www.archleaks.com
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Frank Gehry: 'There's a backlash against me' - Observer
Dezeen Wire: architect Frank Gehry discusses how the success of the Bilbao Guggenheim sparked an inevitable backlash against iconic architecture in an interview with architecture critic Rowan Moore, but says expression is still a fundamental quality of his buildings - ObserverYou can see more stories about Frank Gehry here, including the rippled steel skyscraper he completed in New York last year.
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Folding plug by Min-Kyu Choi goes into production
Dezeen Wire: the folding electrical plug designed by Royal College of Art graduate Min-Kyu Choi for his graduation in 2009 has gone into production and will be on sale in the UK from next week under the name Mu. More about Folding plug by Min-Kyu Choi goes into production
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Thierry Henry rebuilds his home to fit four-storey fish tank - Daily Mail
Dezeen Wire: French footballer Thierry Henry has submitted plans to demolish and rebuild his £5.9 million home in north London to accomodate a four-storey-high fish tank - Daily MailThe existing house was designed in 1999 by British architect Sir Richard MacCormac, founder of British firm MJP Architects. You can see a couple of projects by MJP on Dezeen here.
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