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"Turning inwards, going backwards": new student immigration rules

Dezeen Wire: Tom Campbell of BOP Consulting has published an article on the company's culture and creative industries blog slamming the UK government's new student immigration rules as "a potential disaster for the UK's creative and design sector."

The new regulations are due to come into effect in April and mean non-EU students will no longer have the right to apply to stay in the UK upon completing their studies, instead returning home and "taking their talents, intellectual property and entrepreneurial energies with them." Read the full article here.
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Rose Etherington | 31 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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"Nendo hones its unusual charm" - New York Times

Dezeen Wire: design critic Alice Rawsthorn interviews Japanese designer Oki Sato of Nendo about how the company got its name, the humour and stories behind their work and his current preoccupation with glass-blowing - New York Times

Nendo presented two exhibitions of their work in Paris last week: furniture that's only stable when objects are placed on it and another collection at Carpernters Workshop Gallery that includes containers made of agricultural netting, tables with glass tops that have been allowed to flow outside their frames and huge blown-glass bubbles trapped in steel coffee tables.

See all our stories about Nendo here and watch our interview with Oki Sato on Dezeen Screen.
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Rose Etherington | 31 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Tord Boontje to open shop in London

Dezeen Wire: Dutch designer Tord Boontje is to open a shop in London on 1 March. More about Tord Boontje to open shop in London

Rose Etherington | 27 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Central Saint Martins appoints Jeremy Till as head of college

Dezen Wire: London art and design college Central Saint Martins has appointed Jeremy Till as head of college. Till will leave his role as dean of the school of architecture at the University of Westminster to take up his new position, which includes joining the executive board of the University of the Arts London.

Central Saint Martins moved to a new campus in Kings Cross, designed by Stanton Williams, in October 2012. See photos and our story about the campus here. More about Central Saint Martins appoints Jeremy Till as head of college

Rose Etherington | 27 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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William Knight appointed as event director of 100% Design

Dezeen Wire: William Knight has been appointed as event director of trade show 100% Design by its new owners Media 10, who bought the show from Reed Exhibitions last week as reported in Dezeen Wire. More about William Knight appointed as event director of 100% Design

Rose Etherington | 27 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Habitat appoint Polly Dickens as creative director

Dezeen Wire: retailers Habitat have appointed Polly Dickens as their new creative director. Dickens was previously creative director at the Conran Shop and design director at Anthropologie.

Habitat was bought by Home Retail Group and closed all but three of its UK stores in June last year, as reported on Dezeen Wire. More about Habitat appoint Polly Dickens as creative director

Rose Etherington | 26 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Moss design store to close

Dezeen Wire: influential New York design store Moss is to close its Soho space on 17 Feb after 18 years of business, due to lagging sales - New York Times

Store owners Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell, whose shop launched the careers of designers such as Maarten Baas and Hella Jongerius, intend to move from the Soho shop to a smaller space where they hope to continue exhibiting and selling new design.

Read our 2007 interview with Murray Moss here.
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Amy Frearson | 26 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Disney T-shirt mimics Joy Division album cover

Dezeen Wire: Disney have released a T-shirt that mimics the 1979 album cover of Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division, altering the diagram of pulses from a star to resolve into Mickey Mouse's head. More about Disney T-shirt mimics Joy Division album cover

Rose Etherington | 25 January 2012 | 4 comments
Architecture

Alain de Botton plans temples for atheists

Dezeen Wire: writer Alain de Botton has announced plans to build a series of temples for atheists in the UK. The first will be a 46 metre-tall black tower designed by architects Tom Greenall and Jordan Hodgson, constructed in London to represent the idea of perspective. More about Alain de Botton plans temples for atheists

Rose Etherington | 25 January 2012 | 69 comments
Architecture

Grimshaw to design new masterplan for Wimbledon

Grimshaw has been selected by the All England Lawn Tennis Club to design a new masterplan for Wimbledon, home to the annual tennis championships. More about Grimshaw to design new masterplan for Wimbledon

Amy Frearson | 24 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Media 10 buys 100% Design from Reed Exhibitions

Dezeen Wire: publishing and events company Media 10 has bought design trade show 100% Design from Reed Exhibitions - Event Magazine More about Media 10 buys 100% Design from Reed Exhibitions

Rose Etherington | 20 January 2012 | Leave a comment
Architecture

David Chipperfield reveals title for Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Dezeen Wire: architect David Chipperfield, the curator for this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, has revealed that the title for this year's show will be Common Ground. More about David Chipperfield reveals title for Venice Architecture Biennale 2012

Amy Frearson | 19 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Record-breaking number of skyscrapers completed in 2011

Dezeen Wire: an annual report released by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago reveals that the number of buildings over 200 metres tall completed in the last year has increased for the fifth consecutive time. More about Record-breaking number of skyscrapers completed in 2011

Amy Frearson | 19 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Gravity stool by Jólan van der Wiel wins [D3] Contest at imm cologne

Dezeen Wire: designer Jólan van der Wiel has won the €3000 first prize in the [D3] Contest for young designers at trade fair imm cologne in Germany for his Gravity Stool shaped by magnets. He showed the machine used to make the pieces at Dezeen Platform in September and you can watch it in action in our movies on Dezeen Screen.

The second prize of €2000 was awarded to Lee Sanghyeok for his Listen to Your Hands Table and the third prize of €1000 went to Marc Bell & Robin Grasby for the Apollo lamp.

Read more about Jólan van der Wiel here and more about Cologne 2012 here.
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Rose Etherington | 18 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Critics' reactions to A Room For London

Architecture critics have been discussing A Room For London, a boat-like apartment on the roof of the Southbank Centre that will accomodate temporary overnight guests throughout 2012. More about Critics' reactions to A Room For London

Amy Frearson | 17 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Isi Metzstein (1920 - 2012)

Dezeen Wire: Scottish architect Isi Metzstein, who was awarded the Royal Scottish Academy Gold Medal for Architecture in 1975, has died at the age of 83- BBC News

Metzstein worked for Scottish firm Gillespie Kidd & Coia and also taught at the Glasgow School of Art.
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Amy Frearson | 11 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Guggenheim Museum is viable for Helsinki

The results of a study carried out by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on behalf of the City of Helsinki has revealed that it would be feasible to construct a new Guggenheim Museum in Finland. More about Guggenheim Museum is viable for Helsinki

Amy Frearson | 11 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Design Museum announce shortlist for Designs of the Year 2012

Dezeen Wire: the Design Museum in London have announced the projects nominated for the Designs of the Year 2012, including a device for detonating landmines, a machine that uses desert sand to print glass and a cinema under a motorway. See the full shortlist below. More about Design Museum announce shortlist for Designs of the Year 2012

Rose Etherington | 11 January 2012 | Leave a comment
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Studio Job forced to alter plans for Holocaust-themed fence

Dezeen Wire: artists Studio Job have been forced to amend controversial designs for a fence to a private estate that intentionally resembles the gates of a Nazi concentration camp where over 50,000 people died during World War II - Co.Design

The is the second set of contentious proposals to come from the Netherlands in recent months, following proposals by architects MVRDV for skyscrapers that look like the exploding World Trade Centre on 9/11.

See all our stories about Studio Job here.
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Amy Frearson | 10 January 2012 | 1 comment
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Anne Tyng 1920 - 2011

Dezeen Wire: architectural theorist Anne Tyng, known for her professional and personal relationship with architect Louis Kahn, died on 27 December 2011 aged 91 - New York Times
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Amy Frearson | 9 January 2012 | Leave a comment