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Conran's designs "don't quite communicate the fun he has got out of life"- The Guardian

Dezeen Wire: in his latest article for The Guardian, architecture and design critic Rowan Moore interviews Terence Conran ahead of an exhibition dedicated to his career at the Design Museum, which opens on 16 November.

In the article Moore suggest that Conran's greatest successes have been the businesses he's founded rather than the products or interiors he's designed, which Moore adds are "a little too managed, manipulated, packaged and don't quite communicate the fun he has got out of life, as if constrained by some invisible boundary."
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Alyn Griffiths | 7 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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Media-ICT by Cloud 9 Architects wins World Building of the Year 2011

The Media-ICT office building by Cloud 9 Architects has won the World Building of the Year 2011 at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona.

You can see more information on the winning design here and our previous stories on the World Architecture Festival here, including announcements of all of the category winners.
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Alyn Griffiths | 4 November 2011 | 8 comments
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Art and design graduates are being 'treated as slave labour'

Dezeen Wire: UK broadcaster Channel 4 reports that a backlash is forming against the prevalence of unpaid internships in Britain, which are particularly popular with graduates in the creative industries.

A number of websites have been set up by graduates and campaigners offering advice to those partaking in internships and rallying support for campaigns that call on the government to introduce tighter regulations - Channel 4 News
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Alyn Griffiths | 4 November 2011 | 6 comments
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World Architecture Festival day two winners announced

Dezeen Wire: winners of the remaining four completed building categories and nine future designs, celebrating projects that are still in development, have been announced at the World Architecture Festival, which is currently taking place in Barcelona. More about World Architecture Festival day two winners announced

Alyn Griffiths | 4 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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Inside awards overall winner: The Waterhouse at South Bund by NHDRO

Inside 2011: Chinese architects NHDRO have picked up the award for overall winner at the inaugural Inside awards for a hotel inside the abandoned former headquarters of the Japanese army in Shanghai.

You can check out all nine category winners here or read more about this project in our earlier story on Dezeen.

Inside world festival of interiors is taking place on the third floor of the Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona until 4 November – see all our stories about Inside here, including interviews with the judges on Dezeen Screen.
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Amy Frearson | 3 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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"Innovation alone won’t reverse our economic decline"- The Washington Post

Dezeen Wire: U.S. opinion columnist Harold Meyerson has written an article for the Washington Post in which he challenges assertions made in Walter Isaacson's bestselling biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that it is America's ability to produce innovators such as Jobs that will keep them ahead of emerging industrial powers such as China and India.

Meyerson opines that Silicon Valley's creativity and technical expertise are not enough to revitalise the American economy, arguing that it is more important that Apple consider relocating production back to the U.S. He concludes his piece by stating that: "Absent manufacturing, innovation, even at its Jobsian heights, can’t do much for the U.S. economy — save, perhaps, dazzle us on our journey downward."

See all of our stories about Steve jobs and Apple.
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Alyn Griffiths | 3 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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Critics' reactions to the Thames Hub by Foster + Partners

Dezeen Wire: architecture critics are having their say on plans unveiled yesterday by Foster + Partners and engineers Halcrow for a new transportation hub in the Thames estuary (see our story on Dezeen). More about Critics' reactions to the Thames Hub by Foster + Partners

Alyn Griffiths | 3 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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World Architecture Festival day one winners announced

Dezeen Wire: the winning designs in 12 of the completed project categories at the World Architecture Festival awards have been announced. The winners were selected from over 700 entries from 66 countries around the world and will now go forward to compete for the overall prize of World Building of the Year 2011, to be announced tomorrow together with the prizes for Structural Project of the Year 2011 and Future Project of the Year 2011. More about World Architecture Festival day one winners announced

Alyn Griffiths | 3 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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"Without a tighter union, Europe will disintegrate"- Rem Koolhaas

Dezeen Wire: in an interview with Farah Nayeri for Bloomberg Businessweek, architect Rem Koolhaas describes the European Union as "an incomplete machine" and claims that it will "disintegrate" unless political leaders complete the task of integration begun when the EU was founded. More about "Without a tighter union, Europe will disintegrate"- Rem Koolhaas

Alyn Griffiths | 2 November 2011 | Leave a comment
Interiors

Inside award winner: Table No.1 by NHDRO

Inside 2011: finally, Table No.1 by NHDRO wins the bars and restaurants category at the Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: Table No.1 by NHDRO

Rose Etherington | 2 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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Inside award winner: Wellington International Airport by Warren & Mahoney and Studio Pacific

Inside 2011: The Rock, the newest terminal at Wellington International Airport by Warren & Mahoney and Studio Pacific has just been announced as the winner of the transport category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: Wellington International Airport by Warren & Mahoney and Studio Pacific

Rose Etherington | 2 November 2011 | 1 comment
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Inside award winner: Bar Code Office by Ministry of Design

Inside 2011: Bar Code Office by Singapore studio Ministry of Design has just been announced as the winner of the offices category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: Bar Code Office by Ministry of Design

Rose Etherington | 2 November 2011 | 3 comments
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Mirrorcube tree house now for sale

Dezeen Wire: a mirrored tree house designed by architects Tham & Videgård Arkitekter for the Treehotel in northern Sweden is now available for sale as a flat-pack kit.

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Alyn Griffiths | 2 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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Inside award winner: Strelein Warehouse by Ian Moore Architects

Inside 2011: in our next round of Inside awards in Barcelona, Strelein Warehouse by Ian Moore Architects has just been announced as the winner of the residential category. More about Inside award winner: Strelein Warehouse by Ian Moore Architects

Rose Etherington | 2 November 2011 | 6 comments
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Inside award winner: The Waterhouse at South Bund by NHDRO

Inside 2011: the hotels category award at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona goes to NHDRO for The Waterhouse at South Bund. More about Inside award winner: The Waterhouse at South Bund by NHDRO

Rose Etherington | 2 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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New Zealand pop-up container mall accused of copying

Dezeen Wire: a pop-up shopping mall in earthquake-hit Christchurch, New Zealand, made from renovated shipping containers is being threatened with legal action by a British developer for copyright infringement - Stuff.co.nz

The owners of Boxpark, a development in London that will be open over the Christmas period and claims to be "the world's 1st pop-up mall," have accused Christchurch's City Mall of copying their container pop-up format but City Mall have responded by saying that the ideas do not look alike and that their project, which reopened on Saturday, was completed first.
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Alyn Griffiths | 2 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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Inside award winner: Hostem by JamesPlumb

Inside 2011: Hostem by JamesPlumb has just been announced as the winner of the retail category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: Hostem by JamesPlumb

Rose Etherington | 2 November 2011 | 1 comment
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Inside award winner: Football Training Centre Soweto by RUFproject

Inside 2011: Football Training Centre/Soweto by RUFproject is the winner of the culture and civic category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: Football Training Centre Soweto by RUFproject

Rose Etherington | 2 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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Inside award winner: St Barbara Bastions by Architecture Project

Inside 2011: St Barbara Bastions in Malta by Architecture Project has won the creative reuse category at the Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: St Barbara Bastions by Architecture Project

Rose Etherington | 2 November 2011 | Leave a comment
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Inside award winner: V&A Ceramics Study Galleries by OPERA Amsterdam

Inside 2011: the Ceramics Study Galleries at the Victoria & Albert museum in London by OPERA Amsterdam have just been announced as the winner of the display category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More about Inside award winner: V&A Ceramics Study Galleries by OPERA Amsterdam

Rose Etherington | 2 November 2011 | 4 comments