Dezeen Wire: sportswear brand Adidas has withdrawn plans to produce a pair of trainers with shackle-like ankle cuffs following complaints that they represent a symbol of slavery - Guardian More about Adidas withdraws shoes with shackles
Dezeen Wire: architect Zaha Hadid has been awarded a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's 2012 Birthday Honours list for services to architecture.
Jewellery designer Lara Bohinc has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the fashion industry.
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Dezeen Wire: British architecture magazine Building Design has invited the public to nominate the worst buildings constructed in the UK in the last year for the seventh annual Carbuncle Cup award.
Already on the list is restored tea clipper the Cutty Sark, which was widely criticised when it was completed back in April, but the favourite is the ArcelorMittal Orbit, the 115 metre-high bright red sculpture at the London 2012 Olympic park. More about Architects vote to find Britain's worst building of the year
Dezeen Wire: Dutch landscape architect Dirk Sijmons has been appointed curator of the sixth International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. More about Dirk Sijmons to curate International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
Dezeen Wire: the British Council has announced the International Architecture and Design Showcase 2012, a season of exhibitions, installations, lectures and films at 50 international embassies and British cultural institutions across London to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics.
It will begin with the London Festival of Architecture on 23 June and end with the London Design Festival on 23 September.
Dezeen and writer/curator Beatrice Galilee will host Designed in Hackney Day on 1 August featuring Hackney design-themed talks, walks and workshops at Hackney House in Shoreditch. Read more about the day here and see our showcase of design and architecture from the borough here.
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Dezeen Wire: French architect Jean Nouvel is designing a new outpost of international art dealer Gagosian Gallery at Le Bourget, an industrial suburb to the north of Paris. More about Jean Nouvel to design new Gagosian Gallery in north Paris
Dezeen Wire: architects Broadway Malyan have unveiled plans to build a city for 100,000 inhabitants in Brazil. More about Broadway Malyan design city for 100,000 inhabitants
Dezeen Wire: Guardian journalist Jeevan Vasagar discusses the privatisation of public space in the UK and how paths, square and parks are increasingly owned by private companies - Guardian
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Dezeen Wire: the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow has launched a publishing house called Strelka Press. Based in London and Moscow, it will offer printed books and e-books.
Strelka's publishing director Justin McGuirk talks about new platforms for long-form writing and the future of design criticism in the interview we filmed at Dezeen Studio (below). More about Strelka launch new publishing house
Dezeen Wire: David Chipperfield and Long & Kentish are to design a new restaurant and bar for friends of London's Royal Academy of Arts. More about Chipperfield and Long & Kentish design friends' rooms at the Royal Academy
Dezeen Wire: social network Twitter has launched a new logo featuring a simplified version of the bird that's already associated with its identity.
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A deal has been struck by two Malaysian property companies to redevelop London's Battersea Power Station. The proposal will preserve the power station's iconic chimney stacks and facade, while transforming it into a multi-use development including 3,400 homes – The Telegraph More about "Battersea Power Station set to be saved by Malaysian deal" – The Telegraph
Plans have been unveiled for a 425-metre-high skyscraper designed by architect Rafael Viñoly for New York’s Park Avenue, which will become the tallest residential tower in the USA if built - The Wall Street Journal. More about "Details revealed for supertall tower in New York" - Wall Street Journal
Dezeen Wire: Dutch architecture and design publishers NAi Publishers and 010 are to merge and will be known as nai010 publishers from 1 July . More details on the NAi website.
Related: last month venerable Swiss architectural publisher Birkhäuser went into administration.
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Dezeen Wire: Apple designer Jonathan Ive was in London yesterday to receive his knighthood and give a number of press interviews, including this one for the Telegraph in which he says: "Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing. We don't really talk about design, we talk about developing ideas and making products." More about Jonathan Ive receives knighthood
Dezeen Wire: the UK government has announced changes in the law that will extend copyright protection of 'artistic' manufactured goods from just 25 years to the life of the creator plus 70 years, giving design the same term of protection as literature and art. More about UK copyright law changed to protect design classics
Dezeen Wire: Japanese designer Takeshi Miyakawa has been accused of planting false bombs and arrested while installing his work in a New York street during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. More about Designer arrested for "planting false bombs" in New York
Dezeen Wire: Hackney Council have announced the call for entries to this year's Hackney Design Awards. More about Call for entries to the Hackney Design Awards
Dezeen Wire: the world's tallest broadcast tower opened to the public for the first time today in Tokyo - The Independent
The 634-metre-high structure, named the Sky Tree, overtakes the Canton Tower in China, which is 34 metres shorter. More about "World's tallest tower 'Sky Tree' opens in Tokyo" - The Independent
Dezeen Wire: architects Piers Gough and Amanda Levete plus architectural historian Charles Jencks have given their verdict on the architecture of the Olympic site in an article for British newspaper The Guardian.
While the Olympic stadium and handball arena are severely criticised by the group, all three praise the velodrome and aquatics centre.
Read the full story here and see our special feature rounding up all the permanent structures for the London 2012 games here.
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